WMO OSCAR | Satellite: LSTM-A

Satellite: LSTM-A

Satellite details

Acronym	LSTM-A
Full name	Land Surface Temperature Monitoring-A
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
Satellite Description	First of the high-priority Copernicus Sentinel Expansion Missions on land surface temperature. Main mission: to monitor evapotranspiration rate at European field scale by capturing the variability of Land Surface Temperature. Complementary mission: to map soil composition, urban heat islands, coastal zone management and High-Temperature Events. To operate in a constellation of (initially two) identical satellites, covering a period > 7 years. For more details, see https://tinyurl.com/vdse4ddj and https://tinyurl.com/y39y7bym
Mass at launch		Dry mass
Power
Data access link	no link provided
Data access information
Orbit	Sunsynchronous orbit	Altitude	640 km
ECT	13:30 asc

Space agency	ESA , EC, EUMETSAT
Status	Planned
Details on Status (as available)	The Qualification Acceptance Review (QAR) is currently planned for Q3 2028.
Launch	≥2029	EOL	≥2034
Last update:	2023-11-15

Associated satellite programme and related satellites

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

Copernicus Sentinel Expansion Missions
- CHIME-A (2029 - 2034)
- CHIME-B (2031 - 2037)
- CIMR-A (2029 - 2036)
- CIMR-B (2031 - 2036)
- CO2M-A (2026 - 2033)
- CO2M-B (2027 - 2034)
- CO2M-C (2029 - 2036)
- CRISTAL-A (2028 - 2034)
- CRISTAL-B (2031 - 2036)
- LSTM-A (2029 - 2034)
- LSTM-B (2031 - 2038)
- ROSE-L A (2030 - 2035)
- ROSE-L B (2032 - 2037)

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on LSTM-A

Acronym	Full name
LSTM	Land Surface Temperature Monitoring

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on LSTM-A

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	NRT data	Data latency (mins)	Instrument calibration	Comments
LSTM	Land Surface Temperature Monitoring	≥2029 *	≥2034 *	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed