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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- NOAA-6
-
Full Name
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 6
Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NOAA
Launch Date
27 Jun 1979
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
31 Mar 1987
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
11416
(
TLE
)
International Designator
1979-057A
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
Category
Parameter
Instrument(s)
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Humidity Fields
HIRS/2
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature
HIRS/2
Liquid water and precipitation rate
MSU
Ozone
HIRS/2
Radiation budget
HIRS/2
Trace gases (excluding ozone)
HIRS/2
Atmospheric Temperature Fields
HIRS/2
,
MSU
,
SSU
Land
Surface temperature (land)
HIRS/2
Ocean
Surface temperature (ocean)
AVHRR/1
Mission Instruments
Argos - Argos
AVHRR/1 - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer /1
HIRS/2 - High Resolution Infra-red Sounder/2
MSU - Microwave Sounding Unit
SEM/MEPED - Medium Energy Proton Detector
SEM/TED - Total Energy Detector
SSU - Stratospheric Sounding Unit
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