MOS-1 Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - MOS-1 -

Full Name

Marine Observation Satellite-1
aka Momo-1

Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

NASDA, JAXA

Launch Date

19 Feb 1987

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

29 Nov 1995

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

103 minutes

Orbit Sense

Ascending

Orbit Inclination

99 deg

Orbit Altitude

909 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

10:30

Repeat Cycle

17 days

Objectives and Applications

natural resource utilization and for environmental protection.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	MSR
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	MESSR, VTIR
Land	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	MESSR
Ocean	Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	MESSR, MSR, VTIR
Snow & Ice	Snow cover, edge and depth	MSR

Mission Instruments

MESSR - Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer

MSR - Microwave Scanning Radiometer

VTIR - Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer

Featured Datasets
More Datasets

MOS-1A/1B ORT MESSR Sep-1987	The ESA Orthorectified Map-oriented (Level 1) Products collection is composed of MOS-1/1B MESSR (Multi-spectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer) data products generated as part of the MOS Bulk Processing Campaign using the MOS Processor v3.02. Read more

MOS-1A/1B SYC MESSR Sep-1987	The ESA System Corrected Map-oriented (Level 1) Products collection is composed of MOS-1/1B MESSR (Multi-spectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer) data products generated as part of the MOS Bulk Processing Campaign using the MOS Processor v3.02. Read more

MOS-1A/1B SYC VTIR
Sep-1987

The ESA System Corrected (Level 1) MOS-1/1B VTIR Products collection is composed of MOS-1/1B VTIR (Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer) data products generated as part of the MOS Bulk Processing Campaign using the MOS Processor v3.02. Read more

OpenSearch Datasets

Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 5 )
Data from Marine Observation Satellite MOS-1 and MOS-1B from Esrange Satellite Station, Kiruna, Swed ...

Earth Surface and Atmospheric Imagery from MOS-1-MESSR

Earth Surface and Atmospheric Imagery from MOS-1-MSR

Earth Surface and Atmospheric Imagery from MOS-1-VTIR

MESSR/MOS-1 L2 Data

Selected FedEO OpenSearch Results (view all 5 results: browser , table )
MOS-1/1B ESA Orthorectified Map-oriented Products [MES_GEC_1P]

MOS-1/1B ESA System Corrected VTIR Products [VTI_SYC_1P]

MOS-1/1B ESA System Corrected Map-oriented Products [MES_GES_1P]

MESSR/MOS-1 L2 Data

MESSR/MOS-1b L2 Data

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