CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- Federated Satellite Systems
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Full Name
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FSSCat
aka FSSCat
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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ESA , ESA
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Launch Date
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03 Sep 2020
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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31 Dec 2021
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #s
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46292 (TLE), 46293 (TLE)
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International Designators
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2020-061W, 2020-061X
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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95 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Ascending
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Orbit Inclination
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98 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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540 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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10:30
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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Microwave radiometer and GNSS-reflectometer (FMPL-2), a visible, near-infrared and thermal-infrared hyperspectral instrument (Hyperscout®-2), and the Phisat-1 artificial intelligence instrument. The FSSCat mission is based on two CubeSats, each about the size of a shoebox, that use state-of-the-art dual-microwave and multispectral sensors to measure, for example, soil moisture, sea-ice extent and sea-ice thickness. Other applications are: high resolution by data fusion between hyperspectral and thermal, evapotranspiration and agriculture applications, Urban Heat Island, assisting search and rescue for pyroclastic flow/surge deposits, oil spills, fire monitoring, underground fires and water quality.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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Featured Datasets
More Datasets
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FSSCat HyperScout-2 Level 1C
Dec-2021
| The FSSCat mission comprised two federated 6U CubeSats that supported Copernicus Land and Marine Environment services. Its capabilities encompassed measuring soil moisture, ice extent, ice thickness, and
detecting melting ponds on ice. Read more 
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
No FedEO OpenSearch datasets found.
Want to explore more? Read about FedEO by ESA or click here to search FedEO or CMR OpenSearch by NASA
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