Visionary concepts of the operational environmental satellite system of the 1990's are presented. These exploit planned and anticipated advances in technology. The system comprises 8 Low Earth Orbitors (LEOS) at 500 km height for global coverage at 3 hourly intervals and 3 Geosynchronous Earth Orbitors (GEOS) for Western Hemisphere coverage with stereo capability and near simultaneous viewing of several regional areas. The LEOS emphasize passive and active microwave and Lidar sensing; the GEOS focus on high resolution visible and IR imaging and passive soundings. The GEOS also serve as data relays from the LEOS and as data collection platforms for hazard-related data. An integrated data management system ties the space fleet together and blends the data with that from all other observing systems to process and distribute the data and products to all users.


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    Title :

    Visions of the future operational meteorological satellite system


    Contributors:
    Atlas, D. (author) / Bandeen, W. R. (author) / Shenk, W. (author) / Gatlin, J. A. (author) / Maxwell, M. (author)

    Conference:

    EASCON ''78; Electronics and Aerospace Systems Convention ; 1978 ; Arlington, VA


    Publication date :

    1978-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English