Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
EOS-PM Aqua (Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS, EOS PM-1) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA/Japan/Brazil |
Operator/Owner |
NASA - Earth Science Enterprise/Japan Meteorological Agency/Brazilian Space Agency |
Users |
Government |
Purpose |
Earth Observation |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
Sun-Synchronous |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
701 |
Apogee (km) |
704 |
Eccentricity |
0.000212089077412513 |
Inclination (degrees) |
98.2 |
Period (minutes) |
98.8 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
2934 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
2832 |
Power (watts) |
4,860 (EOL) |
Date of Launch |
04-05-2002 |
Expected Lifetime |
6 yrs. |
Contractor |
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency/Equatorial Systems (Brazil) |
Country of Contractor |
USA/Japan/Brazil |
Launch Site |
Vandenberg AFB |
Launch Vehicle |
Delta |
COSPAR Number |
2002-022A |
NORAD Number |
27424 |
Comments |
Six-year chronology of the planet and its hydrological processes. |