Post-EPS Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - Post-EPS -

Full Name

Post EUMETSAT Polar System

Status

Cancelled

Mission Agencies

EUMETSAT , DLR

Launch Date

01 Jan 2018

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

01 Jan 2023

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

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

Objectives and Applications

Operational meteorology, climate monitoring, environmental services.

Mission Measurements

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

Mission Instruments

METimage - Multi Spectral Imager

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