Earth Observing-3

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Earth Observing-3

| image = Earth Observing 3 (EO-3).jpg

| image_caption =

| mission_type =

| operator = NASA / Langley Research Center

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20010124052100/http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/eo3/ nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/eo3]

| mission_duration =

| spacecraft_bus = TRW T-310

| manufacturer = NOAA
Office of Naval Research
Space Dynamics Laboratory

| dry_mass =

| launch_mass = {{convert|1805|kg|lb}}

| power = 320 watts

| instruments = GIFTS-IOMI

| launch_date = Cancelled
Planned for 2005-06

| launch_rocket = Delta II

| launch_site = Cape Canaveral SLC-17

| launch_contractor =

}}

Earth Observing 3 (EO3) was a proposed joint mission between NASA New Millennium Program and the US Navy's Office of Naval Research. Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer — Indian Ocean METOC Imager (GIFTS-IOMI) was the instrument selected by NASA to perform as EO3's latest weather satellite observing instrument. The EO3 project ended with the cancellation of NMP in 2008.

References

  • {{cite web | title=Earth Observer 3 - GIFTS | url=http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/eo3/QUICKFACTS/quickfacts.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040110205808/http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/eo3/QUICKFACTS/quickfacts.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 January 2004 | publisher=NASA / JPL | date=19 November 2003 | access-date=2009-04-16}}
  • {{cite press release| title=NASA's Earth Observing Technology Satellite Proves a Success| url=http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20020624eo1.html| publisher=Goddard Space Flight Center| date=24 June 2002| access-date=2009-04-16| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414045821/http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20020624eo1.html| archive-date=14 April 2009}}