| Date: | 2002-05-01 23:36:00 | |
| Sender: | Julie Horvath/HTSI, Carey Noll/CDDIS <Carey Noll <noll@cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov>> | |
| Subject: | [SLR-Mail] No. 937: ILRS Tracking of METEOR-3M Satellite | |
| Author: | Julie Horvath | |
| Content: | ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2002-05-01 23:36:00 UTC Message No. 937 ******************************************************************************** Author: Julie Horvath/HTSI, Carey Noll/CDDIS Subject: ILRS Tracking of METEOR-3M Satellite Dear Colleagues, The ILRS has been requested by the Institute for Precision Instrument Engineering (IPIE) of Rosaviakosmos to begin SLR support of the METEOR-3M satellite. The METEOR-3M spacecraft, carrying the SAGE III instrument, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 10, 2001 at 17:18:57 UTC on a Ukrainian built Zenit-2 Rocket. SAGE III (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III) is a fourth generation, satellite-borne instrument and a crucial element in NASA´s Earth Observing System (EOS). Its mission is to enhance our understanding of natural and human-derived atmospheric processes by providing accurate long-term measurements of the vertical structure of aerosols, ozone, water vapor, and other important trace gases in the upper troposphere and stratosphere. In late February, members of the SAGE team informed the ILRS that the GLONASS/GPS receiver was not functional and thus needed the support of the ILRS to help make their mission a success. A mission request form was received on April 3, 2002, and the ILRS governing board approved SLR support of METEOR-3M on April 24th, 2002. Important information about METEOR-3M: Launch: Dec 10, 2002 Altitude: 1000 km Inclination: 99.64 deg Eccentricity: ~0.0 Mass: 5500 kg SIC No.: 5555 COSPAR No.: 0105601 or 2001-056A NORAD No.: 27001 Npt Bin Size: 30 secs Acquisition data is now available. Please begin support of this new satellite as soon as possible. Regards, Julie and Carey. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Ms. Carey Noll Manager, Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau Code 920.1 E-mail: noll@cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA GSFC Voice: (301) 614-6542 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Fax: (301) 614-5970 USA WWW: http://cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov/cddis_welcome.html +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ From: Carey Noll ******************************************************************************** |