Payload (satellite)
WSF-M
WSF-M is a satellite launched 2024-04-11 by United States.
About
The Weather System Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M) satellite is the United States Department of Defense's next-generation operational environmental satellite system. WSF-M will be a Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite with a passive microwave imaging radiometer instrument and hosted furnished Energetic Charged Particle (ECP) sensor. Space Operations Command intends to include ECP sensors on all future satellites for space weather monitoring, starting from the early 2020s.
Right now
Dotted: where it has been. Solid: the next orbit and a half. Orbit data from CelesTrak, map from NASA Blue Marble. All credits
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Facts
NORAD ID59481
International designator2024-070A
TypePayload (satellite)
StatusOperational
OwnerUnited States
Launch date2024-04-11
Launch siteVandenberg, USA
Orbital period101.4 min
Inclination98.72°
Apogee826 km
Perigee820 km