PCW-2 Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - PCW-2 -

Full Name

Polar Communications and Weather-2

Status

Cancelled

Mission Agencies

CSA , DND, ECCC

Launch Date

01 Dec 2021

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

01 Dec 2036

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Highly elliptical

Orbit Period

718 minutes

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

63.4 deg

Orbit Altitude

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

N/A

Repeat Cycle

1 days

Objectives and Applications

Continuous meteorological observation and communications service to the Arctic.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	PCWMP
	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	PCW PHEOS - Atmospheric
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	PCW PHEOS - Atmospheric, PCWMP
	Liquid water and precipitation rate	PCWMP
	Ozone	PCW PHEOS - Atmospheric
	Trace gases (excluding ozone)	PCW PHEOS - Atmospheric
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	PCW PHEOS - Atmospheric
Gravity and Magnetic Fields	Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements	PCW PHEOS - Solar-Terrestrial
Land	Vegetation	PCWMP
Ocean	Surface temperature (ocean)	PCWMP
Snow & Ice	Snow cover, edge and depth	PCWMP
	Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	PCWMP

Mission Instruments

PCW PHEOS - Atmospheric - Polar Highly Elliptical Orbit Science Weather, Climate & Air Quality Mission

PCW PHEOS - Solar-Terrestrial - Polar Highly Elliptical Orbit Science, Solar-Terrestrial Mission

PCWMP - PCW Meteorological Payload (1 on each PCW S/C)

OpenSearch Datasets

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