| Abstract |
Argos is a spaceborne data collection and location system (DCS) flown on NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) spacecraft in LEO (Low Earth Orbit), an instrument package provided by NOAA (USA) and CNES (France), installed on all ATN (Advanced TIROS-N) family satellites since 1978 (also referred to as POES series); the first satellite equipped with Argos was TIROS-N.
The Argos/DCS supports NOAA in its overall environmental mission objectives, collecting (ground and space) truthing data. The concept uses many ground segment platforms (fixed and moving), i.e. buoys, free-floating balloons, wildlife, and remote weather stations, and equips them with a Platform Transmitter Terminal (PTT) package. These PTTs collect and process relevant environmental data and transmit them to the NOAA-POES satellites.
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