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Satellite:
ESSA-4
Satellite details
Acronym
ESSA-4
Full name
Environmental Science and Services Administration - 4
Satellite Description
4th flight unit of the TOS programme.
Main mission: cloud imagery.
Mass at launch
285 kg
Dry mass
Power
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Data available in real-time to APT stations.
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
1380 km
ECT
09:30 desc
Space agency
NOAA
, NASA
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
26 Jan 1967
EOL
05 May 1968
Last update:
2015-07-27
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
ESSA-4
Acronym
Full name
APT
Automatic Picture Transmission
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
ESSA-4
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed