Arctica-M N1 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Meteorology, oceanography, including ice cover monitoring, environmental climate and disaster monitoring in the Arctic region.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Hydro-meteorological Satellite Arctica-M N1
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
28 Feb 2021
Mission Links
EOL Date
Feb 2028
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Highly elliptical
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
63.4 deg
Orbit Altitude
720 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
1 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

GGAK-VE - Module for Geophysical Measurements
MSU-GS/VE - Multispectral scanning imager-radiometer

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields MSU-GS/VE
Atmospheric Winds MSU-GS/VE
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature MSU-GS/VE
Liquid water and precipitation rate MSU-GS/VE
Ozone MSU-GS/VE
Radiation budget MSU-GS/VE
Atmospheric Temperature Fields MSU-GS/VE
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements GGAK-VE
LandVegetation MSU-GS/VE
Surface temperature (land) MSU-GS/VE
Multi-purpose imagery (land) MSU-GS/VE
OceanSurface temperature (ocean) MSU-GS/VE
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth MSU-GS/VE

OpenSearch Datasets

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