Arctic Weather Satellite
The Arctic Weather Satellite prototype uses a 19-channel cross-track scanning microwave radiometer to provide high-resolution atmospheric humidity and temperature profiles in all weather, improving very-short-term weather forecasts and nowcasts in the Arctic and worldwide and demonstrating the path to the EPS-Sterna constellation.
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- AWSArctic Weather Satellite Mission
- Name
- Arctic Weather Satellite
- Status
- active
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- Description
- The Arctic Weather Satellite prototype uses a 19-channel cross-track scanning microwave radiometer to provide high-resolution atmospheric humidity and temperature profiles in all weather, improving very-short-term weather forecasts and nowcasts in the Arctic and worldwide and demonstrating the path to the EPS-Sterna constellation.
- Destination
- Polar low Earth orbit at approximately 600 km
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- Start Date
- 2024-08-16
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 17:42:28 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 23, 2026 at 06:03:13 UTC
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