UK-DMC2 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Wide area, medium resolution optical imaging for mapping, crop monitoring, environmental resource and disaster management.

Mission Summary

Full Name
UK Disaster Monitoring Constellation 2
aka DMC 2
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
29 Jul 2009
Mission Links
EOL Date
31 Dec 2019
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
97.9 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
97.8 deg
Orbit Altitude
665 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:00:00
Repeat Cycle
5 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

SLIM-6-22 - Surrey Linear Imager - 6 channel - 22m resolution

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandAlbedo and reflectance SLIM-6-22
Vegetation SLIM-6-22
Multi-purpose imagery (land) SLIM-6-22

OpenSearch Datasets

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