CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - NOAA-2 -
Full Name National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 2 Status Mission complete
Mission Agencies NOAA Launch Date 13 Oct 1972
Mission Links mission site EOL Date 30 Jan 1975
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 6235 (TLE)
International Designator 1972-082A
Orbit Type Sun-synchronous Orbit Period 101.9 minutes
Orbit Sense Descending Orbit Inclination 98.9 deg
Orbit Altitude 850 km Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST Repeat Cycle 0.5 days
Objectives and Applications Meteorology, agriculture and forestry, environmental monitoring, climatology, physical oceanography, Volcanic eruption monitoring, ice and snow cover, total ozone studies, space environment, solar flux analysis.
Mission Measurements
Mission Instruments
SPM - Solar Proton Monitor
SR - Scanning Radiometer
VHRR - Very High Resolution Radiometer
VTPR - Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer
OpenSearch Datasets Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 15 )
AVHRR Level-1B Local Area Coverage Imagery
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Algeria 3 - Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Site (PICS)
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Algeria 5 - Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Site (PICS)
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Dome C, Antarctica - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Dunhuang, China - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Frenchman Flat, USA - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Ivanpah Playa, USA - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - La Crau, France - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Libya 1 - Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Site (PICS)
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Mauritania 1 - Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Site (PICS)

Selected FedEO OpenSearch Results (view all 2 results: browser , table )
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Snow cover and hydroclimate studies Snow-atmosphere studies Snow-sea ice studi...
NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Northern Hemisphere (NH) Snow Cover Extent (SCE), Version 1. CLIMA...

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