Synonyms
Earth-observing mission costs; Spaceborne mission costs
Definition
Earth-observing satellite mission. An instrumented spacecraft deployed in space that is designed to observe select geophysical parameters of the Earth for purposes of environmental science or monitoring. A satellite mission requires a launch vehicle, observing instruments, and a spacecraft bus which houses the instruments as well as systems for guidance, navigation, control, communications, command and data, power, thermal control, propulsion, and structures.
Satellite mission cost. The total cost of implementing a satellite mission. The cost includes all of the component costs as well as costs for design, system engineering, operating and data analysis software, and mission operations. The cost does not typically include scientific analysis of the data collected by the mission.
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Observing the Earth from the vantage point of space has transformed our understanding of the Earth as an integrated...
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This research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the NASA.
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Friedl, R., Boland, S. (2014). Mission Costs of Earth-Observing Satellites. In: Njoku, E.G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36699-9_106
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