The POLDER-3 (Polarization and Directionality of the Earth’s Reflectances) instrument is on board the Parasol microsatellite in the Myriade series developed by CNES.
| AGENCY: | CNES |
| SATELLITE: | Parasol |
| LAUNCH: | 18 December 2004 |
| SWATH (km): | 2100 |
| RESOLUTION (m): | 6000 |
| # OF BANDS: | 9 |
| SPECTRAL COVERAGE(nm): | 443-1020 |
POLDER-3 Links and Articles:
- CNES’s Parasol Mission
- Parasol Data Products
- Parasol moves off the A-Train’s track , News, 11 January 2010.

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