BackForward Satellite: DSCOVR 

Satellite details
Acronym DSCOVR
Full name Deep Space Climate Observatory
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • Single flight unit of the DSCOVR programme.  Actually, re-furbishment of the Triana satellite, stored in 2000.
  • Main missions:
  • Sun process monitoring
  • Earth radiation budget.

 
Mass at launch 440 kg Dry mass 307 kg
Power
Data access link https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dscovr/portal
Data access information
  • Data exchanged within the International Real Time Solar Wind Network (RTSWnet).
  • Data archived at the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, Co.
Orbit Lagrange libration point 1 Altitude 1.5e+06 km
ECT N/A

 

Space agency NOAA , NASA
Status Operational
Details on Status
(as available)
  • L1 Lagrange libration point reached on 8 June 2015.
  • Transition from NASA to NOAA occurred on 28 October 2015.
  • Service taken over from ACE on 27 July 2016.
  • Service interrupted between April 2019 and March 2020 for software updating.
  • Primary L1 satellite.
Launch 11 Feb 2015 EOL ≥2026
Last update: 2023-12-18
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 DSCOVR

Acronym Full name
NISTAR NIST Advanced Radiometer (NIST = National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Radiometer)
EPIC Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
MAG Magnetometer
ES Electron Spectrometer
FC Faraday Cup
Show instrument status and calibration
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 2039.65 MHz 36K0G2D 36 kHz linear D 2  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 1150 kHz linear D 120  kbps Telemetry and raw data