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Satellite Programme:
Orbview-1 (former: MicroLab)
Programme details
Programme description
Single-satellite programme, for new atmospheric sensors development.
Programme organised on commercial basis by Orbital Imaging Corporation (ORBIMAGE), changing name to GeoEye in 2006. Instruments provided by the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and the University Consortium for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in collaboration with NASA/JPL.
The platform is 3-axis stabilised by gravity gradient.
The design life time is 2 years.
The satellite is in a high-inclination drifting orbit.
See detailed descriptions at https://directory.eoportal.org/missions/orbview-1 . http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/otd and http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/gpsmet/index.html
Data circulation
Mission operated by the Satellite Operations Center (SOC) of ORBIMAGE at Dulles, VA.
Processing and distribution performed by the institutes providing the instruments (MSFC and UCAR).
Agencies
NASA
, UCAR
Programme lifetime
1995 - 2000
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational
, blue tag => planned
Orbview-1 (former: MicroLab)
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 .