Objectives and Applications
Phase-2 DS mission, 3-year nominal mission. Aerosol and cloud profiles for climate and water cycle; ocean colour for open ocean biogeochemistry.
Full Name
Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem
aka Pre-Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystems
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
08 Feb 2024
Mission Links
EOL Date
May 2027
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98 deg
Orbit Altitude
677 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
13:00
Repeat Cycle
16 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
HARP2 - Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter |
| OCI - Ocean Color Instrument |
| SPEXone - Spectro-Polarimeter for Exploration |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | HARP2, SPEXone |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | HARP2, OCI |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | HARP2 |
| Radiation budget | OCI |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | OCI |
| Vegetation | OCI |
| Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | OCI |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | OCI |