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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
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Full Name
Ocean dynamics satellite A
Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
NSOAS
,
CAST
Launch Date
16 Aug 2011
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
Dec 2022
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
37781
(
TLE
)
International Designator
2011-043A
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
104 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
99.3 deg
Orbit Altitude
963 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
6:00
Repeat Cycle
14 days
Objectives and Applications
Detecting ocean surface temperature, wind field, wave and topography.
Mission Measurements
Category
Parameter
Instrument(s)
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Humidity Fields
RAD
Gravity and Magnetic Fields
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements
DORIS-NG
Ocean
Ocean topography/currents
ALT
,
DORIS-NG
Ocean surface winds
RAD
,
SCAT
Surface temperature (ocean)
RAD
Ocean wave height and spectrum
ALT
Snow & Ice
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness
RAD
Mission Instruments
ALT - Radar Altimeter
DORIS-NG - Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-NG
RAD - Microwave radiometer
SCAT - Scatterometer
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