STAR GNSS RO Near-Realtime Product List
Home| Near-Realtime (NRT) GNSS RO products |
File Content | Product Level | File Type and Format |
Beta Testing Date | PDA Distribution Date | File naming convention with example and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neutral Atmosphere | ||||||
| PlanetiQ RO NRT | Bending angle + Refractivity | Level 1C | BUFR profile (.bin) | 02/15/2026 | PDA (OPS) (9/1/2026) |
Near Realtime (NRT) Neutral Atmosphere RO profiles. See naming convention here for details. |
| Spire RO NRT | Bending angle + Refractivity | Level 1C | BUFR profile (.bin) | 05/15/2026 | PDA (OPS)(9/1/2026) | Near Realtime (NRT) Neutral Atmosphere RO profiles. See naming convention here for details. |
| COSMIC-2 RO NRT | Bending angle + Refractivity | Level 1C | BUFR profile (.bin) | 07/31/2026 | PDA (OPS)(9/1/2026) | Near Realtime (NRT) Neutral Atmosphere RO profiles. See naming convention here for details. |
| Space Weather | ||||||
| PlanetiQ aTEC NRT | Absolute Total Electron Content | Level 1b | aTEC (netCDF) | 06/01/2026 | PDA (I&T)(9/1/2026) | Near Realtime (NRT) Neutral Atmosphere RO profiles. See naming convention here for details. |
| PlanetiQ EDP NRT | Electron Density Profile | Level 2 | EDP (netCDF) | 09/30/2026 | P(9/30/2026)DA (I&T) | Near Realtime (NRT) Neutral Atmosphere RO profiles. See naming convention here for details. |
| COSMIC-2 aTEC NRT | Absolute Total Electron Content | Level 1b | aTEC (netCDF) | 09/30/2026 | PDA (I&T)(9/30/2026) | Near Realtime (NRT) Neutral Atmosphere RO profiles. See naming convention here for details. |
| COSMIC-2 EDP NRT | Electron Density Profile | Level 2 | EDP (netCDF) | 09/30/2026 | PDA (I&T)(9/30/2026) | Near Realtime (NRT) Neutral Atmosphere RO profiles. See naming convention here for details. |
| COSMIC-2 Scintillation NRT | Scintillation | Scintillation (level 2) | Scn Lv2 (RFI, S4, Sigma phi) (netCDF) | PDA (I&T)10/30/2026 | Under development | |
| COSMIC-2 Scn Geo NRT | Scintillation geolocation | Scintillation (level 2) | Scn Geo(netCDF) | PDA (I&T) 12/31/2026 | Under development | |
| COSMIC-2 BubbleMap V2 NRT | Plasma bubble | Scintillation (level 3) | Bubble map v2(netCDF) | PDA (I&T)12/31/2026 | Under development |
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