Space
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- Wikipedia - QuickBird
- Find an overview and specifications for this commercial earth observation satellite.
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- BBC: Shuttle Disaster
- Features a BBC 'in-depth' series of articles on the accident. Updated regularly.
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- Wikipedia - SeaWiFS
- Find a summary of information about this scientific sensor on the Orbview-2 satellite.
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- Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)
- Includes mission overview, instrument heritage, science background, and publications.
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- Landsat Program
- Landsat information from the Ecosystem Science and Technology Branch of the Earth Science Division at Ames Research Center. Includes news, mission status, laws, and policies on data use.
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- United States Geological Survey (USGS) - Landsat
- Find project facts, history of Landsats 1 through 7, images, technical details, and resources.
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- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. - CloudSAT
- Payload manufacturer. Includes a spacecraft overview and instrument details.
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- CloudSat
- Uses radar to study clouds and precipitation from space. Includes mission information, instrument specifications, news, data products, cloud art, and images.
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- CloudSat Data Processing Center
- Satellite status, data products, latest images, and data ordering.
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- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. - CALIPSO
- Payload manufacturer. Includes a spacecraft overview and information about the LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) instrument.
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- Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS)
- Measures naturally-occurring microwave thermal emission from the limb (edge) of Earth's atmosphere to remotely sense vertical profiles of atmospheric gases, temperature, pressure, and cloud ice. Find instrument background, data, and images.
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- Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)
- Find instrument specifications, data products, validation, science background, and news.