2.2.8 spase://SMWG/Observatory/DMSP_5D-3/F18 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, DMSP-F18 DMSP_5D-3/F18 DMSP-F18 USA 210 35951 2019-05-05T12:34:56Z DMSP-F18, also known as DMSP 5D-3 F18 or USA 210, is a US Department of Defense weather satellite launched on an Atlas 5 rocket on 18 October 2009 at 16:12 UT from Vandenberg. The 1,200 kg satellite, one of several in the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, will provide terrestrial and space weather data from a near-polar, Sun-synchronous, 830 km altitude orbit with the Local Time nodes for DMSP F18 of 20:00 and 8:00. The DMSP satellites monitor the meteorological, oceanographic and solar-terrestrial physics environments. The primary weather sensor on DMSP is the Operational Linescan System, which provides continuous visual and infrared imagery of cloud cover. Additional satellite sensors measure atmospheric vertical profiles of moisture and temperature. DMSP satellites also measure space environmental parameters such as local charged particles and electromagnetic fields. DMSP Data Manager, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, NESDIS spase://SMWG/Person/Dieter.K.Bilitza GeneralContact spase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze MetadataContact Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, DMSP-F18 Web Site https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/65 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, DMSP-F18, Information and Details Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, Block 5D-3 Spacecraft Overview http://spaceflight101.com/spacecraft/dmsp-block-5d-3/ Detailed information on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program 5D-3 satellite series. NSSDC's Master Catalog https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2009-057A Information about the DMSP 5D-3/F18 mission spase://SMWG/Observatory/DMSP Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere 2009-10-18T00:00:00