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<dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1975-06-12 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/nimbus-6">Nimbus 6</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jun 12 1975</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1975-10-16 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellite-c">GOES A-C</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Oct 16 1975</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="1978-10-10 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/seasat-1">Seasat 1</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="1978-10-10T00:00:00-04:00">Oct 10th 1978</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1978-06-28 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/seasat-1">Seasat 1</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jun 28 1978</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> 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href="/missions/modular-optoelectronic-multispectral-scanner">MOMS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jun 18 1983</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1984-10-05 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/earth-radiation-budget-satellite">ERBS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Oct 5 1984</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1985-03-12 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/geodetic-satellite">GEOSAT</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Mar 12 1985</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1987-02-19 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/marine-observation-satellite">MOS-1</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Feb 19 1987</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1990-07-25 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/combined-release-and-radiation-effects-satellite">CRRES</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jul 25 1990</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1991-07-17 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/european-remote-sensing">ERS-1</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jul 17 1991</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2005-12-15 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/upper-atmosphere-research-satellite">UARS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2005-12-15T00:00:00-05:00">Dec 15th 2005</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="1994-09-12T00:00:00-04:00">Sep 12th 1994</span> <li class="launch" rel="1991-09-12 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/upper-atmosphere-research-satellite">UARS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Sep 12 1991</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1992-03-24 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/atmospheric-laboratory-applications-and-science">ATLAS-1</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Mar 24 1992</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1992-08-10 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/topexposeidon">TOPEX</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Aug 10 1992</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1993-03-28 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/noaa-poes">NOAA-POES</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Mar 28 1993</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2013-08-16 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellites-i-m">GOES I-M</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2013-08-16T00:00:00-04:00">Aug 16th 2013</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1994-04-13 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellites-i-m">GOES I-M</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Apr 13 1994</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1994-04-19 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/spaceborne-imaging-radar-c">SIR-C</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Apr 19 1994</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1995-11-04 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/radar-satellite">RADARSAT</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Nov 4 1995</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1996-07-02 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/total-ozone-mapping-spectrometer-earth-probe">TOMS-EP</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jul 2 1996</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="1997-06-30 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/advanced-earth-observing-satellite">ADEOS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="1997-06-30T00:00:00-04:00">Jun 30th 1997</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1996-08-17 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/advanced-earth-observing-satellite">ADEOS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Aug 17 1996</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2010-12-11 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/sea-viewing-wide-field-view-sensor">SeaWiFS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2010-12-11T00:00:00-05:00">Dec 11th 2010</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-08-01T00:00:00-04:00">Aug 1st 2012</span> <li class="launch" rel="1997-08-01 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/sea-viewing-wide-field-view-sensor">SeaWiFS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Aug 1 1997</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2000-11-27T00:00:00-05:00">Nov 27th 2000</span> <li class="launch" rel="1997-11-27 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/tropical-rainfall-measuring-mission">TRMM</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Nov 27 1997</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1999-04-15 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/landsat-7">Landsat 7</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Apr 15 1999</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2009-11-23 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/quick-scatterometer">QuikSCAT</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2009-11-23T00:00:00-05:00">Nov 23rd 2009</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2002-06-19T00:00:00-04:00">Jun 19th 2002</span> <li class="launch" rel="1999-06-19 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/quick-scatterometer">QuikSCAT</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jun 19 1999</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2005-12-18T00:00:00-05:00">Dec 18th 2005</span> <li class="launch" rel="1999-12-18 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/terra">Terra</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Dec 18 1999</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="1999-12-20 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/active-cavity-radiometer-irradiance-monitor-satellite">ACRIMSAT</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Dec 20 1999</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2000-02-11 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/shuttle-radar-topography-mission">SRTM</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Feb 11 2000</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2010-09-19 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/challenging-mini-satellite-payload">CHAMP</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2010-09-19T00:00:00-04:00">Sep 19th 2010</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2000-07-15 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/challenging-mini-satellite-payload">CHAMP</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jul 15 2000</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2017-03-30 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/earth-observing-1">EO-1</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2017-03-30T00:00:00-04:00">Mar 30th 2017</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2000-11-21 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/earth-observing-1">EO-1</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Nov 21 2000</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2013-07-01 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/jason-1">Jason-1</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2013-07-01T00:00:00-04:00">Jul 1st 2013</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2001-12-07 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/jason-1">Jason-1</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Dec 7 2001</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2006-03-06 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/stratospheric-aerosol-and-gas-experiment-iii-meteor-3m">SAGE-III</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2006-03-06T00:00:00-05:00">Mar 6th 2006</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2001-12-10 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/stratospheric-aerosol-and-gas-experiment-iii-meteor-3m">SAGE-III</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Dec 10 2001</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2017-10-07 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/gravity-recovery-and-climate-experiment">GRACE</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2017-10-07T00:00:00-04:00">Oct 7th 2017</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2002-03-17 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/gravity-recovery-and-climate-experiment">GRACE</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Mar 17 2002</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2008-05-04T00:00:00-04:00">May 4th 2008</span> <li class="launch" rel="2002-05-04 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/aqua">Aqua</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> May 4 2002</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2003-10-24 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/seawinds-advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii-adeos-ii">SeaWinds</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2003-10-24T00:00:00-04:00">Oct 24th 2003</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2002-12-14 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/seawinds-advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii-adeos-ii">SeaWinds</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Dec 14 2002</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2010-08-14 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/ice-cloud-and-land-elevation-satellite">ICESat</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2010-08-14T00:00:00-04:00">Aug 14th 2010</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2003-01-12 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/ice-cloud-and-land-elevation-satellite">ICESat</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jan 12 2003</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2020-02-25 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/solar-radiation-and-climate-experiment">SORCE</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-02-25T00:00:00-05:00">Feb 25th 2020</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2003-01-25 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/solar-radiation-and-climate-experiment">SORCE</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jan 25 2003</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2010-07-15T00:00:00-04:00">Jul 15th 2010</span> <li class="launch" rel="2004-07-15 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/aura">Aura</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jul 15 2004</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2013-12-18 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/polarization-anisotropy-reflectances-atmospheric-sciences-coupled-observations-lidar">PARASOL</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2013-12-18T00:00:00-05:00">Dec 18th 2013</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2006-12-04T00:00:00-05:00">Dec 4th 2006</span> <li class="launch" rel="2004-12-04 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/polarization-anisotropy-reflectances-atmospheric-sciences-coupled-observations-lidar">PARASOL</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Dec 4 2004</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2005-05-20 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/noaa-19">NOAA-N</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> May 20 2005</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2005-05-24 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellite-nop">GOES 13-15</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> May 24 2005</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2006-04-28 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/cloud-aerosol-lidar-and-infrared-pathfinder-satellite-observation">CALIPSO</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Apr 28 2006</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2009-04-28T00:00:00-04:00">Apr 28th 2009</span> <li class="launch" rel="2006-04-28 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/cloudsat">CloudSat</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Apr 28 2006</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2019-10-01 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/ocean-surface-topography-missionjason-2">OSTM/Jason-2</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-10-01T00:00:00-04:00">Oct 1st 2019</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2008-01-20 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/ocean-surface-topography-missionjason-2">OSTM/Jason-2</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jan 20 2008</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2009-02-24 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/orbiting-carbon-observatory">OCO</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2009-02-24T00:00:00-05:00">Feb 24th 2009</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2009-02-24 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/orbiting-carbon-observatory">OCO</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Feb 24 2009</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2011-03-04 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/glory">Glory</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2011-03-04T00:00:00-05:00">Mar 4th 2011</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2011-03-04 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/glory">Glory</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Mar 4 2011</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2015-06-08 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/aquarius">Aquarius</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-06-08T00:00:00-04:00">Jun 8th 2015</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2011-06-10 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/aquarius">Aquarius</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jun 10 2011</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2011-10-28 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/suomi-national-polar-orbiting-partnership">Suomi NPP</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Oct 28 2011</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2012-05-18 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/global-change-observation-mission-water">GCOM-W1</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> May 18 2012</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-02-11T00:00:00-05:00">Feb 11th 2018</span> <li class="launch" rel="2013-02-11 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/landsat-8">Landsat 8</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Feb 11 2013</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2017-02-27T00:00:00-05:00">Feb 27th 2017</span> <li class="launch" rel="2014-02-27 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/global-precipitation-measurement-core-observatory">GPM Core</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Feb 27 2014</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-07-02T00:00:00-04:00">Jul 2nd 2019</span> <li class="launch" rel="2014-07-02 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/orbiting-carbon-observatory-2">OCO-2</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jul 2 2014</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2016-10-17 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/iss-rapid-scatterometer">ISS-RapidScat</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-10-17T00:00:00-04:00">Oct 17th 2016</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2014-09-21 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/iss-rapid-scatterometer">ISS-RapidScat</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Sep 21 2014</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="completed" rel="2017-11-14 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/cloud-aerosol-transport-system-iss">CATS on ISS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Completion</strong></span><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2017-11-14T00:00:00-05:00">Nov 14th 2017</span></p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-01-10T00:00:00-05:00">Jan 10th 2018</span> <li class="launch" rel="2015-01-10 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/cloud-aerosol-transport-system-iss">CATS on ISS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jan 10 2015</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-05-31T00:00:00-04:00">May 31st 2018</span> <li class="launch" rel="2015-01-31 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/soil-moisture-active-passive">SMAP</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jan 31 2015</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2017-02-11T00:00:00-05:00">Feb 11th 2017</span> <li class="launch" rel="2015-02-11 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/deep-space-climate-observatory">DSCOVR</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Feb 11 2015</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2016-01-17 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/jason-3">Jason-3</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jan 17 2016</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2026-11-19T00:00:00-05:00">Nov 19th 2026</span> <li class="launch" rel="2016-11-19 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellite-16">GOES-16 </a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Nov 19 2016</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2016-12-15 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/cyclone-global-navigation-satellite-system-evm-1">CYGNSS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Dec 15 2016</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2019-02-19T00:00:00-05:00">Feb 19th 2019</span> <li class="launch" rel="2017-02-19 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/lightning-imaging-sensor-iss">LIS on ISS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Feb 19 2017</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2017-02-19 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/stratospheric-aerosol-and-gas-experiment-iii-iss">SAGE III-ISS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Feb 19 2017</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2017-11-18 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/joint-polar-satellite-system-1">JPSS-1</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Nov 18 2017</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-12-15T00:00:00-05:00">Dec 15th 2022</span> <li class="launch" rel="2017-12-15 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/total-and-spectral-solar-irradiance-sensor-1-iss">TSIS-1</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Dec 15 2017</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2018-05-22 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/gravity-recovery-and-climate-experiment-follow">GRACE-FO</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> May 22 2018</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2018-06-29 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/ecosystem-spaceborne-thermal-radiometer-experiment-space-station-evi-2">ECOSTRESS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jun 29 2018</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-09-15T00:00:00-04:00">Sep 15th 2021</span> <li class="launch" rel="2018-09-15 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/ice-cloud-and-land-elevation-satellite-2">ICESat-2</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Sep 15 2018</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-12-05T00:00:00-05:00">Dec 5th 2020</span> <li class="launch" rel="2018-12-05 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/global-ecosystem-dynamics-investigation-lidar-evi-2">GEDI on ISS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Dec 5 2018</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2019-05-04 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/orbiting-carbon-observatory-3">ISS-OCO-3</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> May 4 2019</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2020-11-21 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/sentinel-6-michael-freilich">Sentinel-6 Mi...</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Nov 21 2020</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2026-09-27T00:00:00-04:00">Sep 27th 2026</span> <li class="launch" rel="2021-09-27 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/landsat-9">Landsat 9</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Sep 27 2021</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2022-07-14 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/earth-surface-mineral-dust-source-investigation-evi-4">EMIT on ISS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Jul 14 2022</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2022-11-10 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/joint-polar-satellite-system-2">JPSS-2</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Nov 10 2022</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2022-12-16 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/surface-water-ocean-topography">SWOT</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Dec 16 2022</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2023-04-07 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/tropospheric-emissions-monitoring-pollution-evi-1">TEMPO</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Apr 7 2023</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2023-05-07 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/time-resolved-observations-precipitation-structure-and-storm-intensity-constellation">TROPICS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> May 7 2023</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2024 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/geostationary-carbon-cycle-observatory-evm-2">GeoCarb</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> 2024</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2024 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/polar-radiant-energy-far-infrared-experiment-evi-4">PREFIRE</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> 2024</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2024-02-08 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/plankton-aerosol-cloud-ocean-ecosystem">PACE</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Feb 8 2024</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2025 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/total-and-spectral-solar-irradiance-sensor-2">TSIS-2</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> 2025</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2025-03 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/nasa-isro-synthetic-aperture-radar">NISAR </a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Mar 2025</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2025-11 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/sentinel-6b"> Sentinel-6B</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Nov 2025</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2025-11 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/multi-angle-imager-aerosols-evi-3">MAIA</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> Nov 2025</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2026 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/jpss-3">JPSS-3</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> 2026</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2027 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/investigation-convective-updrafts-evm-3">INCUS</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> 2027</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2027 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/jpss-4">JPSS-4</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> 2027</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> <li class="launch" rel="2028 00:00:00"> <div> <a href="/missions/polarized-submillimeter-ice-cloud-radiometer">PolSIR</a> <p><span>Event: <strong>Launch</strong></span> 2028</p> <dl> <dt> </dt><dd> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> </div> </div> </div> </ul> <div class="dates"> <span>1960</span> <span>1961</span> <span>1962</span> <span>1963</span> <span>1964</span> <span>1965</span> <span>1966</span> <span>1967</span> <span>1968</span> <span>1969</span> <span>1970</span> <span>1971</span> <span>1972</span> <span>1973</span> <span>1974</span> <span>1975</span> <span>1976</span> <span>1977</span> <span>1978</span> <span>1979</span> <span>1980</span> <span>1981</span> <span>1982</span> <span>1983</span> <span>1984</span> <span>1985</span> <span>1986</span> <span>1987</span> <span>1988</span> <span>1989</span> <span>1990</span> <span>1991</span> <span>1992</span> <span>1993</span> <span>1994</span> <span>1995</span> <span>1996</span> <span>1997</span> <span>1998</span> <span>1999</span> <span>2000</span> <span>2001</span> <span>2002</span> <span>2003</span> <span>2004</span> <span>2005</span> <span>2006</span> <span>2007</span> <span>2008</span> <span>2009</span> <span>2010</span> <span>2011</span> <span>2012</span> <span>2013</span> <span>2014</span> <span>2015</span> <span>2016</span> <span>2017</span> <span>2018</span> <span>2019</span> <span>2020</span> <span>2021</span> <span>2022</span> <span>2023</span> <span>2024</span> <span>2025</span> <span>2026</span> <span>2027</span> <span>2028</span> <span>2029</span> <span>2030</span> <span>2031</span> <span>2032</span> <span>2033</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="main"> <div class="page"> <div id="data"> <div class="images"> <span><img alt="OCO-2" src="https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/152000/152519/CO2_gmao_202102_front.jpg" /></span> <span><img alt="Landsat 7" src="https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/153000/153655/mangroveconditions_oli_2017_front.jpg" /></span> <span><img alt="Landsat 8" src="https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/154000/154130/dunedupilatzm_oli_20240708_front.jpg" /></span> <span><img alt="Aqua" src="https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/154000/154107/scfires_oli_20250326_front.jpg" /></span> </div> <div class="mask"></div> <div class="categories"> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/152519/emissions-from-fossil-fuels-continue-to-rise/152522w" title="OCO-2">OCO-2</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/153655/mangroves-are-losing-their-resilience/153657w" title="Landsat 7">Landsat 7</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/154130/a-morphing-monument-of-sand/154132w" title="Landsat 8">Landsat 8</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/154107/wildland-fires-char-us-southeast-forests/154111w" title="Aqua">Aqua</a> </div> <h2>Recent Imagery</h2> <p>You will be directed to the NASA Visible Earth webpage when you select Images by Mission below, or click on the images at right that are randomly generated to represent four out of all possible topics.</p> <div class="instruments"> <span>Images by Mission</span> <div> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/28">ADEOS</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/1486">Aqua</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/1525">Aquarius</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/1497">Aura</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/1504">CALIPSO</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/1487">CloudSat</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/37">EO-1</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/39">GOES 13-15</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/1510">GRACE</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/1500">ICESat</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/1457">Jason-1</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/47">Landsat 7</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/1533">Landsat 8</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/1548">OSTM/Jason-2</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/51">QuikSCAT</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/1508">Seasat 1</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/28">SeaWinds</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/1519">SORCE</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/1530">Suomi NPP</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/1495">Terra</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/59">TOPEX</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/58">TOMS-EP</a> <a href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/source/63">TRMM</a> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <div id="science-calendar"><a href="/science-calendar/">Science Calendar</a></div> <div class="region region-newsletter"> <div id="block-views-announcements-block" class="block block-views"> 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Our 35th anniversary also marks the official public release of our new website. Over the past year and a half, The Earth Observer has migrated from a print publication (the last printed issue was November鈥揇ecember 2022) to publishing PDFs online only (final PDF issue published in May 2024) to publishing individual articles on our new site. While this move shifts The Earth Observer鈥檚 format to be more in line with that of other online publications, our intent is for the content to remain distinctive. Readers can expect to continue receiving the same quality reporting on NASA Earth Science activities that they have come to depend on from The Earth Observer for over 35 years.</p> <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/the-earth-observer/">Read More</a></div> </div></div> </div> <div id="views_slideshow_cycle_div_featured_content-block_1_1" class="views-slideshow-cycle-main-frame-row views_slideshow_cycle_slide views_slideshow_slide views-row-2 views_slideshow_cycle_hidden views-row-even" > <div class="views-slideshow-cycle-main-frame-row-item views-row views-row-0 views-row-odd slideshow"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-feature-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://eospso.nasa.gov/earthobserver/jan-feb-2024"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/Featured/JanFeb2024.png" width="300" height="300" alt="" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/content/nasas-pace-mission-makes-data-available-public"><h2><a href="https://eospso.nasa.gov/earthobserver/jan-feb-2024">NASA's PACE Mission Makes Data Available to the Public</a></h2></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>In the January鈥揊ebruary 2024 issue of <em>The Earth Observer</em>, read all about NASA鈥檚 Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), which just celebrated its 25-year milestone anniversary, and NASA鈥檚 diverse array of exciting hands-on science engagement activities featured during the 2023 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting. Also included in this final PDF issue of the newsletter鈥攊n addition to regular NASA Earth science news highlights and the Earth Science Meeting and Workshop Calendar鈥攁re a summary of the 2023 GRACE Follow-On Science Team Meeting and highlights from NASA's <strong><a href="https://pace.gsfc.nasa.gov/">Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem</a></strong> (PACE) mission.</p> <a href="https://eospso.nasa.gov/earthobserver/jan-feb-2024">Read More</a></div> </div></div> </div> <div id="views_slideshow_cycle_div_featured_content-block_1_2" class="views-slideshow-cycle-main-frame-row views_slideshow_cycle_slide views_slideshow_slide views-row-3 views_slideshow_cycle_hidden views-row-odd" > <div class="views-slideshow-cycle-main-frame-row-item views-row views-row-0 views-row-odd slideshow"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-feature-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://eospso.nasa.gov/earthobserver/nov-dec-2023"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/Featured/NovDec2023.png" width="300" height="300" alt="" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/content/nasas-earth-surface-mineral-dust-source-investigation-emit"><h2><a href="https://eospso.nasa.gov/earthobserver/nov-dec-2023">NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)</a></h2></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>In this issue of <em>The Earth Observer</em>, read about the February 8 launch of NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission, see the latest data from NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT), learn about NASA's Science Activation (SciAct) Program, celebrate 25 years and 10,000 profiles from the SHADOZ Ozonesonde Network, and much more!</p> <a href="https://eospso.nasa.gov/earthobserver/nov-dec-2023">Read More</a></div> </div></div> </div> <div id="views_slideshow_cycle_div_featured_content-block_1_3" class="views-slideshow-cycle-main-frame-row views_slideshow_cycle_slide views_slideshow_slide views-row-4 views_slideshow_cycle_hidden views-row-even" > <div class="views-slideshow-cycle-main-frame-row-item views-row views-row-0 views-row-odd slideshow"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-feature-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://eospso.nasa.gov/earthobserver/sep-oct-2023"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/Featured/SeptOct2023.png" width="300" height="300" alt="" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/content/nasas-tropospheric-emissions-monitoring-pollution-tempo-mission-releases-first-images"><h2><a href="https://eospso.nasa.gov/earthobserver/sep-oct-2023">NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) Mission Releases First Images</a></h2></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>In the September鈥揙ctober issue of <em>The Earth Observer</em>, turn to page 3 to read our in-depth feature article covering Earth science highlights from the "History of NASA and the Environment" symposium held at Georgetown University in September 2022. Also in this issue are meeting summaries from the Landsat and CERES science teams, as well as a summary of the "South/Southeast Asia Meeting on Air Pollution in Asia."</p> <a href="https://eospso.nasa.gov/earthobserver/sep-oct-2023">Read More</a></div> </div></div> </div> <div id="views_slideshow_cycle_div_featured_content-block_1_4" class="views-slideshow-cycle-main-frame-row views_slideshow_cycle_slide views_slideshow_slide views-row-5 views_slideshow_cycle_hidden views-row-last views-row-odd" > <div class="views-slideshow-cycle-main-frame-row-item views-row views-row-0 views-row-odd slideshow"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-feature-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://eospso.nasa.gov/earthobserver/jul-aug-2023"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/Featured/JulAug2023.png" width="300" height="300" alt="" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/content/nasas-tropics-mission-releases-first-light-images"><h2><a href="https://eospso.nasa.gov/earthobserver/jul-aug-2023">NASA's TROPICS Mission Releases "first light" Images</a></h2></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>In the July-August issue of <em>The Earth Observer</em>, turn to page 4 to read our feature article on NASA's Earth Day 2023 celebration at Washington, DC's Union Station. On page 13 you will find a summary of the 2023 MODIS/VIIRS Science Team Meeting. Also included in this issue are news and meeting/event highlights from NASA Earth Science. Topics covered include NASA's TROPICS and NISAR missions, and a dive into why NASA wants to identify phytoplankton species from space.</p> <a href="https://eospso.nasa.gov/earthobserver/jul-aug-2023">Read More</a></div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-slideshow-controls-bottom clearfix"> <div id="views_slideshow_slide_counter_featured_content-block_1" class="views-slideshow-slide-counter views_slideshow_slide_counter"> <span class="num">1</span> of <span class="total">5</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h1 class="title" id="page-title"> NASA's Earth Observing System Project Science Office </h1> <div class="tabs"></div> <div class="region region-content"> <div id="block-system-main" class="block block-system"> <div class="content"> <div id="node-303" class="node node-page clearfix" about="/content/nasas-earth-observing-system-project-science-office" typeof="foaf:Document"> <span property="dc:title" content="NASA's Earth Observing System Project Science Office" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>NASA鈥檚 Earth Observing System (EOS) is a coordinated series of polar-orbiting and low inclination satellites for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans. As a major component of the Earth Science Division of NASA鈥檚 Science Mission Directorate, EOS enables an improved understanding of the Earth as an integrated system. The EOS Project Science Office (EOSPSO) is committed to bringing program information and resources to the Earth science research community and the general public alike.</p> <h2><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YN692gCQzgRD8RhZOgr4SDdS7zchWdr1/view?usp=sharing" class="pdf">Download Chart</a>Earth Science Mission Profiles</h2> <p>This website has been designed to cover not just the original Earth Observing System (EOS) missions, but also all of NASA鈥檚 Earth-observing satellite missions (many of them joint with other nations and/or agencies), along with other elements of NASA鈥檚 Earth Science program. The EOSPSO is funded through the Earth Science Division of NASA鈥檚 Science Mission Directorate.</p> <h2>NASA Earth Science Division Missions</h2> <p><img src="/sites/default/files/u15/fleet-swoosh-082922_Sept27.png" width="740" height="576" /></p> <p>Updated: September 26, 2022</p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> <div id="sat"> <div class="region region-sat"> <div id="block-views-mission-timeline-block" class="block block-views"> <div class="content"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/active-cavity-radiometer-irradiance-monitor-satellite">ACRIMSAT</a> <dl> Launch: Dec 20 1999 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>720km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.10°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>10:00 a.m.</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ACRIM3 (Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/ACRIMSAT.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/advanced-earth-observing-satellite">ADEOS</a> <dl> Launch: Aug 17 1996 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>803km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.60°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>10:15 a.m.</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">SCAT (Wind Scatterometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">TOMS (Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/ADEOS.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/applications-technology-satellite">ATS</a> <dl> Launch: Dec 7 1966 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!-- --> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/ATS-3.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/aquarius">Aquarius</a> <small>(NASA/Argentina )</small> <dl> Launch: Jun 10 2011 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>657km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.00°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>6:00 a.m. </dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">L-band radiometer</strong>, <strong class="inst">L-band scatterometer</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Aquarius_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/atmospheric-laboratory-applications-and-science">ATLAS-1</a> <dl> Launch: Mar 24 1992 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ATMOS (Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MAS (Millimeter-Wave Atmospheric Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SSBUV (Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SUSIM (Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/ATLAS-1.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/challenging-mini-satellite-payload">CHAMP</a> <dl> Launch: Jul 15 2000 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ASC (Advanced Stellar Compass)</strong>, <strong class="inst">DIDM (Digital Ion Drift Meter)</strong>, <strong class="inst">FGM (Fluxgate Magnetometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">GPS TRSR-2 (Global Positioning System Receiver)</strong>, <strong class="inst">LRR (Laser Retro-Reflector)</strong>, <strong class="inst">OVM (Overhauser Magnetometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">STAR Accelerometer Sensor</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/CHAMP.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/cloud-aerosol-lidar-and-infrared-pathfinder-satellite-observation">CALIPSO</a> <dl> Launch: Apr 28 2006 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>705km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.20°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>1:30 p.m. </dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">CALIOP (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization)</strong>, <strong class="inst">IIR (Imaging Infrared Imager)</strong>, <strong class="inst">WFC (Wide-Field Camera)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/CALIPSO.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/cloud-aerosol-transport-system-iss">CATS on ISS</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: Jan 10 2015 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>420km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>51.65°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">LIDAR</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/CATS_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/cloudsat">CloudSat</a> <small>(Joint with Canada)</small> <dl> Launch: Apr 28 2006 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>705km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.20°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>1:30 p.m. </dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">CPR (Cloud Profiling Radar)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/CloudSat_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/combined-release-and-radiation-effects-satellite">CRRES</a> <dl> Launch: Jul 25 1990 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!-- --> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/CRRES.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/dynamics-explorer-1">DE 1</a> <dl> Launch: Aug 3 1981 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">EICS (Energetic Ion Composition Spectrometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">HAPI (High Altitude Plasma Instrument)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MAG-A (Magnetic Field Observations Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">PWI (Plasma Waves Instrument)</strong>, <strong class="inst">RIMS (Retarding Ion Mass Spectrometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SAI (Spin Scan Auroral Imager)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/DE-1.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/dynamics-explorer-2">DE 2</a> <dl> Launch: Aug 3 1981 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">FPI (Fabry-Perot Interferometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">IDM (Ion Drift Meter)</strong>, <strong class="inst">LANG (Langmuir Probe)</strong>, <strong class="inst">LAPI (Low Altitude Plasma Instrument)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MAG-B (Magnetic Field Observations Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">NACS (Neutral Atmosphere Composition Spectrometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">RPA (Retarding Potential Analyzer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">VEFI (Vector Electric Field Instrument)</strong>, <strong class="inst">WATS (Wind and Temperature Spectrometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/DE-2.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/earth-observing-1">EO-1</a> <dl> Launch: Nov 21 2000 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>705km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.20°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>10:01 a.m.</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ALI (Advanced Land Imager)</strong>, <strong class="inst">Hyperion (Hyperspectral Instrument)</strong>, <strong class="inst">LAC (Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA) Atmospheric Corrector)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/EO-1.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/earth-radiation-budget-satellite">ERBS</a> <dl> Launch: Oct 5 1984 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!-- --> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/ERBS.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/environmental-science-services-administration">ESSA</a> <dl> Launch: Feb 3 1966 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">AVCS (Advanced Vidicon Camera System)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/ESSA.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/european-remote-sensing">ERS-1</a> <small>(ESA)</small> <dl> Launch: Jul 17 1991 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ATSR (Along-Track Scanning Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">GOME (Global Ozon Monitoring Experiment)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MWR (Microwave Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">PRARE (Precise Range and Range-Rate Equipment)</strong>, <strong class="inst">RA (Radar Altimeter)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)</strong>, <strong class="inst">WS (Wind Scatterometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/ERS.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/geodetic-satellite">GEOSAT</a> <dl> Launch: Mar 12 1985 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">RA (Radar Altimeter)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/GEOSat.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellite-c">GOES A-C</a> <dl> Launch: Oct 16 1975 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">DCS (Data Collection System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SEM (Space Environment Monitor)</strong>, <strong class="inst">VISSR (Visible Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/GOES_A-C.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellite-d-h">GOES D-H</a> <dl> Launch: Sep 9 1980 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">VISSR (Visible Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">VISSR Atmospheric Sounder</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/GOES_D-H.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellites-i-m">GOES I-M</a> <dl> Launch: Apr 13 1994 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">GOES I-M Imager</strong>, <strong class="inst">GOES I-M Sounder</strong>, <strong class="inst">SXI (Solar X-Ray Imager)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/GOES_I-M.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-21 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/gravity-recovery-and-climate-experiment">GRACE</a> <small>(Joint with Germany)</small> <dl> Launch: Mar 17 2002 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>485km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>89.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">GPS (Black-Jack Global Positioning System Receiver)</strong>, <strong class="inst">HAIRS (High-Accuracy Inter-satellite Ranging System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SCA (Star Camera Assembly)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SSA (SuperStar Accelerometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">USO (Ultra Stable Oscillator)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/GRACE_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-22 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/ice-cloud-and-land-elevation-satellite">ICESat</a> <dl> Launch: Jan 12 2003 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>600km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>94.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">GLAS (Geoscience Laser Altimeter System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">GPSP (Global Positioning System Payload)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/ICESat_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-23 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/iss-rapid-scatterometer">ISS-RapidScat</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: Sep 21 2014 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>420km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>51.65°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">Rapid Scatterometer</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/RapidScat_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-24 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/jason-1">Jason-1</a> <small>(Joint with France)</small> <dl> Launch: Dec 7 2001 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>1,336km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>66.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">DORIS (Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positining Integrated by Satellite)</strong>, <strong class="inst">GPSP (Global Positioning System Payload))/TRSR (Turbo Rogue Space Receiver)</strong>, <strong class="inst">JMR (Jason Microwave Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">LRA (Laser Retroreflector Array)</strong>, <strong class="inst">Poseidon-2 altimete</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Jason-1.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-25 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/landsat-7">Landsat 7</a> <small>(Joint with USGS)</small> <dl> Launch: Apr 15 1999 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>705km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.20°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>10:05 a.m.</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ETM+ (Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Landsat7_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-26 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/lightning-imaging-sensor-iss">LIS on ISS</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: Feb 19 2017 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>420km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>51.65°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">LIS (Lightning Imaging Sensor)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/LIS.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-27 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/marine-observation-satellite">MOS-1</a> <dl> Launch: Feb 19 1987 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">MESSR (Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MSR (Measuring Microwave Radiation)</strong>, <strong class="inst">VTIR (Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/MOS-1.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-28 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/modular-optoelectronic-multispectral-scanner">MOMS</a> <dl> Launch: Jun 18 1983 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!-- --> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/MOMS-01_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-29 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/nimbus-1">Nimbus 1</a> <dl> Launch: Aug 28 1964 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">APT (Automatic Picture Transmission Camera) </strong>, <strong class="inst">AVCS (Advanced Vidicon Camera System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">HRIR (High-Resolution Infrared Radiometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Nimbus1.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-30 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/nimbus-2">Nimbus 2</a> <dl> Launch: May 15 1966 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">AVCS (Advanced Vidicon Camera System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">AVCS (Advanced Vidicon Camera System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">HRIR (High-Resolution Infrared Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MRIR (Medium-Resolution Infrared Radiometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Nimbus2.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-31 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/nimbus-3">Nimbus 3</a> <dl> Launch: Apr 14 1969 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">HRIR (High-Resolution Infrared Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">IDCS (Image Dissector Camera System), IRIS (Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer), IRLS (Interrogation, Recording and Location System), MRIR (Medium-Resolution Infrared Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MUSE (Monitor of Ultraviolet Solar Energy)</strong>, <strong class="inst">RTG (Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SIRS (Satellite Infrared Spectrometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Nimbus3.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-32 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/nimbus-4">Nimbus 4</a> <dl> Launch: Apr 8 1970 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">BUV (Backscatter Ultraviolet Detector)</strong>, <strong class="inst">FWS (Filter Wedge Spectrometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">IDCS (Image Dissector Camera System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">IRIS (Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">IRLS (Interrogation, Recording and Location System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MUSE (Monitor of Ultraviolet Solar Energy), SCR (Selective Chopper Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SIRS (Satellite Infrared Spectrometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">THIR (Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Nimbus4.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-33 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/nimbus-5">Nimbus 5</a> <dl> Launch: Dec 11 1972 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ESMR (Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">ITPR (Infrared Temperature Profile Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">NEMS (Nimbus E Microwave Spectrometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SCMR (Surface Composition Mapping Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SCR (Selective Chopper Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">THIR (Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Nimbus5.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-34 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/nimbus-6">Nimbus 6</a> <dl> Launch: Jun 12 1975 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ERBS (Earth Radiation Budget Sensor)</strong>, <strong class="inst">ESMR (Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">HIRS (High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">LRIR (Limb Radiance Inversion Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">PMR (Pressure Modulated Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SCAMS (Scanning Microwave Spectrometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">T+DRE (Tracking and Data Relay Experiment)</strong>, <strong class="inst">THIR (Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">TWERLE (Tropical Wind Energy Conversion and Reference Level Experiment)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Nimbus6.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-35 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/nimbus-7">Nimbus 7</a> <dl> Launch: Oct 24 1978 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">CZCS (Coastal-Zone Color Scanner)</strong>, <strong class="inst">ERBS (Earth Radiation Budget Sensor)</strong>, <strong class="inst">LIMS (Limb Infrared Monitoring of the Stratosphere)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SAM II (Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement II)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SAMS (Stratospheric and Mesopheric Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SBUV (Solar Backscatter UV)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SMMR (Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">THIR (Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">TOMS (Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Nimbus7_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-36 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/noaa-poes">NOAA-POES</a> <dl> Launch: Mar 28 1993 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">AMSU-A (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A)</strong>, <strong class="inst">AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">TOVS (TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/NOAA-POES.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-37 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/ocean-surface-topography-missionjason-2">OSTM/Jason-2</a> <small>(Joint with NOAA, CNES, and EUMETSAT)</small> <dl> Launch: Jan 20 2008 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>1,336km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>66.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">AMR (Advanced Microwave Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">Carmen-2 (The Environment Characterization and Modelisation-2)</strong>, <strong class="inst">DORIS (Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positining Integrated by Satellite)</strong>, <strong class="inst">GPSP (Global Positioning System Payload))/TRSR (Turbo Rogue Space Receiver)</strong>, <strong class="inst">LPT (Light Particle Telescope)</strong>, <strong class="inst">LRA (Laser Retroreflector Array)</strong>, <strong class="inst">Poseidon-3 Altimeter</strong>, <strong class="inst">T2L2 (Time Transfer by Laser Link)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/OSTM_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-38 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/polarization-anisotropy-reflectances-atmospheric-sciences-coupled-observations-lidar">PARASOL</a> <small>(France)</small> <dl> Launch: Dec 4 2004 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>705km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.00°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>1:30 p.m.</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">POLDER (Polarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectance)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/PARASOL.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-39 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/quick-scatterometer">QuikSCAT</a> <dl> Launch: Jun 19 1999 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>803km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.60°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>10:15 a.m.</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">SeaWinds (Microwave Radar Instrument)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/QuikScat_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-40 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/radar-satellite">RADARSAT</a> <small>(Joint with Canada)</small> <dl> Launch: Nov 4 1995 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/RADARSAT.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-41 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/sea-viewing-wide-field-view-sensor">SeaWiFS</a> <dl> Launch: Aug 1 1997 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>705km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.20°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>12:00 noon</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/SeaWiFS_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-42 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/seasat-1">Seasat 1</a> <dl> Launch: Jun 28 1978 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">Imaging Radar</strong>, <strong class="inst">Infrared Radiometer</strong>, <strong class="inst">Microwave Scatterometer</strong>, <strong class="inst">RA (Radar Altimeter)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SMMR (Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">Visual Radiometer</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/SeaSat.jpg" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-43 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/seawinds-advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii-adeos-ii">SeaWinds</a> <small>(Joint with Japan and France)</small> <dl> Launch: Dec 14 2002 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>803km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.60°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">AMR (Advanced Microwave Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">GLI (Global Imager)</strong>, <strong class="inst">ILAS II (Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer II)</strong>, <strong class="inst">POLDER (Polarization and Directionality of the Earth&rsquo;s Reflectance)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SeaWinds (Microwave Radar Instrument)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/ADEOS_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-44 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/shuttle-radar-topography-mission">SRTM</a> <small>(Joint with NGA, Germany, and Italy)</small> <dl> Launch: Feb 11 2000 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/SRTM.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-45 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/solar-radiation-and-climate-experiment">SORCE</a> <dl> Launch: Jan 25 2003 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>640km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>40.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">SIM (Spectral Irradiance Monitor)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SOLSTICE (Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment)</strong>, <strong class="inst">TIM (Total Irradiance Monitor)</strong>, <strong class="inst">XPS (XUV Photometer System)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/SORCE.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-46 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/spaceborne-imaging-radar-c">SIR-C</a> <small>(Joint with Germany and Italy)</small> <dl> Launch: Apr 19 1994 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SIR-C (Spaceborne Imaging Radar C)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/SIR-C.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-47 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/stratospheric-aerosol-and-gas-experiment-iii-meteor-3m">SAGE-III</a> <dl> Launch: Dec 10 2001 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>1,020km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>99.50°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>9:30 a.m.</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">SAGE III (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/SAGE-III-Meteor-3M_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-48 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/synchronous-meterological-satellite">SMS</a> <dl> Launch: May 17 1974 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">DCS (Data Collecting System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SEM (Space Environment Monitor)</strong>, <strong class="inst">VISSR (Visible Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/SMS.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-49 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/television-infrared-observation-satellite-program">TIROS</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: Apr 1 1960 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!-- --> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/TIROS.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-50 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/topexposeidon">TOPEX</a> <dl> Launch: Aug 10 1992 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">AMR (Advanced Microwave Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">DORIS (Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positining Integrated by Satellite)</strong>, <strong class="inst">GPSP (Global Positioning System Payload)</strong>, <strong class="inst">LRA (Laser Retroreflector Array)</strong>, <strong class="inst">Poseidon-3 Altimeter</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/TOPEX.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-51 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/total-ozone-mapping-spectrometer-earth-probe">TOMS-EP</a> <dl> Launch: Jul 2 1996 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/TOMS-EP.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-52 views-row-even Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/tropical-rainfall-measuring-mission">TRMM</a> <small>(Joint with Japan)</small> <dl> Launch: Nov 27 1997 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>402km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>35.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">CERES (Clouds and Earth&rsquo;s Radiant Energy System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">LIS (Lightning Imaging Sensor)</strong>, <strong class="inst">PR (Precipitation Radar)</strong>, <strong class="inst">TMI (TRMM Microwave Imager)</strong>, <strong class="inst">VIRS (Visible and Infrared Scanner)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/TRMM.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-53 views-row-odd Completed"> <div> <a href="/missions/upper-atmosphere-research-satellite">UARS</a> <dl> Launch: Sep 12 1991 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>585km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>57.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ACRIM (Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitoring)</strong>, <strong class="inst">CLAES (Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">HALOE (Halogen Occultation Experiment)</strong>, <strong class="inst">HRDI (High Resolution Doppler Imager)</strong>, <strong class="inst">ISAMS (Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MLS (Microwave Limb Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">PEM (Particle Environment Monitor)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SOLSTICE (Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SUSIM (Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor)</strong>, <strong class="inst">WINDII (Wind Imaging Interferometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/UARS.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-54 views-row-even Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/aqua">Aqua</a> <small>(Joint with Japan and Brazil)</small> <dl> Launch: May 4 2002 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>705km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.20°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>1:30 p.m.</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">AIRS (Atmospheric Infrared Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">AMSR-E (Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">AMSU-A (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A)</strong>, <strong class="inst">CERES (Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">HSB (Humidity Sounder for Brazil)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MODIS (Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Aqua_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-55 views-row-odd Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/aura">Aura</a> <small>(Joint with Netherlands, Finland, and the U.K.)</small> <dl> Launch: Jul 15 2004 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>705km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.20°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>1:45 p.m. </dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">HIRDLS (High-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MLS (Microwave Limb Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument)</strong>, <strong class="inst">TES (Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Aura_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-56 views-row-even Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/cyclone-global-navigation-satellite-system-evm-1">CYGNSS</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: Dec 15 2016 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>510km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>35.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/CYGNSS.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-57 views-row-odd Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/deep-space-climate-observatory">DSCOVR</a> <small>(NOAA)</small> <dl> Launch: Feb 11 2015 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst"><a href="https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/migrated/dscovr_plasmag_instrument_info_sheet.pdf?_ga=2.262958092.1244679590.1741370521-1662690643.1741370521">PlasMag</a></strong>, <strong class="inst"><a href="https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/migrated/dscovr_nistar_instrument_info_sheet.pdf?_ga=2.262958092.1244679590.1741370521-1662690643.1741370521">NISTAR</a></strong>, <strong class="inst"><a href="https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/migrated/dscovr_epic_instrument_info_sheet.pdf?_ga=2.95840540.1244679590.1741370521-1662690643.1741370521">EPIC</a></strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/DSCOVR.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-58 views-row-even Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/ecosystem-spaceborne-thermal-radiometer-experiment-space-station-evi-2">ECOSTRESS</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: Jun 29 2018 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>400km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>51.60°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">IR Radiometer </strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/ECOSTRESS_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-59 views-row-odd Current"> <div> <a href="/missions/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellite-16">GOES-16 </a> <small>(NASA/NOAA)</small> <dl> Launch: Nov 19 2016 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>35,800km</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!-- --> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/GOES-16.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-60 views-row-even Current"> <div> <a href="/missions/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellite-nop">GOES 13-15</a> <dl> Launch: May 24 2005 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">GOES N-P Imager</strong>, <strong class="inst">GOES N-P Sounder</strong>, <strong class="inst">SEM-2 (Space Environment Monitor)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SXI (Solar X-Ray Imager)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/GOES_N-P.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-61 views-row-odd Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/global-ecosystem-dynamics-investigation-lidar-evi-2">GEDI on ISS</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: Dec 5 2018 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>400km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>51.60°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">LIDAR </strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/GEDI_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-62 views-row-even Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/global-precipitation-measurement-core-observatory">GPM Core</a> <dl> Launch: Feb 27 2014 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>407km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>65.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">DPR (Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar)</strong>, <strong class="inst">GMI (GPM Microwave Imager)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/GPM_Core.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-63 views-row-odd Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/gravity-recovery-and-climate-experiment-follow">GRACE-FO</a> <small>(NASA, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ))</small> <dl> Launch: May 22 2018 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>490km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>89.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">GRACE-FO uses a Microwave Instrument (MWI), which is a microwave ranging system based on global positioning system (GPS) technology, and a very sensitive accelerometer (an instrument that measures the forces on the satellites besides gravity). </strong>, <strong class="inst">GRACE-FO will also have an experimental instrument called the Laser Ranging Interferometer (LRI).</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/GRACE-FO.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-64 views-row-even Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/ice-cloud-and-land-elevation-satellite-2">ICESat-2</a> <dl> Launch: Sep 15 2018 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>481km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>92.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ATLAS (Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">GPSP (Global Positioning System Payload)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/ICESat-2.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-65 views-row-odd Current"> <div> <a href="/missions/jason-3">Jason-3</a> <small>(Joint with NOAA, CNES, and EUMETSAT)</small> <dl> Launch: Jan 17 2016 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>1,336km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>66.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">Altimeter </strong>, <strong class="inst">Microwave radiometer </strong>, <strong class="inst">DORIS (Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite) </strong>, <strong class="inst">Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) </strong>, <strong class="inst">Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Jason-3.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-66 views-row-even Current"> <div> <a href="/missions/joint-polar-satellite-system-1">JPSS-1</a> <dl> Launch: Nov 18 2017 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>833km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.70°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>1:30 p.m.</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ATMS (Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">CERES FM6 (Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">CrIS (Cross-Track Infrared Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">OMPS (Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite)</strong>, <strong class="inst">VIIRS (Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite)</strong>, <strong class="inst">RBI (Radiation Budget Instrument)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/JPSS-1.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-67 views-row-odd Current"> <div> <a href="/missions/joint-polar-satellite-system-2">JPSS-2</a> <dl> Launch: Nov 10 2022 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>833km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.70°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>1:30 p.m.</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ATMS (Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">CrIS (Cross-Track Infrared Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">OMPS (Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite)</strong>, <strong class="inst">VIIRS (Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/jp5.jpg" width="260" height="173" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-68 views-row-even Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/landsat-8">Landsat 8</a> <dl> Launch: Feb 11 2013 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>705km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.20°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>10:30 a.m.</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">Operational Land Imager</strong>, <strong class="inst">Thermal Infrared Sensor</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Landsat8_1.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-69 views-row-odd Current"> <div> <a href="/missions/landsat-9">Landsat 9</a> <small>(NASA/USGS)</small> <dl> Launch: Sep 27 2021 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>705km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.20°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) </strong>, <strong class="inst">Thermal Infrared Sensor-2 (TIRS-2)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Landsat9_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-70 views-row-even Current"> <div> <a href="/missions/noaa-19">NOAA-N</a> <dl> Launch: May 20 2005 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">AMSU-A (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A)</strong>, <strong class="inst">AVHRR/3 (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">DCS/2 (Data Collection System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">DDR (Digital Data Recorder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">HIRS/3 (High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MHS (Microwave Humidity Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SARP (Search and Rescue Processor)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SARR (Search and Rescue Repeater)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SBUV/2 (Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SEM-2 (Space Environment Monitor)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/NOAA-N.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-71 views-row-odd Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/orbiting-carbon-observatory-2">OCO-2</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: Jul 2 2014 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>705km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.20°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>1:15 p.m. </dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">Three high-resolution grating spectrometers</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/OCO-2_1.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-72 views-row-even Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/orbiting-carbon-observatory-3">ISS-OCO-3</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: May 4 2019 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>400km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>51.60°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">Grating spectrometers</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/OCO-3_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-73 views-row-odd Current"> <div> <a href="/missions/plankton-aerosol-cloud-ocean-ecosystem">PACE</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: Feb 8 2024 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">Ocean Color Instrument (OCI)</strong>, <strong class="inst">SPEXone multi-angle polarimeter </strong>, <strong class="inst">Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) </strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/PACE_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-74 views-row-even Current"> <div> <a href="/missions/polar-radiant-energy-far-infrared-experiment-evi-4">PREFIRE</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: 2024 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>470km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>82.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">Miniaturized thermal infrared spectrometers on two CubeSat satellites</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/PREFIRE_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-75 views-row-odd Current Prime Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/sentinel-6-michael-freilich">Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich</a> <small>(ESA/CNES/COM/EUMETSAT/NASA/NOAA)</small> <dl> Launch: Nov 21 2020 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>1,366km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>66.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">AMR-C - AMR-C Climate-quality microwave radiometer DORIS-NG - Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-NG GNSS POD Receiver - GNSS POD Receiver LRA (Sentinel-6) - Laser Retroreflector Array (Sentinel-6) Poseidon-4 Altimeter - Poseidon-4 SAR Radar Altimeter TriG - TriG Receiver for Radio Occultation</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Sentinel-6-Michael-Freilich.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-76 views-row-even Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/soil-moisture-active-passive">SMAP</a> <dl> Launch: Jan 31 2015 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>685km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.00°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>6:00 a.m.</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">L-band Radar</strong>, <strong class="inst">L-band radiometer</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/SMAP.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-77 views-row-odd Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/stratospheric-aerosol-and-gas-experiment-iii-iss">SAGE III-ISS</a> <small>(NASA, ESA)</small> <dl> Launch: Feb 19 2017 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>350km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>51.60°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">SAGE III (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/SAGEIII-ISS.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-78 views-row-even Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/suomi-national-polar-orbiting-partnership">Suomi NPP</a> <dl> Launch: Oct 28 2011 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>824km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>97.10°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>1:30 p.m. </dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ATMS (Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">CERES (Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">CrIS (Cross-Track Infrared Sounder)</strong>, <strong class="inst">OMPS (Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite)</strong>, <strong class="inst">VIIRS (Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Suomi-NPP_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-79 views-row-odd Current"> <div> <a href="/missions/surface-water-ocean-topography">SWOT</a> <small>(Joint with France)</small> <dl> Launch: Dec 16 2022 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">Ka- or Ku-Band Radar</strong>, <strong class="inst">Ku-Band Altimeter</strong>, <strong class="inst">MWR (Microwave Radiometer)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/SWOT.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-80 views-row-even Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/terra">Terra</a> <dl> Launch: Dec 18 1999 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>720km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.10°</dd> <dt>Local Node:</dt><dd>10:40 a.m.</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">CERES (Clouds and Earth&rsquo;s Radiant Energy System)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MISR (Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MODIS (Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer)</strong>, <strong class="inst">MOPITT (Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Terra_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-81 views-row-odd Current"> <div> <a href="/missions/time-resolved-observations-precipitation-structure-and-storm-intensity-constellation">TROPICS</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: May 7 2023 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>550km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>32.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!-- --> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/TROPICS.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-82 views-row-even Current Extended Mission"> <div> <a href="/missions/total-and-spectral-solar-irradiance-sensor-1-iss">TSIS-1</a> <dl> Launch: Dec 15 2017 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>415km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>51.60°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!-- --> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/TSIS-1.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-83 views-row-odd Current"> <div> <a href="/missions/tropospheric-emissions-monitoring-pollution-evi-1">TEMPO</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: Apr 7 2023 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>35,786km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>0.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">UV and Visible Offner Grating spectrometer</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/TEMPO%3AMAIA.png" width="260" height="189" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-84 views-row-even Future"> <div> <a href="/missions/sentinel-6b"> Sentinel-6B</a> <dl> Launch: Nov 2025 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>1,336km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>66.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">The satellite will carry several instruments to support science goals. The Poseidon-4 Altimeter will bounce signals off the ocean surface. Sea surface height will be determined based on the time it takes each pulse to travel from the satellite to the ocean and back again. An Advanced Microwave Radiometer (AMR) will retrieve the amount of water vapor between the satellite and ocean, which affects the travel speed of radar pulses. Radio Occultation Antennas will measure the delay of radio signals between Jason-CS and global navigation satellites (GPS) as they slice through different layers of the atmosphere. Other onboard instruments will be used to determine the satellite鈥檚 position, including a Precise Orbit Determination (POD) suite comprising Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers, a Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) and a Doppler Orbitography Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) system. Instruments will also perform data downlinks (S-band and X-band antennas), and supply power (Solar Array). </strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/s6_SC_04032020_C.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-85 views-row-odd Future Implementation"> <div> <a href="/missions/climate-absolute-radiance-and-refractivity-observatory-pathfinder">CLARREO Path.</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>400km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>51.60°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">IR Spectrometer</strong>, <strong class="inst">RS Spectrometer </strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/CLARREO-Path.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-86 views-row-even Future Formulation"> <div> <a href="/missions/geosynchronous-littoral-imaging-and-monitoring-radiometer-evi-5">GLIMR</a> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!-- --> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/GLIMR.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-87 views-row-odd Future"> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-88 views-row-even Future"> <div> <a href="/missions/jpss-3">JPSS-3</a> <dl> Launch: 2026 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>833km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.70°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ATMS (Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder) CrIS (Cross-Track Infrared Sounder) OMPS (Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite) VIIRS (Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite)</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/JPSS_3_0.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-89 views-row-odd Future"> <div> <a href="/missions/jpss-4">JPSS-4</a> <dl> Launch: 2027 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>833km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.70°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">ATMS (Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder) CrIS (Cross-Track Infrared Sounder) OMPS (Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite) VIIRS (Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite) Libera</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/JPSS-4-view1B.jpg" width="260" height="188" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-90 views-row-even Future"> <div> <a href="/missions/libera">Libera</a> <small>(NASA, Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at University of Colorado)</small> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!-- --> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/Libera-300.jpg" width="174" height="196" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-91 views-row-odd Future Implementation"> <div> <a href="/missions/multi-angle-imager-aerosols-evi-3">MAIA</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: Nov 2025 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">Two pushbroom spectropolarimetric cameras</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/MAIA.png" width="130" height="98" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-92 views-row-even Future Implementation"> <div> <a href="/missions/nasa-isro-synthetic-aperture-radar">NISAR </a> <small>(NASA, ISRO)</small> <dl> Launch: Mar 2025 <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <dl> <dt>Altitude:</dt><dd>747km</dd> <dt>Inclination:</dt><dd>98.00°</dd> <dt style="clear:both; float:none;"> </dl> <!--<span>Instruments:</span> <strong class="inst">L-band (24-centimeter wavelength) Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar</strong>, <strong class="inst">S-band (9-centimeter wavelength) Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar</strong>--> </div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://eospso.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbs/copy_NISAR_Front_Tilt.png" width="130" height="112" alt="" /> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-93 views-row-odd Future"> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-94 views-row-even views-row-last Future Formulation"> <div> <a href="/missions/total-and-spectral-solar-irradiance-sensor-2">TSIS-2</a> <small>(NASA)</small> <dl> Launch: 2025 <dt style="clear:both; 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