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Satellite:
CloudSat
Satellite details
Acronym
CloudSat
Full name
CloudSat
Satellite Description
Single flight unit of the CloudSat programme.
Main missions: cloud profiling.
Formation-flying with Calipso, as part of the A-train
Mass at launch
995 kg
Dry mass
848 kg
Power
700 W
Data access link
http://www.cloudsat.cira.colostate.edu/
Data access information
Data available from CIRA (Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere).
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
689 km
ECT
13:30 asc
Space agency
NASA
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
Battery degraded since April 2011.
Orbit lowered from the original 705 km to 689 km on 23 February 2018. No longer in A-Train.
2 reaction wheel failures on 27 Aug 2020
Return to daytime only operations on 16 Dec 2021
Launch
28 Apr 2006
EOL
≥2023
Last update:
2022-02-10
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
CloudSat
Acronym
Full name
CPR
Cloud Profiling Radar for CloudSat
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
CloudSat
Instrument
Full name
Start date
EOL date
Status
NRT data
Instrument landing page
Comments
CPR
Cloud Profiling Radar for CloudSat
27 Jul 2006
≥2023 *
Active
After April 2011, instrument turned off during orbit night; then in standby mode since August 2020. Reactivated in Dec 2021.
* 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
CPR
active
94050 - 94050 MHz
N/R kHz
-
A
W-band precipitation radar