Coriolis (satellite)
AFRL | |
| COSPAR ID | 2003-001A |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 27640 |
| Mission duration | 21 years, 3 months and 20 days (elasped) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | Spectrum Astro Inc |
| Launch mass | 395 kilograms (871 lb) |
| Power | 1,174 watts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | January 6, 2003, 14:19 UTC |
| Rocket | SLC-4W |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Eccentricity | 0.0013721 |
| Perigee altitude | 826 kilometers (513 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 846 kilometers (526 mi) |
| Inclination | 98.7 degrees |
| Period | 101.5 minutes |
| Epoch | 14 November 2016, 20:52:53 UTC |
| Instruments | |
WindSat , SMEI | |
The Coriolis satellite is a
GMT
.
Instruments
WINDSAT
WINDSAT is a joint
nonprecipitating conditions) with a 25-km spatial resolution. Secondary measurements are Sea surface temperature, soil moisture, rain rate, ice and snow characteristics and water vapor
.
Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI)
The Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI) is an instrument intended to detect disturbances in the solar wind by means of imaging scattered light from the free electrons in the plasma of the solar wind. To do this three
CCD cameras
observe sections of the sky of size 60 by 3 degree.
As the SMEI instrument observes the whole sky, data generated has been used to observe periodic changes in the brightness of stars. This data can be used to detect
extra-solar planets
.
External links
- WINDSAT site at NOAA
- Ray, Justin. "Coriolis launched to track ocean winds, solar storms". Spaceflight Now.
Bibliography
- WINDSAT Project Information
- WINDSAT Contractors Web Site
- WINDSAT site at NRL Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
- WINDSAT site at ONR
- Launch Schedule for ITC
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