GEO-CAPE Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - GEO-CAPE -

Full Name

Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events

Status

Cancelled

Mission Agencies

NASA

Launch Date

03 Jan 2023

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

03 Apr 2026

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Geostationary

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

42000 km

Orbit Longitude

80 deg

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

1 days

Objectives and Applications

Phase-2 DS Mission, launch order unknown, 3-year nominal mission. Atmospheric gas columns for air quality forecasts; ocean colour for coastal ecosystem health and climate emissions.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	UV/Vis Near IR Wide Imaging Spectrometer (Geo-Cape)
	Atmospheric Winds	Event Imaging Spectrometer from GEO (GeoCape)
	Ozone	UV/Vis Near IR Wide Imaging Spectrometer (Geo-Cape)
	Trace gases (excluding ozone)	IR Correlation Radiometer (GeoCape), UV/Vis Near IR Wide Imaging Spectrometer (Geo-Cape)
Ocean	Ocean colour/biology	Event Imaging Spectrometer from GEO (GeoCape)

Mission Instruments

Event Imaging Spectrometer from GEO (GeoCape) - Event Imaging Spectrometer from GEO (GeoCape)

IR Correlation Radiometer (GeoCape) - IR Correlation Radiometer (GeoCape)

UV/Vis Near IR Wide Imaging Spectrometer (Geo-Cape) - UV/Vis Near IR Wide Imaging Spectrometer (Geo-Cape)

OpenSearch Datasets

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