https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/5182/KeywordsCommunityGuide_Baseline_v1_SIGNED_FINAL.pdf 25.0 2026-10-14T11:01:53.659Z https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/platforms/48a1fe2e-6cb2-44ad-8303-0a3328b1e5e4 DMSP 5D-2/F13 Date=2016-06-09 User Id=epneff Entity=AltLabel Operation=INSERT User Note=added altLabel System Note=insert AltLabel New Value=id: null text: DMSP-F13 language code: en DMSP Satellite F13 was built by General Electrics Astro-SpaceDivision (now part of Martin Marietta Astro Space). It waslaunched on March 24, 1995 from Vandenberg AFB, California usingan Atlas E rocket. The spacecraft is 3.7 meters in length with adiameter of 1.2 meters with an on-orbit mass of 831kilograms. It has a design lifetime of 48 months. Power isprovided though a 9.29 sq-m solar cell panel. Attitude iscontrolled using momentum wheels and magnetic coils using astrap-down star sensor and gyros as the reference.Characteristics:Maximum Altitude: 856 kmMinimum Altitude: 844 kmInclination: 98.8 degPeriod: 102.0 minutesEccentricity: 0.00083Ascending Equator Crossing Time (Local Time):At Launch: 17:42Current (09/02/95): 17:43Swath Width:Visible and Infrared Imagery - 3000 kmMicrowave Imagery - 1400 kmTemperature Sounder - 1500 kmWater Vapor Profiler - 1500 kmLaunch Date - March 24, 1995End Mission (Operational Support - F13 is currently (9/02/95)providing primary support with sensors OLS, SSM/I, SSM/T,SSM/T-2, SSJ/4, SSIES2, SSM, SSB/X and SSZ still providing data.Additional information available at'http://ghrc.msfc.nasa.gov:5721/source_documents/dmsp_f13.html'and'http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp.html'[Summary provided by GHRC]Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: DMSP 5D-2/F13 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) Short_Name: DMSP 5D-2/F13 Long_Name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: DMSP-F13 Short_Name: USA 109 Short_Name: 23533 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: SSM Short_Name: SSM/T-2 Short_Name: OLS Short_Name: SSI/ES2 Short_Name: SSJ/4 Short_Name: SSM/I Short_Name: SSB/X2 Short_Name: SSM/T Short_Name: SSJ End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Inclination: 98.8° Period: 101.9 minutes Perigee: 845.0 km Apogee: 851.0 km Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1995-015A Online_Resource: http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/dmsp.html Online_Resource: http://ghrc.msfc.nasa.gov:5721/source_documents/dmsp_f13.html Online_Resource: http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp.html Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1995-03-24 Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA Primary_Sponsor: Department of Defense-Department of the Air Force (United States) End_GroupEnd_Group 2016-06-09 10:35:44.0