2006-016A
An ESSP with a BCP RS-2000. Launch by Delta 7420-10 with Calipso under a DPAF fairing.
Size 2.5 x 2.3 x 2.0 m mass 848 kg full (773 kg dry?). 5.1m span. Cloudsat flies in formation with Picasso-Cena and carry a 94 GHz nadir-looking radar. Both satellites will also fly in looser formation with Aqua as part of the A-Train Constellation: Aqua, Cloudsat, CALIPSO, PARASOL and Aura. Combined launch mass 1295 kg.
Orbit 717 x 734 x 98.08. A-Train 1:31PM.
Joint NASA/Canada. Carries a cloud profile radar. an IR O2 spectrometer, and a visible imager. It uses the data from the Picasso lidar in combination with its own radar. Launch 2003.
Ground control by RSC/Kirtland, using AFSCN; mission management by JPL.
Now STP P00-4 SMC-801, Cloud and Aerosol Vertical Profiler.
Calipso is mounted on the upper DPAF cone-cylinder. The lower DPAF cone remains attached to the Delta second stage.
| Cloudsat | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Apr 28 | 1002:16 | Launch by Delta 7420-10C | |
| T+1:04 SRM 1-4 out | |||
| T+1:22 SRM 1-4 sep 29 km | |||
| T+4:24 MECO 112 km | |||
| T+4:40 SES-1 | |||
| T+4:45 Fairing sep | |||
| 1013:32 | T+11:16 SECO-1 | 173 x 684 x 98.1 | |
| 1102:16 | T+1:00:00 SES-2 12s | ||
| T+1:00:12 SECO-2 | |||
| 1104:18 | T+1:02:02 Calipso sep 690 km | ||
| 1137:31 | T+1:35:15 Upper DPAF sep | ||
| 1138:51 | T+1:36:35 Cloudsat sep | ||
| 2007 Jul 4 | burn to adjust orbital lifetime | ||
Payload:
- PASBI Profiling A-band Spectrometer/Visible Imager 7500A, 1.3mu
- CPR Cloud Profiling Radar, mm-wave radar
- Propulsion system, 200m/s capability mono hydrazine, 4 x 4.5N, Isp 220s
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