Objectives and Applications
Operational meteorology, climate monitoring, environmental services.
Full Name
Post EUMETSAT Polar System
Mission Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
01 Jan 2018
Mission Links
EOL Date
01 Jan 2023
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.7 deg
Orbit Altitude
817 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
9:30
Repeat Cycle
29 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
METimage - Multi Spectral Imager |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | METimage |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | METimage |
| Atmospheric Winds | METimage |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | METimage |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | METimage |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | METimage |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | METimage |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | METimage |
| Vegetation | METimage |
| Surface temperature (land) | METimage |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | METimage |
| Ocean | Surface temperature (ocean) | METimage |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | METimage |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | METimage |
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