CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Orbiting Carbon Observatory
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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NASA
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Launch Date
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24 Feb 2009
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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24 Feb 2009
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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98.8 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Ascending
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Orbit Inclination
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98.2 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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705 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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High resolution carbon dioxide measurements to characterize sources and sinks on regional scales and quantify their variability over the seasonal cycle. Failed on launch.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
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