WMO OSCAR | Satellite: ESSA-9

Satellite: ESSA-9

Satellite details

Acronym	ESSA-9
Full name	Environmental Science and Services Administration - 9
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
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

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-9

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

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on ESSA-9

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	NRT data	Data latency (mins)	Instrument calibration	Comments
AVCS	Advanced Vidicon Camera System	May 1969 *	12 Nov 1972	N/A
FPR	Flat Plate Radiometer	May 1969 *	12 Nov 1972	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed