Arctic Weather Satellite Program
The European Space Agency Arctic Weather Satellite demonstration mission provides high-resolution atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles with a 19-channel cross-track microwave radiometer, improving Arctic and global weather nowcasting and forecasting and proving the path to the EPS-Sterna constellation.
Identity
- Aliases
- Arctic Weather SatelliteAWSArctic Weather Satellite missionAWS prototype
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Arctic Weather Satellite Program
- Status
- active
- Types
- scienceresearchoperationsdevelopment
Details
- Description
- The European Space Agency Arctic Weather Satellite demonstration mission provides high-resolution atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles with a 19-channel cross-track microwave radiometer, improving Arctic and global weather nowcasting and forecasting and proving the path to the EPS-Sterna constellation.
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
- Start Date
- 2024-08-16
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 16:35:13 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 16:35:13 UTC
Other
- Official Urls
- https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Meteorological_missions/Arctic_Weather_Satellite/https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Meteorological_missions/Arctic_Weather_Satellite/Introducing_the_Arctic_Weather_Satellitehttps://www.eumetsat.int/eumetsat-and-esa-set-start-implementation-eps-sterna