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SAC-D (Aquarius)
SAC-D (Aquarius)
Sea Surface Sality from Space
Launched in:
2011
Out of service since:
2015
Orbit height:
657 km
Orbit type:
Sun Synchronous
Organisation:
NASA - USA
Aquarius is a cooperative international mission between CONAE (Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales), Argentina, and NASA, USA. Ended on 8 June 2015.
SAC-D (Aquarius) websites
Information
NASA / Univ. of Maine - Aquarius mission
Earth & Space Research - Aquarius mission
NASA - Aquarius mission
NASA / Univ. of Maine - Aquarius overview
CONAE - Completed missions (Spanish)
Salinity - NASA satellites
Data ordering
NASA Goddard - Ocean Color Web
Aquarius - Data info
PODAAC - Aquarius
NASA EarthData - Search
PODAAC - Aquarius data
NASA Salinity - Sea Surface Salinity
On Board Sensors
SAC-D (L-band radiometer /Scatterometer)
Information
NASA / Univ. of Maine - Aquarius overview
NASA Goddard - Aquarius instrument (PDF)
Data ordering
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band RADAR (SAR-L)
7 (100)
50 (400)
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