A proposal for a climate research mission specialized to Earth radiation budget measurements is given. This mission requires daily global coverage established by a system of three orbiting satellites. One of them is represented by the European Space Agency satellite SEOCS that is on a drifting orbit with respect to the Sun with 57 degrees inclination. The two others are polar orbiting satellites (POMS). The mission concept is treated with reference to the payload side requirements, the choice of orbit, orbital analysis, and satellite requirements.
POMS, Polar Meteorological Satellite: A Contribution for Global Radiation Budget Measurement
1981
29 pages
Report
No indication
English
Atmospheric Sciences , Unmanned Spacecraft , Climatology , Earth radiation budget experiment , Mission planning , Polar orbits , Satellite instruments , Satellite networks , Seocs (Satellite) , Terrestrial radiation , Ariane launch vehicle , Atmospheric circulation , Atmospheric scattering , Cloud physics , Clouds (Meteorology) , Cost effectiveness , Earth atmosphere , Meteorological instruments , Orbital mechanics , Satellite orbits , Solar radiation , Thermal radiation , Foreign technology , Translation
POMS: Polar Orbiting Meteorological Satellite
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