NOAA-18 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-18 |
(MI_Platform) platform_34 uuid: 8293A0696446322CE040AC8C5AB453FE identifier: (MD_Identifier) code: NOAA-18 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-18 description: NOAA-18 (N) - Launch: May 20, 2005. Instruments: AVHRR/3, TOVS (HIRS/4, AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, MHS), SBUV/2, SARSAT (SARR, SARP/2) and DCS/2. Operational Dates: August 30, 2005 to Present. Operational Status: PM Secondary. NOAA-18 marks the beginning of the NOAA and European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Initial Joint Polar System (IJPS) agreement. sponsor: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/86832756-32CE-46E2-E040-0AC8C5AB43743 title: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSO > Office of Satellite Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce sponsor: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/86832756-32D8-46E2-E040-0AC8C5AB43743 title: NASA/GSFC > Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA sponsor: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/86D032BB-C502-8BFC-E040-0AC8C5AB42D97 title: IJPS > Initial Joint Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite System instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B86475F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: AVHRR/3 > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3 instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B88E75F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: HIRS/4 > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder/4 instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B88575F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: AMSU-A > Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B87F75F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: MHS > Microwave Humidity Sounder instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B86775F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: SBUV/2 > Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet Radiometer/2 instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/86D032BB-C511-8BFC-E040-0AC8C5AB42D97 title: SEM-2 > Space Environment Monitor-2 |