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Satellite Programme: Precipitation and All-weather Temperature and Humidity
Programme details
Programme description
Single-satellite programme in the framework of the US Earth Science Decadal Survey, to demonstrate MW sounding from GEO.
NASA/JPL responsible of development of the space segment.
The platform is actively stabilised over 3 axes.
The design life time of the satellites is 5 years.
The position in GEO orbit is TBD.
See detailed description at
http://decadal.gsfc.nasa.gov/path.html
Data circulation
TBD.
Agencies
NASA
Programme lifetime
TBD
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational , blue tag => planned
Precipitation and All-weather Temperature and Humidity
PATH
(TBD-TBD)
GeoSTAR