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OAS platform Detail for DMSP F17, meta_version: 0. Current meta_version is: 2
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| Name: | DMSP F17 SATELLITE |
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| Countries: | UNITED STATES |
| Comments: | Name *: DMSP F17 (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F17 satellite) Country *: US USA 840 ISO 3166-2:US (NODC ATDB=73) Platform Class *: 65-Orbiting satellite Operations/Responsible organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Previous Name: N/A Launched Date: 2006-11-04 Commissioned Date: 2006-12-12 Decommissioned Date: Current Length (m): 4 Notes +: The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is managed by the Air Force Space Command with on-orbit operations provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).The DMSP F17 satellite, launched in November 2006, is in a near-circular, sun-synchronous, polar orbit. It is the 17th flight unit of the DMSP Block 5D series, 3rd of the Block 5D-3 series.Its main missions are cloud imagery and MW imaging/temperature/humidity sounding. It provides substantial contribution to Space weather. Info Source: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/d/dmsp-block-5d http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/DMSP/F17.html http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/f17_platform.gd.html http://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionsummary.aspx?missionID=408 |
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| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2015-01-14 19:04:15+00 |
| Editdate: | 2015-01-14 19:04:15+00 |