BackForwardInstrument:  DCS (Landsat) 

Instrument details
Acronym DCS (Landsat)
Full name Data Collection System
Purpose Data collection from in-situ Data Collection Platforms
Short description Transponder of messages from self-timed Data Collection Platforms, and location of the platform
Background Follow-on of the IRLS mission on Nimbus-3 (without the interrogation facility) and predecessor of the Argos mission flown on NOAA
Scanning Technique N/A
Resolution N/A
Coverage / Cycle N/A
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency NASA
Instrument Maturity Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period: 1972 to 1983
Last update: 2012-07-11
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Instrument classification
  • Other payload component
  • Data Collection System
WIGOS Subcomponents No WIGOS subcomponents have been defined.
Mission objectives
No mission objectives have been defined.
Evaluation of Measurements