GeoXO2 Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - GeoXO2 -

Full Name

Geostationary Extended Observations 2
aka GeoXO2 (FM2)

Status

Considered

Mission Agencies

NOAA

Launch Date

2031

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

2055

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Geostationary

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

36000 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

GeoXO will supply vital information to address major environmental challenges of the future in support of U.S. weather, ocean, and climate operations. The GeoXO mission will continue and expand observations provided by the GOES-R Series as NOAA's next generation of geostationary satellites.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	GEOXO Atmospheric Composition
	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	GEOXO Atmospheric Composition, GEOXO Sounder
	Atmospheric Winds	GEOXO Sounder
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	GEOXO Sounder
	Ozone	GEOXO Atmospheric Composition
	Radiation budget	GEOXO Sounder
	Trace gases (excluding ozone)	GEOXO Atmospheric Composition, GEOXO Sounder
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	GEOXO Sounder
Land	Surface temperature (land)	GEOXO Sounder
Ocean	Surface temperature (ocean)	GEOXO Sounder

Mission Instruments

GEOXO Atmospheric Composition - GEO Extended Operations Atmospheric Composition

GEOXO Sounder - GEO Extended Operations Hyperspectral Infrared Sounder

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