Arctic Weather Satellite
Improving Arctic and global weather forecasts
The mission
The Arctic Weather Satellite mission is designed to show how a potential polar-orbiting constellation of satellites could provide data for very short-term weather forecasts and nowcasts in the Arctic, and around the world. Carrying a cross-track scanning microwave radiometer, the Arctic Weather Satellite mission provides measurements of atmospheric humidity and temperature.
- 100% global coverage
- 600 km altitude
- 125 kg mass
- 97 mins per orbit
Latest
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Applications Arctic Weather Satellite images
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Applications Arctic Weather Satellite fact sheet
