NASA Earth Observing Fleet
Posted by cypresstx on 3/9/2015, 12:21 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF9UlTYR5d0


Published on Feb 26, 2015

This animation shows the orbits of NASA's fleet of Earth remote sensing observatories as of February 2015.

The satellites include components of the A-Train:
Aqua:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/aqua/
Aura:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/aura/
CloudSat:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/clou...
CALIPSO:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/cali...

Recently launched missions:
SMAP:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/smap/
GPM:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/gpm/
OCO-2:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/oco-2/

International Space Station:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sta...

And eleven others:
Aquarius:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/aqua...
Suomi NPP:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/suom...
Terra:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/terra/
SORCE:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/sorce/
GRACE:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/grace/
Jason 2:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/ostm/
Landsat 7:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/land...
Landsat 8:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/ldcm/
QuikSCAT:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/quik...
TRMM:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/trmm/
EO-1:
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/eo-1/

These satellites measure rainfall, solar irradiance, clouds, sea surface height, ocean salinity, and other aspects of the global environment. Together, they provide a picture of the Earth as a system.

Credit:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
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