GES DISC Platform Keyword Requests
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 4:45 pm America/New_York
The GES DISC would like to request new Platform keywords to support new collections.
GPS/MET:
Platforms > Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > GPS/MET > Global Positioning System/Meteorology
More information:
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1995-017C-02
COSMIC-2/FORMOSAT-7:
Platforms > Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > COSMIC-2/FORMOSAT-7 > Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate - 2
More information:
https://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/global-navigation-satellite-system-gnss-background/cosmic-2
GeoOptics, Inc.:
Platforms > Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > CICERO > Community Initiative for Cellular Earth Remote Observation
GeoOptics, Inc. is a commercial vendor that operates the Community Initiative for Cellular Earth Remote Observation (CICERO) constellation of low-earth-orbiting (LEO) 6U CubeSats. As opposed to previous early high-end GNSS receivers, the CICERO CubeSat carries relatively low-cost, low-power, and low-mass receivers called CIONs. These Radio Occultation (RO) sensors are able to obtain many atmospheric profiles per day which can help improve weather forecasting and be applied to various other remote sensing studies.
More information:
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-022-01667-6
And
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238879
PlanetiQ, Inc.:
Platforms > Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > PlanetiQ GNOMES
PlanetiQ was founded to build, launch, and operate a commercial constellation of the highest quality HD GNSS-RO weather satellites, with a full constellation of 20 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. PlanetiQ’s GNSS Navigation and Occultation Measurement Satellites (GNOMES) carry the fourth-generation “Pyxis” radio occultation (RO) sensor which builds on the heritage of the gold standard for RO sensors. This state-of-the-art, next-generation RO sensor is smaller, lighter, and consumes less power than prior versions, but has nearly 3x the data collection capability since it receives signals from all four world-wide GNSS constellations (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and Beidou).
More information:
https://planetiq.com
Please let me know if you need more information. Thanks!
GPS/MET:
Platforms > Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > GPS/MET > Global Positioning System/Meteorology
More information:
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1995-017C-02
COSMIC-2/FORMOSAT-7:
Platforms > Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > COSMIC-2/FORMOSAT-7 > Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate - 2
More information:
https://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/global-navigation-satellite-system-gnss-background/cosmic-2
GeoOptics, Inc.:
Platforms > Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > CICERO > Community Initiative for Cellular Earth Remote Observation
GeoOptics, Inc. is a commercial vendor that operates the Community Initiative for Cellular Earth Remote Observation (CICERO) constellation of low-earth-orbiting (LEO) 6U CubeSats. As opposed to previous early high-end GNSS receivers, the CICERO CubeSat carries relatively low-cost, low-power, and low-mass receivers called CIONs. These Radio Occultation (RO) sensors are able to obtain many atmospheric profiles per day which can help improve weather forecasting and be applied to various other remote sensing studies.
More information:
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-022-01667-6
And
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238879
PlanetiQ, Inc.:
Platforms > Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > PlanetiQ GNOMES
PlanetiQ was founded to build, launch, and operate a commercial constellation of the highest quality HD GNSS-RO weather satellites, with a full constellation of 20 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. PlanetiQ’s GNSS Navigation and Occultation Measurement Satellites (GNOMES) carry the fourth-generation “Pyxis” radio occultation (RO) sensor which builds on the heritage of the gold standard for RO sensors. This state-of-the-art, next-generation RO sensor is smaller, lighter, and consumes less power than prior versions, but has nearly 3x the data collection capability since it receives signals from all four world-wide GNSS constellations (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and Beidou).
More information:
https://planetiq.com
Please let me know if you need more information. Thanks!