Objectives and Applications
Natural resources management; agricultural applications; forestry etc.
Full Name
Advance Wide Field Sensor Satellite
Mission Status
N/A
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
01 Jan 2012
Mission Links
EOL Date
01 Jan 2016
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
102 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.72 deg
Orbit Altitude
817 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
4 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
AWiFS - Advanced Wide Field Sensor |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | AWiFS |
| Landscape topography | AWiFS |
| Vegetation | AWiFS |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | AWiFS |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | AWiFS |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | AWiFS |
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