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The missions are listed chronologically by category, to learn more about each mission that the EOS employs to monitor the Earth, click on title.

 

TRMM satellite image TRMM November 27, 1997

Landsat 7 satellite image Landsat 7 April 15, 1999

QuickScat (SeaWinds) satellite image QuickSCAT (SeaWinds) June 19, 1999

Terra satellite image Terra December 18, 1999

ACRIMSAT satellite image ACRIMSAT December 20, 1999

NMP / EO-1 satellite image EO-1 November 21, 2000

Jason-1 satellite image Jason December 7, 2001

Aqua satellite image Aqua May 4, 2002

ICESat satellite image ICESat January 12, 2003

SORCE satellite image SORCE January 25, 2003

Aura satellite image Aura July 15, 2004

OSTM satellite image OSTM June 15, 2008

Glory satellite image Glory March 1, 2009

NPP satellite image NPP June 2, 2010

LDCM satellite image LDCM July 11, 2011

GPM satellite image GPM June 1, 2013

ESSP Missions

GRACE satellite image GRACE March 17, 2002

CloudSat satellite image CloudSat April 27, 2006

CALIPSO satellite image CALIPSO April 27, 2006

OCO satellite image OCO December 15, 2008

Aquarius satellite image Aquarius May 22, 2010




Completed Missions

SeaWiFS / OrbView-2 satellite image Orbview-2 / SeaWiFS
        August 1, 1997

Meteor 3M-1 satellite image Meteor-3M (SAGE III)
        December 10, 2001 – March 6, 2006

ADEOS II satellite image ADEOS II (SeaWinds)
        December 13, 2002 – October 25, 2003



Mission Profile Chart

   1997-2017 [500kb PDF]

EOS Mission Science Chart

   226kb PDF
   86kb JPEG

24 Measurements Chart

   2004-2010 [12kb GIF]
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