WMO OSCAR | Satellite: ESSA-3

Satellite: ESSA-3

Satellite details

Acronym	ESSA-3
Full name	Environmental Science and Services Administration - 3
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
Satellite Description	3rd flight unit of the TOS programme. Main mission: cloud imagery. Significant contribution to radiation study.
Mass at launch	145 kg	Dry mass
Power
Data access link	no link provided
Data access information	Data available from NOAA.
Orbit	Sunsynchronous orbit	Altitude	1440 km
ECT	09:30 desc

Space agency	NOAA , NASA
Status	Inactive
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	02 Oct 1966	EOL	02 Dec 1968
Last update:	2015-07-27

Associated satellite programme and related satellites

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

TIROS Operational System
- ESSA-1 (1966 - 1967)
- ESSA-2 (1966 - 1970)
- ESSA-3 (1966 - 1968)
- ESSA-4 (1967 - 1968)
- ESSA-5 (1967 - 1970)
- ESSA-6 (1967 - 1969)
- ESSA-7 (1968 - 1970)
- ESSA-8 (1968 - 1976)
- ESSA-9 (1969 - 1972)

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on ESSA-3

Acronym	Full name
AVCS	Advanced Vidicon Camera System
FPR	Flat Plate Radiometer

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on ESSA-3

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	NRT data	Data latency (mins)	Instrument calibration	Comments
AVCS	Advanced Vidicon Camera System	Jan 1967 *	02 Dec 1968	N/A
FPR	Flat Plate Radiometer	Jan 1967 *	02 Dec 1968	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed