OrbView 1 [OrbImage]
Launched on 3 April 1995, OrbView-1 provides the world's first broad-area cloud-to-cloud lightning data.
OrbView-1's payload consists of two sensors:
The OTD sensor maps atmospheric lighting strikes and has provided NASA with information important to the understanding of severe weather patterns. The GPS/MET sensor has proven that the signals from the GPS satellite constellation used for precision navigation can also be used to provide important atmospheric data. The success of the GPS/MET sensor has further validated the concept of using space-based sensors to improve worldwide weather prediction.
The OrbView-1 program is the result of a unique government-industry partnership between ORBIMAGE and NASA. Under this arrangement, NASA provided the OTD sensor for use on OrbView-1 and ORBIMAGE agreed to conduct an initial six-month experiment of the sensor. NASA's cost for data under this program over the past five years has totaled approximately $7.2 million.
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Earth observation |
Operator: | OrbImage (for NASA) |
Contractors: | Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) |
Equipment: | OTD (Optical Transient Detector), GPS/MET |
Configuration: | MicroStar (double) |
Propulsion: | ? |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 68 kg |
Orbit: | 733 km × 749 km, 69.99° SSO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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OrbView 1 (Microlab 1) | 1995-017C | 03.04.1995 | Va, L-1011, RW30/12 | Pegasus-H | with Orbcomm FM1, FM2 |