COSMIC-1 FM1 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Meteorology, ionosphere and climate.
Full Name
COSMIC-1 FM1
aka FORMOSAT-3 FM1
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NOAA, TASA, UCAR
Launch Date
14 Apr 2006
Mission Links
EOL Date
06 May 2020
EO Portal Info
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
100 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
72 deg
Orbit Altitude
800 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

GOX - Global Positioning Satellite Occultation Experiment (GOX)
TIP - Tiny Ionospheric Photometer

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields GOX
Atmospheric Temperature Fields GOX

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