Oersted Mission

Objectives and Applications

Earth magnetic field mapping.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Oersted
aka Ørsted
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
DNSC, CNES
Launch Date
23 Feb 1999
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
30 Jun 2014
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
100 minutes
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
96.5 deg
Orbit Altitude
655 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
25635 (TLE)
International Designator
1999-008B

Mission Instruments

CSC FVM - CSC fluxgate vector magnetometer
GPSRO (Oersted) - GPS Radio Occultation System
Overhauser Magnetometer - OM
SI - Star Imager

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields GPSRO (Oersted)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields GPSRO (Oersted)
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements CSC FVM, Overhauser Magnetometer

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