MAPSAR Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - MAPSAR -

Full Name

Multi-purpose SAR

Status

Cancelled

Mission Agencies

INPE

Launch Date

03 Dec 2015

Mission Links

EOL Date

03 Dec 2019

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

Descending

Orbit Inclination

98 deg

Orbit Altitude

620 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

Multi-purpose SAR.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	DCS
Land	Albedo and reflectance	SAR (MAPSAR)
	Landscape topography	SAR (MAPSAR)
	Vegetation	SAR (MAPSAR)
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	SAR (MAPSAR)
Ocean	Ocean topography/currents	SAR (MAPSAR)
	Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	SAR (MAPSAR)
Snow & Ice	Snow cover, edge and depth	SAR (MAPSAR)
	Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	SAR (MAPSAR)

Mission Instruments

DCS - Data Collecting System

SAR (MAPSAR) - Synthetic Aperture Radar (MAPSAR)

OpenSearch Datasets

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