SARAL
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SARAL (Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa) is a cooperative altimetry technology mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES). SARAL performs altimetric measurements designed to study ocean circulation and sea surface elevation.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- SARAL
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Satellite with Argos and ALtiKa
- Spaceflight.image
- SARAL.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- An artist's rendering of SARAL satellite
- Spaceflight.image_size
- 300px
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Earth observation
- Spaceflight.operator
- ISRO
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2013-009A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 39086
- Spaceflight.website
- https://isro.gov.in/
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 5 years (planned) (in progress)
- Spaceflight.spacecraft
- SARAL
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- IMS-2
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Indian Space Research Organisation / CNES
- Spaceflight.dimensions
- 1 m x 1 m x 0.6 m
- Spaceflight.power
- 850 watts
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- 25 February 2013, 12:31 UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-CA, PSLV-C20
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Mission
- Instruments
- ARGOS Advanced-Data Collection System (A-DCS)
- Ka-band altimeter (ALtiKa)
- DORIS
- Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA)
- Applications
- Secondary payloads
- Launch
- References
- External links
SARAL (Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa) is a cooperative altimetry technology mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES). SARAL performs altimetric measurements designed to study ocean circulation and sea surface elevation.
== Mission == A CNES / ISRO MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) on the SARAL mission was signed on 23 February 2007. The SARAL mission is complementary to the Jason-2 mission of NASA / NOAA and CNES / EUMETSAT. It will fill the gap between Envisat and the Sentinel-3 mission of the European Copernicus Programme (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security - GMES programme). The combination of two altimetry missions in orbit has a considerable impact on the reconstruction of sea surface height (SSH), reducing the mean mapping error by a factor of 4.
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