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SARAL/AltiKa
SARAL/AltiKa
Altimetry mission for ocean observation
Launched in:
2013
Repeat cycle:
35 days
Orbit height:
800 km
Orbit type:
Sun Synchronous
Organisation:
CNES - France
Launched 25 Feb 2013
SARAL/AltiKa websites
Information
ESA eoPortal - Saral mission
AVISO - Saral mission
CNES - Saral/AltiKa
Indian Earth Observation Satellites
Data ordering
CNES Aviso - Products guide
EUMETSAT EO Portal - Data Center access
Indian Meteorological & Oceanographic data centre
On Board Sensors
AltiKa (High resolution altimeter including bi-frequency radiometric function)
Information
AVISO/CNES - AltiKa instrument
CNES - AltiKa instrument
Data ordering
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band Ka (35.75 GHz) (Other)
ARGOS-3 (A/DCS) (Advanced Data Collection System)
Information
CLS - Argos-3
CLS - ARGOS-3 Brochure
Data ordering
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band (Other)
DORIS (Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite)
Information
CNES Aviso - Altimetry
CNES Aviso - DORIS
ESA Earth Online - ENVISAT
Data ordering
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 1 (2.03625 GHz) (Radio)
Band 2 (401.25 MHz) (Radio)
LRA (Saral) (Laser Retro-reflector Array)
Information
Data ordering
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band
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