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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - Aurora -
Full Name Aurora Status Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies Orbital Sidekick Launch Date 06 Aug 2021
Mission Links mission site EOL Date Aug 2024
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
Orbit Type Orbit Period
Orbit Sense Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST Repeat Cycle 7 days
Objectives and Applications Facility monitoring and advanced radiometric fingerprinting and speciation of chemicals. Targeting aboveground GHG superemitters.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereOzone HIS
Trace gases (excluding ozone) HIS
Mission Instruments
HIS - Hyperspecrtal Imaging Sensor
OpenSearch Datasets Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 1 )
Temperature XBT profiles from Aurora Australis 0806 in the Antarctic and South Indian Ocean in 2008 ...

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