WMO OSCAR | Satellite: ESSA-7

Satellite: ESSA-7

Satellite details

Acronym	ESSA-7
Full name	Environmental Science and Services Administration - 7
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
Satellite Description	7th 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	1450 km
ECT	09:30 desc

Space agency	NOAA , NASA
Status	Inactive
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	16 Aug 1968	EOL	10 Mar 1970
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-7

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

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on ESSA-7

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	NRT data	Data latency (mins)	Instrument calibration	Comments
AVCS	Advanced Vidicon Camera System	Nov 1968 *	10 Mar 1970	N/A
FPR	Flat Plate Radiometer	Nov 1968 *	10 Mar 1970	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed