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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- GACM
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Full Name
Global Atmospheric Composition Mission
Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
NASA
Launch Date
03 Jan 2030
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
03 Apr 2033
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications
Phase-3 DS Mission, launch order unknown, 3-year nominal mission. Ozone and related gases for intercontinental air quality and stratospheric ozone layer prediction.
Mission Measurements
Category
Parameter
Instrument(s)
Atmosphere
Aerosols
Microwave limb sounder (GACM)
,
UV Spectrometer (GACM)
Atmospheric Humidity Fields
Microwave limb sounder (GACM)
Ozone
Microwave limb sounder (GACM)
,
UV Spectrometer (GACM)
Trace gases (excluding ozone)
IR Spectrometer (GACM)
,
Microwave limb sounder (GACM)
,
UV Spectrometer (GACM)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields
Microwave limb sounder (GACM)
Mission Instruments
IR Spectrometer (GACM) - IR Spectrometer (GACM)
Microwave limb sounder (GACM) - Microwave limb sounder (GACM)
UV Spectrometer (GACM) - UV Spectrometer (GACM)
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