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OSIRIS - Instrument on ODIN
- Video Tape only
- Title OSIRIS - Instrument on ODIN
- Released: 24/02/2011
- Language M/E only
- Footage Type Animation
- Copyright ESA
- Description
The Swedish Odin satellite, launch date 20 February 2001, combines 2 scientific disciplines on a single spacecraft that of atmospherical and astronomical studies. The space agency of Finland TEKES in conjunction with the Swedish Space Corporation and the space agencies of Canada and France, have developed the satellite for astronomers and atmospheric researchers in the participating countries.
The instruments used on the Odin satellite are a radiometer called SMR (Sub Millimetre Reciever) and an optical instrument called OSIRIS (Odin Spectormeter and InfraRed Imaging System). The latter is only used for atmospheric studies. This video index produced by the Finnish Meteorological Institute comprises of slated 3-D graphics which illustrate the OSIRIS instrument on the ODIN satellite. It contains English slates and M/E tracks only, there is no commentary.00:01:07:24 ODIN is a small Swedish satellite to be launched in 2001
00:01:27:16 OSIRIS monitoring of global ozone, looking a the sun illuminated limits
00:01:40:18 ODIN data processing network
00:02:07:14 Polar orbit, half of the orbit is in the dayside
00:02:22:05 OSIRIS measurements provide: ozone profiles; global ozone maps
00:02:58:01 ODIN funding, technical data and credits
- Length 02:15:00
- Format BETACAM
- Commercial Use No
- Producer Finnish Meteorological Institute
- Executive TEKES