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Satellite:
COSMIC-2
Satellite details
Acronym
COSMIC-2
Full name
Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere & Climate - 2a
Satellite Description
2nd constellation of the COSMIC programme, also called FormoSat-7.
Cluster of 6 satellite spread along different drifting orbits.
Main mission: temperature/humidity sounding.
Substantial contribution to Space weather.
Mass at launch
Dry mass
Power
Data access link
no link provided
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
520 km
Inclination
24
°
Space agency
NSPO
, NOAA , UCAR
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
25 Jun 2019
EOL
≥2026
Last update:
2021-05-20
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
COSMIC-2
Acronym
Full name
TGRS
TriG (Tri-GNSS) GNSS Radio Occultation System
VIDI
Velocity, Ion Density and Irregularities
RFB
Radio Frequency Beacon
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
COSMIC-2
* 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
TM & Raw Data
S-E
2264 MHz
4M00G1D
4000 kHz
RHCP
D
2048 kbps
Telemetry, sensor data
TM & Raw Data
S-E
2264 MHz
64K0G1D
64 kHz
RHCP
D
36.48 kbps
Telemetry, sensor data
Command
E-S
2093.1 MHz
64K0G1D
64 kHz
RHCP
D
32 kbps
Commands