Aqua ( EOS PM-1 ) is a 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 (launched 1999) and followed by Aura (launched 2004). T...
Aqua is currently in 'free-drift'! · What is its past, current and future altitude and equator crossing time? · Due to fuel limitations, Aqua completed the last of its drag makeup maneuvers in December 2021 and is now in a free-drift mode, slowly descending below the A-Train and drifting to later equatorial crossing times, and lower altitudes. In Fall of 2026, passivation of the aircraft will begin. Aqua data users have expressed the need for weekly updates on Aqua’s equator crossing time ...
On 4 May 2002, the research satellite Aqua was launched from Vandenberg Air Base in California. Some of its observations continue to be assimilated by ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System to help...
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...
Tropical Cyclone Herold, the big storm impacting northeastern Madagascar, is the subject of a new satellite image from NASA. The space agency's Aqua satellite captured…
NASA’s latest Earth Observing System (EOS) satellite — Aqua — successfully launched Saturday morning, May 4, 2002.
Reference Handbook:, Aqua.pdf ; Data Links:, earthdata.nasa.gov ; Launch Vehicle:, Delta II 7920-10L rocket ; Altitude:, 705km ; Inclination:, 98.2° ; Local Node:, 1:30 p.m. ; Origination:, Joint with Japan and Brazil ; Instruments:, AIRS (Atmospheric Infrared Sounder) AMSR-E (Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System) AMSU-A (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A) CERES (Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System) HSB (Humidity Sounder for Brazil) MODIS (Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) ; Project Scientist(s):, Claire Parkinson ; Deputy Project Scientist(s):, Lazaros Oreopoulos ; Program Scientist(s):, Ramesh Kakar ; Other Key Personnel:, William Guit - Aqua Mission Director Norman Loeb - CERES Team leader Joao Teixeira - AIRS / AMSU / HSB Team Leader Akira Shibata - Japanese AMSR-E Team Leader Roy Spencer - U.S. AMSR-E Team Leader Michael King - MODIS Team Leader Steve Graham - Aqua Outreach Coordinator Steven Platnick - Former Deputy Aqua Project Scientist Vince Salomonson - Former MODIS Team Leader Bruce Wielicki - Former CERES Team leader Moustafa Chahine - Former AIRS / AMSU / HSB Team Leader Marty Donohoe, George Morrow, and Phil Sabelhaus: Former Aqua Project Managers
NASA’s Aqua satellite has orbited the Earth for two decades, producing one of the longest near-continuous records of Earth observation data ever assembled.
NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites show fires and flooding from Japan's earthquake and tsunami.
NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of Siberian fires criss-crossing the landscape and huge clouds of smoke obscuring large portions of the countryside on July 01, 2020.