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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- NIMBUS-2
-
Full Name
Nimbus 2
Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NASA
Launch Date
15 May 1966
Mission Links
EOL Date
17 Jan 1969
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
2173
(
TLE
)
International Designator
1966-040A
Orbit Type
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications
Testing of advanced meteorological sensor systems and for collecting meteorological data.
Mission Measurements
Mission Instruments
APT - Automatic Picture Transimission
AVCS - Advanced Vidicon Camera System
HRIR - High Resolution Infrared Radiometer
MRIR - Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
OpenSearch Datasets
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HRIR/Nimbus-2 Images of Nighttime Brightness Temperature on 70 mm Film V001 (HRIRN2IM) at GES DISC
HRIR/Nimbus-2 Level 1 Meteorological Radiation Data V001 (HRIRN2L1) at GES DISC
MRIR/Nimbus-2 Images of Daytime Brightness Temperature on 4 x 5 inch Film Sheets V001 (MRIRN2IM) at ...
MRIR/Nimbus-2 Level 1 Meteorological Radiation Data V001 (MRIRN2L1) at GES DISC
Nimbus Advanced Vidicon Camera System Remapped Visible Imagery Daily L3, GeoTIFF V001
Nimbus Advanced Vidicon Camera System Remapped Visible Imagery Daily L3, HDF5 V001
Nimbus Advanced Vidicon Camera System Visible Imagery L1, HDF5 V001
Nimbus High Resolution Infrared Radiometer Digital Swath Data L1, HDF5 V001
Nimbus High Resolution Infrared Radiometer Grayscale Swath Data L1, TIFF V001
Nimbus High Resolution Infrared Radiometer Remapped Digital Data Daily L3, GeoTIFF V001
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