CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - OCO-3-on-ISS -
Full Name ISS/Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3
aka ISS/OCO-3
Status Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies NASA Launch Date 04 May 2019
Mission Links mission site | data access portal EOL Date Jan 2031
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 25544 (TLE)
International Designator 1998-067A
Orbit Type Inclined, non-sun-synchronous Orbit Period 93 minutes
Orbit Sense Ascending Orbit Inclination 51.6 deg
Orbit Altitude 417 km Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications High resolution carbon dioxide and Solar-Induced chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF) measurements to characterize carbon sources and sinks on regional scales and quantify their variability over the seasonal cycle.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereTrace gases (excluding ozone) Spectrometer (OCO-3)
Mission Instruments
Spectrometer (OCO-3) - Spectrometer (OCO-3)
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