Microwave Humidity Sounder

NOAA-19

Providers: 

NOAA
NASA

Public Private Partnership: 

0Public Private Partnership

NOAA-19, designated NOAA-N' (NOAA-N Prime) prior to launch, is the last of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's POES series of weather satellites. NOAA-19 was launched on February 6, 2009.

Instrument: 

  • Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit - A
  • Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer 3
  • Microwave Humidity Sounder

Launch Date: 

Fri, 06/02/2009

Life span: 

12years

MetOp-C

Providers: 

NOAA
EUMETSAT
ESA
CNES

Public Private Partnership: 

0Public Private Partnership

MetOp-C is the third and last satellite of the MetOp series that forms the space segment of the EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS).

Instrument: 

  • Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit - A
  • Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit - B
  • Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2
  • GOME -2
  • Microwave Humidity Sounder

Launch Date: 

Wed, 07/11/2018

Life span: 

15years

MetOp-B

Providers: 

NOAA
EUMETSAT
ESA
CNES

Public Private Partnership: 

0Public Private Partnership

METOP (Meteorological Operational) is Europe's first polar-orbiting operational meteorological satellite.

Instrument: 

  • Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit - A
  • Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit - B
  • Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2
  • GOME -2
  • Microwave Humidity Sounder

Launch Date: 

Mon, 17/09/2012

Life span: 

15years

FY-3C / FengYun-3C

Providers: 

NSMC-CMA
NRSCC

Public Private Partnership: 

0Public Private Partnership

The FY-3 series of CMA/NSMC (China Meteorological Administration/National Satellite Meteorological Center) represents the second generation of Chinese polar-orbiting meteorological satellites (follow-on of FY-1 series). The FY-3 series represents a cooperative program between CMA and CNSA (China National Space Administration); it was initially approved in 1998 and entered full-scale development in 1999.

Instrument: 

  • Medium Resolution Imaging Specrometer
  • Microwave Humidity Sounder
  • Microwave Radiometer
  • Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer

Launch Date: 

Mon, 23/09/2013

Life span: 

3years

MetOp-A

Providers: 

NOAA
EUMETSAT
ESA
CNES

Public Private Partnership: 

0Public Private Partnership

METOP (Meteorological Operational) is Europe's first polar-orbiting operational meteorological satellite.

Instrument: 

  • Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit - A
  • Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit - B
  • Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2
  • GOME -2
  • Microwave Humidity Sounder

Launch Date: 

Thu, 19/10/2006

Life span: 

15years

NOAA-18

Providers: 

NOAA
NASA

Public Private Partnership: 

0Public Private Partnership

NOAA-18, known before launch as NOAA-N, is a weather forecasting satellite run by NOAA.

Instrument: 

  • Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit - A
  • Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer 3
  • Microwave Humidity Sounder

Launch Date: 

Fri, 20/05/2005

Life span: 

14years

MetOp (MHS)

Providers: 

EUMETSAT

Public Private Partnership: 

0Public Private Partnership

Technical specification: 

Passive Microwave

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