ESSA-7
ESSA-7 replaced ESSA-5 and provided cloud-cover photography to the U.S. National Meteorological Center for operational weather analyses and forecasts. Its cartwheel-configured cameras transmitted two-mile-resolution images once per day, and radiometers measured reflected solar radiation and long-wave terrestrial emissions. It operated for 571 days.
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Identity
- Aliases
- ESSA 7TOS-EEnvironmental Science Services Administration 7
- Name
- ESSA-7
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
- -
- Description
- ESSA-7 replaced ESSA-5 and provided cloud-cover photography to the U.S. National Meteorological Center for operational weather analyses and forecasts. Its cartwheel-configured cameras transmitted two-mile-resolution images once per day, and radiometers measured reflected solar radiation and long-wave terrestrial emissions. It operated for 571 days.
- Destination
- Sun-synchronous retrograde Earth orbit at 102° inclination
- End Date
- 1970-03-10
- Programs
- -
- Start Date
- 1968-08-16
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/essa/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 23:41:16 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 21, 2026 at 08:31:13 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- Space Stations
- -
- Vehicles