PATH Mission

Objectives and Applications

Phase-3 DS Mission, launch order unknown, 3-year nominal mission. High frequency, all-weather temperature and humidity soundings for weather forecasting and SST.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Precipitation and All-weather Temperature and Humidity
Mission Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
03 Jan 2030
Mission Links
EOL Date
03 Apr 2033
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
42000 km
Orbit Longitude
0 deg
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

GeoSTAR - MW Array Spectrometer (PATH)

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields GeoSTAR
Atmospheric Winds GeoSTAR
Cloud particle properties and profile GeoSTAR
Liquid water and precipitation rate GeoSTAR
Atmospheric Temperature Fields GeoSTAR
LandSurface temperature (land) GeoSTAR
OceanSurface temperature (ocean) GeoSTAR

OpenSearch Datasets

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