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Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) is a program designed to provide advances in meteorology, ionospheric research, climatology, and space weather by using GPS satellites in conjunction with low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites. The term "COSMIC" may refer to either the organization itself or the constellation of satellites. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC, though commonly abbreviated as Orbital) is a Dulles, Virginia company which specializes in satellite launch and manufacture. ...
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The ionosphere is the part of the atmosphere that is ionized by solar radiation. ...
Climatology is the study of climate, and is a branch of the atmospheric sciences. ...
Aurora australis observed by Discovery, May 1991 Space weather is the concept of changing environmental conditions in outer space. ...
Earth is the third planet in the Solar system. ...
The Minotaur Rocket is an American solid fuel rocket designed to launch small satellites. ...
In astrodynamics, under standard assumptions any orbit must be of conic section shape. ...
Inclination in general is the angle between a reference plane and another plane or axis of direction. ...
This article is about several astronomical terms (apogee & perigee, aphelion & perihelion, generic equivalents based on apsis, and related but rarer terms. ...
This article is about several astronomical terms (apogee & perigee, aphelion & perihelion, generic equivalents based on apsis, and related but rarer terms. ...
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Satellite image of Hurricane Hugo with a polar low visible at the top of the image. ...
The ionosphere is the part of the atmosphere that is ionized by solar radiation. ...
Climatology is the study of climate, and is a branch of the atmospheric sciences. ...
Aurora australis observed by Discovery, May 1991 Space weather is the concept of changing environmental conditions in outer space. ...
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A satellite is any object that orbits another object (which is known as its primary). ...
A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit in which objects such as satellites are below intermediate circular orbit (ICO) and far below geostationary orbit, but typically around 350 - 1400 km above the Earths surface. ...
A group of electronic satellites working in concert is known as a satellite constellation. ...
After experiencing several delays, the launch of the COSMIC satellite constellation atop a Minotaur launch vehicle from Vandenberg AFB occurred at 01:40 GMT, on April 15 2006, despite heavy fog.[1] The satellites, which orbit at an altitude of 500 miles, will take over a year to move into the correct posistions to provide full global coverage. The Minotaur Rocket is an American solid fuel rocket designed to launch small satellites. ...
Vandenberg Air Force Base is a base with a spaceport, located in Santa Barbara County, California. ...
April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ...
Instruments
 Components of a FORMOSAT-3 / COSMIC satellite The COSMIC satellites will be equipped with three primary forms of instrumentation for remote sensing, as follows: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (965x594, 103 KB) COSMIC / FORMOSAT-3 Satellite Source: Screenschot from http://genesis2. ...
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SAR image of Death Valley colored using polarimetry In the broadest sense, remote sensing is the measurement or acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon, by a recording device that is not in physical or intimate contact with the object. ...
- GPS Occultation Experiment
- Tri-band beacon (TBB)
- Tiny Ionospheric Photometer (TIP)
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Deployment All 6 microsatellites were launched on a single launch vehicle and deployed into a single parking orbit after launch. The spacecraft will then be deployed into separate orbital planes through the use of precession due to the oblateness of the Earth and raised to a final orbital altitude over the course of several months. Scientific data will be collected during the deployment process. Miniaturized satellites are recent artificial satellites of unusually low weights and small sizes, new classifications are used to categorieze these satellites. ...
The orbital plane of an object orbiting another is the geometrical plane in which the orbit is embedded. ...
Precession refers to a change in the direction of the axis of a rotating object. ...
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Orbital information
Parking orbit ...
Inclination in general is the angle between a reference plane and another plane or axis of direction. ...
Eccentric is from the Greek for out of the centre, as opposed to concentric, in the centre. ...
Final orbital configuration Right ascension (RA; symbol α: Greek letter alpha) is the astronomical term for one of the two coordinates of a point on the celestial sphere when using the equatorial coordinate system. ...
In the study of orbital dynamics the mean anomaly is a measure of time, specific to the orbiting body p, which is a multiple of 2π radians at and only at periapsis. ...
See also
Organizations UCAR is a nonprofit corporation formed in 1959 by research institutions with doctoral programs in the atmospheric and related sciences. ...
The National Space Organization or NSPO is the civilian space agency of the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the auspices of the Executive Yuans National Science Council. ...
The logo of the National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. ...
Satellites {disambig} Champ is an Irish dish of mashed potatoes and scallions (spring onions). ...
The goal of the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) space mission is to obtain accurate global and high-resolution determination of both the static and the time-variable components of the Earths gravity field. ...
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