Objectives and Applications
Hydrometeorology, heliogeophysics, climatology, cloud information.
Full Name
Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
11 Dec 2015
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
35800 km
Orbit Longitude
76 deg
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
DCS - Data Collection System |
| GGAK-E - Module for Geophysical Measurements |
| MSU-GS - Multispectral scanning imager-radiometer |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | MSU-GS |
| Atmospheric Winds | MSU-GS |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MSU-GS |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | MSU-GS |
| Ozone | MSU-GS |
| Radiation budget | MSU-GS |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | MSU-GS |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | GGAK-E |
| Land | Vegetation | MSU-GS |
| Surface temperature (land) | MSU-GS |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | MSU-GS |
| Ocean | Surface temperature (ocean) | MSU-GS |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | MSU-GS |
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