ADEOS was launched August 1996 and failed June 1997. The satellite had a polar, circular, sun-synchronous 797-km orbit with a 41-day repeat cycle. ADEOS carried the following sensors: Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner (OCTS), Advanced Visible and Near-infrared Radiometer (AVNIR), NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT), Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS), Polarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances (POLDER), Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases (IMG), Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer (ILAS), and Retroreflector in Space (RIS).
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