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Satellite Programme:
Heat Capacity Mapping Mission
Programme details
Programme description
Single-satellite programme for land observation.
USA programme: NASA responsible for development and operations.
The satellite has active 3-axis stabilisation.
The design lifetime is two years.
The satellite exploits a sunsynchronous orbit around 14:00.
See detailed description at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1978-041A .
Data circulation
Onboard stored data downlinked to NASA acquisition stations.
Data managed by the NASA National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC).
Agencies
NASA
Programme lifetime
1978 - 1980
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational
, blue tag => planned
Heat Capacity Mapping Mission
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 released
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 was released including new features related to Gap Analysis and satellite status information. With version 2.6 OSCAR/Space has a new URL; https://space.oscar.wmo.int . Please read more via the link here .