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OAS platform Detail for DMSP F17, meta_version: 1. Current meta_version is: 2
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platforms_id: 12443
Title:
Name: DMSP F17 SATELLITE
ICES Code:
Callsign:
Countries: UNITED STATES
Comments: Name *: DMSP F17 (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F17 satellite)
Country *: US USA
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
Current Length (m): 4

Notes +:DMSP F17, a near-circular, sun-synchronous, polar orbit satellite launched in November 2006, provides global visible, infrared,
and passive microwave data as well as other specialized meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-geophysical data in support of worldwide
Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Commerce (DoC), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) operations.

Info Source:
https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/d/dmsp-block-5d
http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/f17_platform.gd.html
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 1
Keydate: 2015-01-14 19:04:15+00
Editdate: 2015-01-22 12:05:45+00