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Satellite:
ESSA-9
Satellite details
Acronym
ESSA-9
Full name
Environmental Science and Services Administration - 9
Satellite Description
9th (last) 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
1470 km
ECT
09:30 desc
Space agency
NOAA
, NASA
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
26 Feb 1969
EOL
12 Nov 1972
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-9
Acronym
Full name
AVCS
Advanced Vidicon Camera System
FPR
Flat Plate Radiometer
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
ESSA-9
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed