COSMIC-2
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Mission Objectives:
The objective of the COSMIC-2 mission is to provide and operational constellation for the continuous and uniform collection of atmospheric and ionospheric data for input to daily near-real-time weather forecasts, space weather research, and climate change studies.
The SLR role of the mission is to validate GNSS orbits.
Mission Parameters:
| Sponsor: | UCAR |
| Expected Life: | 5 years |
| Primary Applications: | Validation of GNSS orbits |
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| Launch Date: | Not Earlier than June 13, 2018 |
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| Size of Reflector: | Planar, 12.55 +1- 0.1 mm diameter, 10.75 mm height |
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| Orbital period: | ~ 1.6 hours |
| Inclination: | 24 degrees |
| Altitude: | Initially 700km |
| Eccentricity: | 0 |
