Earth Observing-3

Earth Observing 3

Operator	NASA / Langley Research Center
Major contractors	NOAA Office of Naval Research Space Dynamics Laboratory
Bus	TRW T-310
Mission type	Orbiter
Launch date	Cancelled: queued for 2005-2006
Launch vehicle	Delta II
Launch site	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Homepage	nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/eo3
Mass	1805 kg
Power	320 W
Orbital elements
Altitude	35,400 km (HEO)
Instruments
Main instruments	GIFTS-IOMI
Spectral band	X-band

Earth Observing 3 (EO3) GIFTS-IOMI is a proposed NASA New Millennium Program joint mission with the US Navy's Office of Naval Research. GIFTS-IOMI or Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer — Indian Ocean METOC Imager was the instrument selected by NASA to perform as EO3's latest weather observing instrument. The EO3 project ended with the cancellation of NMP in 2008.

References

• "Earth Observer 3 - GIFTS". NASA / JPL. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 2009-04-16. 
• "NASA’s Earth Observing Technology Satellite Proves a Success" (Press release). Goddard Space Flight Center. 24 June 2002. Retrieved 2009-04-16. 

External links

• Earth Observing-3 at the NASA