MERLIN Mission

IdentifiermerlinNamesMethane Remote Sensing Lidar MissionMERLINAliasesd-f-climate-mission About identifiers

Objectives and Applications

Global atmospheric methane concentration.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Methane Remote Sensing Lidar Mission
aka D/F Climate Mission
Mission Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
CNES, DLR
Launch Date
Dec 2031
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
Dec 2036
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

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

Mission Instruments

IPDA LIDAR - Integrated Path Differential Absorption Light Detection and Ranging Instrument merlin_ipda-lidar

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereTrace gases (excluding ozone) IPDA LIDAR

OpenSearch Datasets

No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
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