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Satellite:
Nimbus-7
Satellite details
Acronym
Nimbus-7
Full name
Nimbus-7
Satellite Description
7th (last) flight unit of the Nimbus programme.
Main mission: cloud imagery, IR and MW profiling. Introduction of multi-channels MW imagery and ocean colour monitoring.
Substantial contribution to Earth radiation study and Atmospheric chemistry.
Mass at launch
965 kg
Dry mass
832 kg
Power
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Global data available from NASA/GSFC.
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
947 km
ECT
12:00 desc
Space agency
NASA
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
24 Oct 1978
EOL
01 Aug 1994
Last update:
2015-07-28
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
Nimbus-7
Acronym
Full name
CZCS
Coastal Zone Colour Scanner
ERB
Earth Radiation Budget
LIMS
Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
SAM-II
Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement - II
SAMS
Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
SBUV
Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectrometer
SMMR
Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer)
THIR
Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer
TOMS
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
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Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
Nimbus-7
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed