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Satellite:
PARASOL
Satellite details
Acronym
PARASOL
Full name
Polarisation et Anisotropie des Réflectances au sommet de l'Atmosphère, couplées avec un Satellite d'Observation emportant un Lidar
Satellite Description
Single flight unit of the PARASOL programme.
Main mission: aerosol and radiation process study.
Mass at launch
120 kg
Dry mass
115 kg
Power
180 W
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Data available from the ICARE Data Processing and Management Center in Lille.
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
700 km
ECT
15:20 asc
Space agency
CNES
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
Orbit altitude lowered from the original 705 km (in the A-Train) in two steps, in December 2009 and November 2011, respectively.
Decommissioned on 18 December 2013, exactly 9 years after launch.
Launch
18 Dec 2004
EOL
18 Dec 2013
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
PARASOL
Acronym
Full name
POLDER
Polarization and Directionality of the Earth’s Reflectances
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
PARASOL
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed