WMO OSCAR | Satellite: COSMIC-1

Satellite: COSMIC-1

Satellite details

Acronym	COSMIC-1
Full name	Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere & Climate - 1
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
Satellite Description	1st constellation of the COSMIC programme, also called FormoSat-3. Cluster of 6 satellite spread along different drifting orbits. Main mission: temperature/humidity sounding. Substantial contribution to Space weather.
Mass at launch	61 kg	Dry mass
Power	46 W
Data access link	http://cdaac-www.cosmic.ucar.edu/cdaac/index.html
Data access information	Data available by Internet from CDAAC and TACC. Also input to GTS by NOAA after reception from CDAAC (latency time: 75 min).
Orbit	Drifting orbit	Altitude	800 km
Inclination	72 °

Space agency	NSPO , NOAA, UCAR
Status	Inactive
Details on Status (as available)	Final asset of orbital separation achieved by end 2007. Progressive degradation of the constellation performance: FM-2, FM-3 and FM-4 off; other intermittent or degraded. Final decommissioning of the constellation in May 2020.
Launch	14 Apr 2006	EOL	06 May 2020
Last update:	2021-05-20

Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere & Climate
- COSMIC-1 (2006 - 2020)
- COSMIC-2 (2019 - 2026)
- TRITON (2023 - 2029)

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on COSMIC-1

Acronym	Full name
IGOR	Integrated GPS Occultation Receiver
TIP	Tiny Ionosphere Photometer
CERTO/TBB	Coherent Electromagnetic Radio Tomography / Triband Beacon Transmitter

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on COSMIC-1

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	NRT data	Comments
IGOR	Integrated GPS Occultation Receiver	28 Jul 2006	06 May 2020	N/A	No	Available until early 2020 in degraded mode from FM-6 and potentially, under favourable solar conditions, from FM-1 and FM-5. Number of useful soundings around 400 / day.
TIP	Tiny Ionosphere Photometer	28 Jul 2006	06 May 2020	N/A	No	Available until early 2020 intermittently from FM-6.
CERTO/TBB	Coherent Electromagnetic Radio Tomography / Triband Beacon Transmitter	28 Jul 2006	06 May 2020	N/A	No	Available until early 2020 intermittently from FM-6.

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed

Satellite frequencies for Earth Observation, data transfer and platform communications and control

Frequencies for satellite management

Service	Direction	Frequency (MHz)	Emission designator	Bandwidth (kHz)	Polarisation	D/A	Data rate (kbps) or Baseband (kHz)	Comments
Command	E-S	2039.5 MHz	64K0G1D	64 kHz	RHCP	D	32 kbps	Commands

Frequencies for scientific data acquisition and communication services at ground stations

Service	Direction	Frequency (MHz)	Bandwidth (kHz)	Polarisation	D/A	Data rate (kbps) or Baseband (kHz)	Comments
TM & Raw Data	S-E	2215 MHz	4560 kHz	RHCP	D	2000 kbps	Telemetry, sensor data
TM & Raw Data	S-E	2215 MHz	64 kHz	RHCP	D	36.48 kbps	Telemetry, sensor data