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Satellite:
EarthCARE
Satellite details
Acronym
EarthCARE
Full name
Earth Clouds, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer
Satellite Description
Single flight unit of the EarthCARE programme.
Main mission: cloud/aerosol/radiation process study.
Mass at launch
1859 kg
Dry mass
1546 kg
Power
1130 W
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Data available from ESA/ESRIN and, for CPR, JAXA/EORC.
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
394 km
ECT
14:00 desc
Space agency
ESA
, JAXA
Status
Planned
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
≥2023
EOL
≥2026
Last update:
2021-06-08
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
EarthCARE
Acronym
Full name
ATLID
Atmospheric Lidar
BBR
Broad-Band Radiometer
CPR
Cloud Profiling Radar for Earth-CARE
MSI
Multi-Spectral Imager for Earth-CARE
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Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
EarthCARE
* 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 MHz
7000.000 kHz
-
A
W-band precipitation radar