Terra satellite

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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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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Terra satellite canonical 6
NASA Terra mission 4
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 of America
surface form: United States
launchDate 1999-12-18
launchMass ~4864 kg
launchSite Space Launch Complex 3
surface form: Space Launch Complex 3E

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 (11)

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

Goddard Space Flight Center developed Terra satellite
Suomi NPP satellite instrument Terra satellite
subject surface form: Suomi NPP
this entity surface form: CERES
NASA spacecraft includes Terra satellite
MISR carriedBy Terra satellite
MOPITT mission Terra satellite
this entity surface form: NASA Terra mission
MOPITT onboardPlatform Terra satellite
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer mission Terra satellite
this entity surface form: NASA Terra mission
Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere hostMission Terra satellite
this entity surface form: NASA Terra mission
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer mission Terra satellite
this entity surface form: NASA Terra mission