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    • AIM: Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere open this site in another window - Learn about AIM, the satellite mission that will explore polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs), also called noctilucent clouds, to find out why they form and why they are changing.
    • AMSAT - This Is SuitSat-1 RS0RS open this site in another window - Find out how to connect to SuitSat, the most unusual Amateur Radio satellite ever orbited. Learn how to track the surplus Russian Orlan spacesuit, tossed out of the ISS on February 3rd, 2006.
    • CloudSat (4) - Learn about CloudStat, a satellite designed to study the Earth's precipitation and cloud cover. Find sites from NASA and Colorado State University's Department of Atmospheric Science.
    • COSMIC open this site in another window - Learn about COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3, the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate, and Taiwan's Formosa Satellite Mission #3.
    • CRRES Mission open this site in another window - Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite is part of the SPACERAD project of the USAF. It is a triple mission to perform active experiments.
    • CryoSat-2 - ESA open this site in another window - European Space Agency Cryo-Stat 2 mission using radar altimetry to study the Earth's continental and marine ice cover.
    • Earth Observing System (EOS)@
    • ESA Meteosat Second Generation open this site in another window - Offers information on the satellites that deliver images meteorologists use to forecast earth's weather.
    • European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) open this site in another window - Intergovernmental organisation whose activities contribute to a global meteorological satellite observing system coordinated with other space-faring nations.
    • FUSE: Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer open this site in another window - Exploration of the universe using the technique of high-resolution spectroscopy in the far-ultraviolet spectral region.
    • Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) open this site in another window - Uses twin satellites (Tom and Jerry) to make detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field.
    • ICESat open this site in another window - Spacecraft measuring variations in the ice sheets in Greenland, Antarctica, and elsewhere, as well as cloud and aerosol heights, land topography, and vegetation characteristics.
    • Keo (2)
    • Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project open this site in another window - A private initiative to study the effects of Martian gravity on mammals where a satellite will carry a population of mice to simulate the gravity on the Martian surface.
    • Munin Nanosatellite open this site in another window - Joint project between IRF, RYP, Luth and SwRI. It is a pilot project to demonstrate the possibility to use satellites of nano-size for scientific measurement.
    • NASA CALIPSO open this site in another window - Learn how Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO), along with the CloudSat satellite, will provide a new, 3-D perspective on Earth's clouds and airborne particles called aerosols.
    • NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) open this site in another window - Learn about the Orbiting Carbon Observatory designed to collect precise global measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere.
    • NASA SuitSat open this site in another window - Learn how you can listen to a disembodied spacesuit circling Earth, SuitSat, using a simple police scanner or ham radio.
    • NASA's Explorers Program (4)
    • NASA/USGS Landsat Program (5) - Find millions of images of the Earth's surface that have been taken by the Landsat series of satellites since 1972.
    • PCsat open this site in another window - Information on a Naval Academy amateur radio satellite.
    • Reports of Reception of SuitSat open this site in another window - Shows manually entered reports from people who have heard SuitSat, the Russian space suit orbiting the Earth.
    • Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE)@
    • Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) open this site in another window - Will be NASA's first space interferometer designed specifically for measuring the position of stars.
    • Sputnik (8)
    • Student Nitric Oxide Explorer open this site in another window - SNOE is a small scientific satellite that will investigate the effects of energy from the sun and from the magnetosphere on the density of nitric oxide in the Earth's upper atmosphere.
    • SUNSAT: Stellenbosch UNiversity SATellite open this site in another window - A micro-satellite built by post-graduate engineering students. Payloads include NASA experiments, amateur radio communications, a high resolution imager, precision attitude control, and school experiments.
    • TERRIERS open this site in another window - Scientific research project involves a combination of satellite and groundbased instrumentation designed to make daily global measurements of the earth's ionosphere and thermosphere.
    • TOPEX/Poseidon: The Ocean Topography Experiment@
    • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite open this site in another window - Providing data that will yield a better understanding of the upper atmosphere and the effects of natural events and human activities on that region.
    • Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) open this site in another window - Satellite mission that will measure fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background radiation.
    • Yohkoh Public Outreach Project open this site in another window - Yohkoh satellite is an observatory for studying X-rays and gamma-rays from the Sun. Site features data including movies and a wealth of information about the Sun.
     



     
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