The SIDAR (Solar Irradiance, Data and Rescue), formerly known as JPSS Free Flyer 1, will be a complementary mission to the JPSS 1 satellite. It will fly the instruments, which were originally planned for the NPOESS satellites, but could not accomodated on the JPSS 1 satellite due to the size limitation of the cloned NPP satellite.
SIDAR will carry following instruments:
Both SARSAT and A-DCS are being provided by French and Canadian partners.
SIDAR was planned for a launch in 2017 but has been cancelled in 2013. The TSIS instrument was then replanned as the TSIS 1 attached payload to the ISS.
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Earth science |
Operator: | NASA, NOAA |
Contractors: | TBD |
Equipment: | TSIS, A-DCS, SARSAT |
Configuration: | TBD |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | Deployable solar array, batteries |
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Orbit: | SSO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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JPSS Free Flyer 1 (JPSS-FF 1) | - | cancelled |