BackForward Satellite Programme: Polarisation et Anisotropie des Réflectances au sommet de l'Atmosphère, couplées avec un Satellite d'Observation emportant un Lidar 

Programme details
Programme description
  • Single satellite programme, for aerosol and radiation processes.
  • French programme: CNES responsible of development and operations.
  • The platform is actively stabilised over 3 axes.
  • The design life time of the satellite is 2 years.
  • The satellite exploits a sunsynchronous orbit around 13:30 associated to the A-Train.
  • See detailed description at http://smsc.cnes.fr/PARASOL/index.htm.
Data circulation
  • Onboard stored data downlinked to a CNES station in Toulouse and to Kiruna.
  • Data processed at the ICARE (Interactions Clouds Aerosols Radiation Etc.) Data Processing and Management Center hosted at USTL (Université des Sciences et Techniques de Lille).
Agencies CNES
Programme lifetime 2004 - 2013
Associated satellites and instruments

Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational , blue tag => planned

  • Polarisation et Anisotropie des Réflectances au sommet de l'Atmosphère, couplées avec un Satellite d'Observation emportant un Lidar