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Satellite Programme: Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite
Programme details
Programme description
Single satellite programme to monitor solar irradiance.
USA programme: NASA responsible of development and operations.
The platform is spin-stabilised, with the spin axis pointing at Sun.
The design life time of the satellite is 5 years.
The satellite exploits a sunsynchronous around 11:00.
It provides continuity of solar irradiance observation from previous satellites (e.g. UARS) to JPSS-FF.
See detailed description at
http://acrim.jpl.nasa.gov
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Data circulation
Onboard stored data downlinked to the ACRIMSAT ground station located at the JPL / Table Mountain Facility.
Data processed at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena CA.
Agencies
NASA
Programme lifetime
1999 - 2013
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational , blue tag => planned
Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite
ACRIMSat
(1999-2013)
ACRIM-III