CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - COSMIC-1 FM2 -
Full Name COSMIC-1 FM2
aka FORMOSAT-3 FM2
Status Mission complete
Mission Agencies NOAA, NSPO, UCAR Launch Date 14 Apr 2006
Mission Links mission site EOL Date 31 Dec 2018
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 29052 (TLE)
International Designator 2006-011F
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
Objectives and Applications Meteorology, ionosphere and climate.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields GOX
Atmospheric Temperature Fields GOX
Mission Instruments
GOX - Global Positioning Satellite Occultation Experiment (GOX)
TIP - Tiny Ionospheric Photometer
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