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A common term used to describe a specific program to launch one or more crafts into outer space. No formal definition has yet been found.
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| x Landsat program |
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Landsat 1 |
The Landsat program is the longest running enterprise for acquisition of imagery of Earth from space. The first Landsat satellite was launched in 1972; the most recent, Landsat 7, was launched on April 15, 1999. The instruments on the Landsat...
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| x Terra |
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Terra (EOS AM-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit around the Earth. It is the flagship of the Earth Observing System (EOS).
The name "Terra" comes from the Latin word for earth. The satellite was...
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Aqua (EOS PM-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the precipitation, evaporation, and cycling of water. It is the second major component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) preceded by Terra ...
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| x Hydros |
HYDROS was a new
$170M NASA satellite mission that would provide the first global
observations of daily surface freeze/thaw state and soil moisture
conditions, enabling new hydrological applications and...
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| x SPOT |
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SPOT 5 |
SPOT (Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre) is a high-resolution, optical imaging Earth observation satellite system operating from space. It is run by Spot Image based in Toulouse, France. It was initiated by the CNES (Centre national d'études...
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