METEOR-M No.1, No.2 Spacecraft (In Operation). / September 20, 2011 /
Meteor-M No.1 Launch Date: 17 September 2009 Meteor-M No.2 Launch Date: 8 July 2014Mission Purpose Global observation of the Earth’s atmosphere and underlying surface to acquire hydrometeorological and heliogeophysical data on a regular and global basis. Current Tasks
- Global observation of the Earth’s surface;
- Environmental monitoring;
- Natural and man-made disaster monitoring;
- Solving of agricultural and forestry problems;
- Scientific research;
- Data acquisition and transmission from DCPs (Data Collection Platforms) of different types (ground, ice and drifting)
Main Characteristics
- Prime Contractor: JSC VNIIEM Corporation;
- Orbit: Circular sun-synchronous, Н average=832km, period Т=101.3min, and inclination i=98.85deg;
- Launcher: Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with Fregat upper stage;
- Mean-square error of attitude control by X,Y axes is no more than 10 angular minutes, by Z axis is no more than 15 angular minutes;
- Energy supply: average daily up to 1000W and maximum within 10 minutes up to 1350W;
- Design lifetime: 1st stage 5years, 2nd stage — 7 years;
- S/C mass: 2700kg;
- Payload mass: 320kg
Sensor Complement
- Multispectral VIS/IR optical instruments (KMSS, MSU-MR);
- Radiometric microwave equipment for atmospheric temperature and humidity sounding (MTVZA-GY) — microwave radiometer;
- Infrared Fourier Spectrometer tasked to provide atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles (IKFS-2) — for Meteor-M No.2;
- Heliogeophysical equipment (GGAK-M) consisting of five instruments per one platform for studying radiation of wide energy spectrum;
- Onboard Radar Complex (BRLK) for taking radar images of the earth’s surface regardless of weather conditions;
- Data Collection and Transmission Radio System comprising a system for acquiring data from ground measuring platforms (SSPD)
Meteor-M Instrument Package Characteristics MSU-MR:
- Imaging spectral bands, µm:
— Red (0.5 ч 0.7); — Near IR (0.7 ч 1.1); — Middle IR (1.6 ч 1.8); — Middle IR (3.5 ч 4.1); — Far IR (10.5 ч 11.1); — Far IR (11.5 ч 12.5)
- Swath width (when imaging from 835km orbit): 2800km
- Spatial resolution (pixel size projection onto ground with Н=835km): < 1.0km
KMSS:
- Spectral channel number: 3
- Imaging spectral ranges, µm:
— Green of MSU-50 (0.37 ч 0.45), MSU-100 (0.535 ч 0.575); — Red of MSU-50 (0.45 ч 0.51), MSU-100 (0.3 ч 0.68); — Near IR of MSU-50 (0.58 ч 0.69), MSU-100 (0.76 ч 0.9)
- Swath width when 2 cameras operate simultaneously: 900km
- Resolution: 60-120m
BRLK:
- Carrier frequency: 9500-9700MHz
- Swath width: no less than 600km
- Spatial resolution:
— Low resolution mode – 0.7×1.0km — Medium resolution mode – 0.4×0.5km
MTVZA-GY:
- Channel number: 29
- Spectral range: 10.6 ÷ 183.31GHz
- Swath width: 1500km
- Spatial resolution: 16-198km
SSPD:
- Number of serviced platform (DCP): about 5 thousand
- Number of concurrently serviced DCPs: about 150
Prospective Data Consumers Hydrometeorological and heliogeophysical services of the Russian Federation and foreign countries
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