RROCI @ Nanosats Database

Name	RROCI (Rapid Revisit Optical Cloud Imager)
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	12U
Status	not launched, expected in 2023
Organisation	U.S. Space Force
Institution	Military
Entity	Government (Civil / Military)
Nation	US
Manufacturer	AIVT by Orion Space Solutions
Operator	Orion Space Solutions
Oneliner	Demonstrate an Electro-Optical / Infrared (EO/IR) LEO-based cloud characterization solution that supports U.S. warfighter operations.
Description	Electro Optical/Infrared Weather System Rapid Revisit Optical Cloud Imager (EWS RROCI). , United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SMC) sought a commercial prototype EWS mission capable of characterizing global clouds in near real-time to support Department of Defense operations. SMC selected Orion Space Solutions (OSS), in collaboration with Lockheed Martin; Science and Technology Corporation; Pumpkin, Inc.; and Atmospheric & Environmental Research (AER), for the first phase of the EWS mission to design, develop, and demonstrate its eight (8)-channel RROCI prototype. OSS’ imagery utilizes commercial off-theshelf systems to produce cloud characterization, mitigate weather risk, provide theater weather, and compare payload outputs to existing satellite data from a 12U satellite meeting USSF mission requirements.
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Keywords	Steerable Solar Arrays, Propulsion

RROCI (Rapid Revisit Optical Cloud Imager)