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Satellite:
TOMS Earth Probe
Satellite details
Acronym
TOMS Earth Probe
Full name
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer - Earth Probe
Satellite Description
Single flight unit of the TOMS Earth Probe programme.
Main mission: ozone mapping.
Mass at launch
295 kg
Dry mass
248 kg
Power
130 W
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Data available from NASA/GSFC.
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
750 km
ECT
12:00 desc
Space agency
NASA
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
The initial orbital height was 500 km. It was increased to 750 km after 4 December 1997 to implement a larger swath in order to mitigate the effect of the failure of ADEOS with TOMS.
Launch
02 Jul 1996
EOL
02 Dec 2006
Last update:
2015-07-29
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Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
TOMS Earth Probe
Acronym
Full name
TOMS
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
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Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
TOMS Earth Probe
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed