PACE Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - PACE -

Full Name

Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem
aka Pre-Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystems

Status

Operational (nominal)

Mission Agencies

NASA , NSO , SRON

Launch Date

08 Feb 2024

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

May 2027

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

58928 (TLE)

International Designator

2024-025A

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

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.

Mission Measurements

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

Mission Instruments

HARP2 - Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter

OCI - Ocean Color Instrument

SPEXone - Spectro-Polarimeter for Exploration

OpenSearch Datasets

Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 144 )
PACE Definitive Ephemeris Data Data, V1

PACE HARP2 Level-0 Detector 1 (D1) Data, V1 $The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter #2 (HARP2) instrument, flying aboard the PACE spacecraft, is a wide-angle imaging polarimeter designed to measure aerosol particles and clouds, as well as properties of land and water surfaces. HARP2 will combine data from multiple along-track viewing angles (up to 60), four spectral bands in the visible and near infrared ranges, and three angles of linear polarization to measure the microphysical properties of the atmospheric particles including their size distribution, amount, refractive indices and particle shape.$
PACE HARP2 Level-0 Detector 2 (D2) Data, V1 $The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter #2 (HARP2) instrument, flying aboard the PACE spacecraft, is a wide-angle imaging polarimeter designed to measure aerosol particles and clouds, as well as properties of land and water surfaces. HARP2 will combine data from multiple along-track viewing angles (up to 60), four spectral bands in the visible and near infrared ranges, and three angles of linear polarization to measure the microphysical properties of the atmospheric particles including their size distribution, amount, refractive indices and particle shape.$
PACE HARP2 Level-0 Detector 3 (D3) Data, V1 $The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter #2 (HARP2) instrument, flying aboard the PACE spacecraft, is a wide-angle imaging polarimeter designed to measure aerosol particles and clouds, as well as properties of land and water surfaces. HARP2 will combine data from multiple along-track viewing angles (up to 60), four spectral bands in the visible and near infrared ranges, and three angles of linear polarization to measure the microphysical properties of the atmospheric particles including their size distribution, amount, refractive indices and particle shape.$
PACE HARP2 Level-0 Instrument Telemetry/Multi-Detector Data, V1 $The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter #2 (HARP2) instrument, flying aboard the PACE spacecraft, is a wide-angle imaging polarimeter designed to measure aerosol particles and clouds, as well as properties of land and water surfaces. HARP2 will combine data from multiple along-track viewing angles (up to 60), four spectral bands in the visible and near infrared ranges, and three angles of linear polarization to measure the microphysical properties of the atmospheric particles including their size distribution, amount, refractive indices and particle shape.$
PACE HARP2 Level-0 Real-time Direct Transfer Mode Data, V1 $The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter #2 (HARP2) instrument, flying aboard the PACE spacecraft, is a wide-angle imaging polarimeter designed to measure aerosol particles and clouds, as well as properties of land and water surfaces. HARP2 will combine data from multiple along-track viewing angles (up to 60), four spectral bands in the visible and near infrared ranges, and three angles of linear polarization to measure the microphysical properties of the atmospheric particles including their size distribution, amount, refractive indices and particle shape.$
PACE HARP2 Level-0 Science Data, V1 $The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter #2 (HARP2) instrument, flying aboard the PACE spacecraft, is a wide-angle imaging polarimeter designed to measure aerosol particles and clouds, as well as properties of land and water surfaces. HARP2 will combine data from multiple along-track viewing angles (up to 60), four spectral bands in the visible and near infrared ranges, and three angles of linear polarization to measure the microphysical properties of the atmospheric particles including their size distribution, amount, refractive indices and particle shape.$
PACE HARP2 Level-1A Acquisition Scheme Type 0 - Full-Resolution Data, V2 $The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter #2 (HARP2) instrument, flying aboard the PACE spacecraft, is a wide-angle imaging polarimeter designed to measure aerosol particles and clouds, as well as properties of land and water surfaces. HARP2 will combine data from multiple along-track viewing angles (up to 60), four spectral bands in the visible and near infrared ranges, and three angles of linear polarization to measure the microphysical properties of the atmospheric particles including their size distribution, amount, refractive indices and particle shape.$
PACE HARP2 Level-1A Acquisition Scheme Type 1 - Half-Resolution Data, V2 $The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter #2 (HARP2) instrument, flying aboard the PACE spacecraft, is a wide-angle imaging polarimeter designed to measure aerosol particles and clouds, as well as properties of land and water surfaces. HARP2 will combine data from multiple along-track viewing angles (up to 60), four spectral bands in the visible and near infrared ranges, and three angles of linear polarization to measure the microphysical properties of the atmospheric particles including their size distribution, amount, refractive indices and particle shape.$
PACE HARP2 Level-1A Acquisition Scheme Type 2 - Science Mode (no MTDI) Data, V2 $The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter #2 (HARP2) instrument, flying aboard the PACE spacecraft, is a wide-angle imaging polarimeter designed to measure aerosol particles and clouds, as well as properties of land and water surfaces. HARP2 will combine data from multiple along-track viewing angles (up to 60), four spectral bands in the visible and near infrared ranges, and three angles of linear polarization to measure the microphysical properties of the atmospheric particles including their size distribution, amount, refractive indices and particle shape.$

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