# ECOSTRESS ISS deployment
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: nasa
- **actual launch**: 2018-06-29
- **current status**: extended
- **orbit type**: ISS orbit, approximately 400 km altitude, 51.5 degree inclination, non-sun-synchronous
- **swath km**: 384
- **tasking supported**: false
- **archive depth years**: 8
- **current geographic priority**: ISS-accessible land targets between approximately 52 degrees north and 52 degrees south
- **launch vehicle**: spacex-falcon-9
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-14
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: nasa
- **attributes**: {"operator":"nasa","actual_launch":"2018-06-29","current_status":"extended","orbit_type":"ISS orbit, approximately 400 km altitude, 51.5 degree inclination, non-sun-synchronous","swath_km":384,"tasking_supported":false,"archive_depth_years":8,"current_geographic_priority":"ISS-accessible land targets between approximately 52 degrees north and 52 degrees south","launch_vehicle":"spacex-falcon-9"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
ECOSTRESS ISS deployment is a NASA/JPL hosted payload mission using the PHyTIR thermal radiometer on the International Space Station. ECOSTRESS launched on SpaceX CRS-15 on 2018-06-29 and was installed on the ISS Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility in early July 2018.[^jpl-ecostress-launch][^jpl-ecostress-mission]

The instrument operates from the ISS orbit, about 400 km altitude at 51.5 degree inclination, giving non-sun-synchronous observations of land targets between about 52 degrees north and 52 degrees south.[^jpl-ecostress-mission][^nasa-earthdata-ecostress] The mission record carries a 384 km swath, no user tasking support, and about eight years of archive depth as of 2026-06-14.[^jpl-ecostress-mission][^nasa-earthdata-ecostress] ECOSTRESS remains operational, with project operations approved through FY2026 and continuation to FY2029 possible.[^jpl-ecostress-home]

## Compositional position
- ECOSTRESS ISS deployment --[mission_payloads]--> ecostress (products)

## Sources
- [jpl-ecostress-launch] | ECOSTRESS launches to Space Station on SpaceX mission, NASA JPL | https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/ecostress-launches-to-space-station-on-spacex-mission/ | tier=operator-press | accessed=2026-06-14
- [jpl-ecostress-mission] | Mission and Instrument, ECOSTRESS NASA JPL | https://ecostress.jpl.nasa.gov/mission | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [nasa-earthdata-ecostress] | ECOSTRESS instrument, NASA Earthdata | https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/instruments/ecostress | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [jpl-ecostress-home] | ECOSTRESS project homepage, NASA JPL | https://ecostress.jpl.nasa.gov/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14

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