YOUTHSAT Mission

Objectives and Applications

Airglow of Earth's atmosphere (ionosphere), mapping total electron content in ionosphere.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Youthsat
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
20 Apr 2011
Mission Links
EOL Date
19 Apr 2013
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101.35 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.731 deg
Orbit Altitude
817 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
24 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

LiV HYSI - Limb Viewing Hyperspectral Imager VNIR
RaBIT - Radio Beacon for Ionospheric Tomography

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements LiV HYSI, RaBIT

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