Objectives and Applications
Global atmospheric methane concentration.
Full Name
Methane Remote Sensing Lidar Mission
aka D/F Climate Mission
Mission Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
Feb 2029
Mission Links
EOL Date
Feb 2032
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
90 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
500 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
6:00 or 18:00
Repeat Cycle
28 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
IPDA LIDAR - Integrated Path Differential Absorption Light Detection and Ranging Instrument |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Trace gases (excluding ozone) | IPDA LIDAR |
No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.