Cloudsat
 Konstnärsframställning av CloudSat | |
| Status | aktiv |
|---|---|
| Typ | Jordresurssatellit |
| Organisation | NASA |
| Större entreprenör | Ball Aerospace |
| NSSDC-ID | 2006-016B[1] |
| Uppdragets varaktighet | 17 år, 6 månader och 17 dagar (14 november 2023) 22 månader (planerad) |
| Uppskjutning | |
| Uppskjutningsplats | Vandenberg SLC-2W |
| Uppskjutning | 28 april 2006, 10:02:16 UTC |
| Uppskjutningsfarkost | Delta II |
| Omloppsbana runt Jorden | |
| Excentricitet | 0,0000824 |
| Banlutning | 98,23° |
| Omloppstid | 98,83 min |
| Apoapsis | 710 km |
| Periapsis | 709 km |
| Egenskaper | |
| Buss | BCP-2000 |
| Dimensioner | 2,54 × 2,03 × 2,29 m |
CloudSat är en USA-tillverkad satellit, vars uppgift är att följa rörelser hos moln runt jorden. Den sköts upp med en Delta II-raket, från Vandenberg Air Force Base, den 28 april 2006.
2011 uppstod problem med satellitens batterier, detta ledde till att mätningar endast kan genomföras på jordens dagsida.
Referenser
- ^ ”NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive” (på engelska). NASA. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2006-016B. Läst 7 april 2020.
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CloudSat at Vandenberg AFB.jpg
Technicians secure NASA's CloudSat spacecraft to a Delta payload attach fitting in a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. CALIPSO stands for Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation. CALIPSO and CloudSat are highly complementary satellites and will be launched together. They will provide never-before-seen 3-D perspectives of how clouds and aerosols form, evolve, and affect weather and climate. CALIPSO and CloudSat will fly in formation with three other satellites in the A-train constellation to enhance understanding of our climate system. Launch of CALIPSO/CloudSat aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket is scheduled for 3:01 a.m. PDT Sept. 29.
Technicians secure NASA's CloudSat spacecraft to a Delta payload attach fitting in a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. CALIPSO stands for Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation. CALIPSO and CloudSat are highly complementary satellites and will be launched together. They will provide never-before-seen 3-D perspectives of how clouds and aerosols form, evolve, and affect weather and climate. CALIPSO and CloudSat will fly in formation with three other satellites in the A-train constellation to enhance understanding of our climate system. Launch of CALIPSO/CloudSat aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket is scheduled for 3:01 a.m. PDT Sept. 29.
CloudSat - Artist Concept.jpg
Artist concept of the CloudSat satellite
Artist concept of the CloudSat satellite
Delta II 7420-10C rocket launching CALIPSO and CloudSat.jpg
CloudSat and CALIPSO ("Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations") thunders skyward after launch at approximately 6:02 a.m. EDT atop a Boeing Delta II rocket. The two satellites will eventually circle approximately 438 miles above Earth in a sun-synchronous polar orbit, which means they will always cross the equator at the same local time. Their technologies will enable scientists to study how clouds and aerosols form, evolve and interact. CloudSat is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, Calif. JPL developed the radar instrument with hardware contributions from the Canadian Space Agency. CALIPSO is collaboration between NASA and France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES). Langley Research Center, in Hampton, Va., is leading the CALIPSO mission and providing overall project management, systems engineering, and payload mission operations.
CloudSat and CALIPSO ("Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations") thunders skyward after launch at approximately 6:02 a.m. EDT atop a Boeing Delta II rocket. The two satellites will eventually circle approximately 438 miles above Earth in a sun-synchronous polar orbit, which means they will always cross the equator at the same local time. Their technologies will enable scientists to study how clouds and aerosols form, evolve and interact. CloudSat is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, Calif. JPL developed the radar instrument with hardware contributions from the Canadian Space Agency. CALIPSO is collaboration between NASA and France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES). Langley Research Center, in Hampton, Va., is leading the CALIPSO mission and providing overall project management, systems engineering, and payload mission operations.