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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- NOAA-4
-
Full Name
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 4
Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NOAA
Launch Date
15 Nov 1974
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
18 Nov 1978
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
7529
(
TLE
)
International Designator
1974-089A
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
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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)
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