SAC-C mission and the international am constellation for earth observation
SAC-C mission and the international am constellation for earth observation
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DOI:
10.1016/s0094-5765(03)00082-1
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发表时间:
2003-05-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Nollmann, I
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作者:
Colomb, R;Alonso, C;Nollmann, I
SAC-C is an international Earth observing satellite mission conceived as a partnership between CONAE and NASA, but with additional support in instrumentation and satellite development from DSRI, ASI, CNES and INPE. A Delta 11 rocket successfully launched it on November 21, 2000,from Vandenberg AFB, California.SAC-C has been designed primary to fulfil the requirements of large countries or little populated ones like Argentina. Its design is a good compromise between resolution and swath width that permits SAC-C to be an appropriate tool for global and high dynamic phenomena studies. Large coverage, multispectral and panchromatic capabilities, medium ground resolution and short revisit time are its main characteristics.SAC-C carries instruments to monitoring the condition and dynamics of the terrestrial and marine biosphere and environment; helping to better understand the Earth's magnetic field and related Sun Earth interactions; developing and utilizing new GPS based techniques to globally measure atmospheric phenomena for the study of weather, and new methods of attitude and orbit determination; and performing studies of the influence of space radiation on advanced electronic components.SAC-C is part of the AM Constellation together with Landsat 7, Terra and EO 1. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.