ASCENDS Mission

Objectives and Applications

Phase-2 DS Mission, launch order unknown, 3-year nominal mission. Day/night, all-latitude, all-season CO2 column integrals for climate emissions.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons
Mission Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
03 Apr 2022
Mission Links
EOL Date
03 Jul 2025
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
97.3 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
450 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:30
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

CO Sensor (ASCENDS) - CO Sensor (ASCENDS)
CO2 and O2 LIDAR (ASCENDS) - Combined CO2 and O2 column absorption LIDAR (ASCENDS)

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereTrace gases (excluding ozone) CO Sensor (ASCENDS), CO2 and O2 LIDAR (ASCENDS)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields CO2 and O2 LIDAR (ASCENDS)

OpenSearch Datasets

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