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Satellite:
Aura
Satellite details
Acronym
Aura
Full name
Earth Observation System - Aura
Satellite Description
3rd (last) flight unit of the EOS programme.
Main mission: atmospheric chemistry.
Mass at launch
2967 kg
Dry mass
Power
4600 W
Data access link
https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura
Data access information
For HIRDLS, MLS and OMI, the data are held at the Goddard Earth Science DISC.
For TES, the data are held at the NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center.
The Aura instrument validation data are held at the Aura Validation Data Center at Goddard Space Flight Center.
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
705 km
ECT
13:40 asc
Space agency
NASA
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
15 Jul 2004
EOL
≥2023
Last update:
2022-03-21
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
Aura
Acronym
Full name
HIRDLS
High-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
MLS
Microwave Limb Sounder
OMI
Ozone Monitoring Instrument
TES-limb
Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer
TES-nadir
Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
Aura
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed
Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details
Service
Dir or Mode
Frequency
Emission designator
Bandwidth
Polarisation
D/A
Data rate or Baseband
Comments
MLS
passive
112150 - 123850 MHz
N/R kHz
-
A
9 sub-bands, for temperature and pressure
MLS
passive
186100 - 193900 MHz
N/R kHz
-
A
6 sub-bands, mainly for H2O and HNO3
MLS
passive
235450 - 244550 MHz
N/R kHz
-
A
7 sub-bands, mainly for O3 and CO
MLS
passive
634150 - 645850 MHz
N/R kHz
-
A
9 sub-bands, mainly for N2O, HCl, ClO, HOCl, BrO, HO2 and SO2
MLS
passive
2496750 - 2503250 MHz
N/R kHz
-
A
5 sub-bands, mainly for OH