AQUA

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AQUA is classified as:

NORAD ID: 27424

Int'l Code: 2002-022A

Launch date: May 4, 2002
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

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Downlink (MHz): 8160.000
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AQUA (EOS-PM1) is an afternoon equator-crossing platform which includes a suite of sensors designed to study the diurnal properties of cloud and aerosol radiative fluxes, cloud formation, and precipitation (MIMR, AIRS/AMSU-A/MHS, and MODIS-N) in conjunction with a wind scatterometer planned for the Japanese ADEOS-II spacecraft. MIMR, MODIS-N, and AIRS will contribute to studies of sea-ice extent and heat exchange with the atmosphere. Data from the EOS-PM1 platform and the sensors on the TRMM spacecraft will combined to assess the utility and accuracy of precipitation measurements.

1 27424U 02022A   26253.26098659  .00000534  00000-0  11594-3 0  9993
2 27424  98.4381 224.2859 0001679  71.7378  36.4856 14.62196250295703

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC