GACM Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - GACM -

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)

OpenSearch Datasets

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