Terra satellite

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Earth observation satellite NASA satellite

Terra is a flagship NASA Earth observation satellite that carries multiple instruments to monitor the planet’s climate, land, oceans, and atmosphere from polar orbit.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Terra 0
CERES 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Earth observation satellite ⓘ
NASA satellite ⓘ
alsoKnownAs EOS AM-1 ⓘ
bus LM-900 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dataUser NASA ⓘ
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
surface form: NOAA

United States Geological Survey ⓘ
surface form: USGS

international research community ⓘ
inclination 98.2 degrees ⓘ
instrument ASTER ⓘ
CERES ⓘ
MISR ⓘ
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ⓘ
surface form: MODIS

MOPITT ⓘ
instrumentFullName Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer ⓘ
Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System ⓘ
Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere ⓘ
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ⓘ
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer ⓘ
launchCountry United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchDate 1999-12-18 ⓘ
launchMass ~4864 kg ⓘ
launchSite Space Launch Complex 3E NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ
surface form: Vandenberg Air Force Base
launchVehicle Atlas II ⓘ
surface form: Atlas IIAS
localTimeOfDescendingNode 10:30 ⓘ
manufacturer Lockheed Martin ⓘ
missionType Earth observation ⓘ
nssdcID 1999-068A ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitalPeriod ~99 minutes ⓘ
orbitRegime Low Earth orbit ⓘ
orbitType Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
partOf NASA Earth Science Division ⓘ
power ~6500 W ⓘ
primaryObjective monitor Earth’s climate system ⓘ
study atmosphere ⓘ
study land surface ⓘ
study oceans ⓘ
program NASA Earth Observing System ⓘ
surface form: Earth Observing System
scienceFocus aerosols ⓘ
atmospheric pollution ⓘ
climate change ⓘ
cloud properties ⓘ
land cover and land use change ⓘ
ocean color ⓘ
radiation budget ⓘ
surface temperature ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
status operational (extended mission) ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Goddard Space Flight Center → developed → Terra satellite ⓘ
NASA spacecraft → includes → Terra satellite ⓘ
Suomi NPP satellite → instrument → Terra satellite ⓘ
subject surface form: Suomi NPP
this entity surface form: CERES