Published on November 5, 2017
This animation shows the orbits of NASA’s fleet of Earth remote sensing observatories as of February 2015.
The satellites include components of the A-Train: Aqua, Aura, CloudSat, CALIPSO
Recently launched missions: SMAP, GPM, OCO-2
the International Space Station
and eleven others:, Aquarius, Suomi NPP, Terra, SORCE, GRACE, Jason 2, Landsat 7, Landsat 8, QuikSCAT, TRMM, EO-1
These satellites measure rainfall, solar irradiance, clouds, sea surface height, ocean salinity, and other aspects of the global environment. Together, they provide a picture of the Earth as a system.
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio
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