Earth Observing 3 (EO3) was a proposed joint mission between NASA New Millennium Program and the US Navy's Office of Naval Research. Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer — Indian Ocean METOC Imager (GIFTS-IOMI) was the instrument selected by NASA to perform as EO3's latest weather satellite observing instrument. The EO3 project ended with the cancellation of NMP in 2008.
Operator | NASA / Langley Research Center |
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Website | nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/eo3 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | TRW T-310 |
Manufacturer | NOAA Office of Naval Research Space Dynamics Laboratory |
Launch mass | 1,805 kilograms (3,979 lb) |
Power | 320 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | Cancelled Planned for 2005-06 |
Rocket | Delta II |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-17 |
Instruments | |
GIFTS-IOMI | |