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OAS platform Detail for OrbView-2
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| platforms_id: | 11700 |
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| Name: | OrbView-2 |
| ICES Code: | 33QS |
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| Countries: | UNITED STATES |
| Comments: | Updated information from ICES for the platform OrbView-2 from UNITED STATES. Name OrbView-2 Country(s) US: UNITED STATES Platform Class 65: Orbiting satellite Commissioned Date 1997 Decommissioned Date 2010 Notes - OIC USA Ocean Imaging satellite. Formerly known as SeaStar. Previous Name SeaStar Information Source (URL) - http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/395 Confirmed by NOAA on 2018-08-08. OTHER INFORMATION: https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/395 Launched in 1997, OrbView-2 (originally named SeaStar) was the first commercial satellite to provide daily color images of the Earth. Under a unique arrangement with NASA, Orbital designed and built the OrbView-2 satellite, integrating its SeaWiFS sensor. Upon its successful launch, operations of the satellite were handed over to ORBIMAGE (now known as GeoEye) which manages the spacecraft and distributes its data for commercial use. Under a data buy arrangement, NASA procured OrbView-2 SeaWiFS data for scientific research from 1997 through 2004. |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 2 |
| Keydate: | 2011-07-26 18:10:52+00 |
| Editdate: | 2018-08-08 20:53:20+00 |