Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Title:
NASA's Orbiting Earth Observing Fleet (includes Aura)
Description:
Spacecraft orbit the Earth including Terra, Aqua, and Aura
Abstract:
NASA's Earth Observing fleet of vehicles constitutes a major milestone in the history of Earth science, facilitating the kinds of wide scale and synergistic research endeavors that until the last decade have been impossible to even consider. Many of the techniques being employed around Earth are a direct offshoot of technological and scientific techniques developed on missions to other worlds.

NASA's continued commitment to primary research about our home remains a top priority not only to the agency, but to the nation, and the world as a whole. This visualization shows the spacecraft in NASA's Earth Observing fleet. The relative altitudes, speeds, and sun position are correct for 12-01-2003 starting at 5:00 UTC. Aura was added as it would appear in orbit (if it were in orbit at this time).
Completed:
2004-05-13
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio. XEphem software used to propogate orbits; Blue Marble
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Greg Shirah (Lead)
Animator:
Alex Kekesi
Animator:
Marte Newcombe
Animator:
Tom Bridgman
Scientist:
Mark Schoeberl (NASA/GSFC)
Series:
Aura Prelaunch
Data Collected:
celestrak: 2003/12/01
Keywords:
SVS
Keywords:
HDTV
Keywords:
Orbit
Keywords:
Spacecraft
Goddard TV Tape:
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
12-01-2003
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Terra
facet_what:
Aura
facet_when_year:
2003
Animation Number:
2945
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a002900/a0029 45/orbits_still-IMAG E
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NASA's Orbiting Earth Observing Fleet (includes Aura)