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  2. NASA's newest satellite provides crucial data on climate ...

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    Data from NASA'S newest Earth-observing satellite will provide insight into ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate.

  3. List of Earth observation satellites - Wikipedia

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    NASA Earth science satellite fleet as of September 2020, planned through 2023. Earth observation satellite missions developed by the ESA as of 2019. Earth observation satellites are Earth-orbiting spacecraft with sensors used to collect imagery and measurements of the surface of the earth. These satellites are used to monitor short-term weather ...

  4. Can satellites combat wildfires? Inside the booming 'space ...

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    The Earth Fire Alliance raised $12 million in its early round of investments, and is on its way to securing an additional $50 million to $60 million to get the first three satellites into space ...

  5. List of GPS satellites - Wikipedia

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    Samples of three GPS satellites' orbits over a five-year period (2013 to 2018) USA-242 · USA-239 · USA-151 · Earth As of 15 August 2023, 83 Global Positioning System navigation satellites have been built: 31 are launched and operational, 4 are unhealthy or in reserve, 41 are retired, 2 were lost during launch, and 1 prototype was never launched. 4 Block III satellites have completed ...

  6. Global warming has slightly slowed Earth's rotation — and it ...

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    View of Earth captured by the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite (NASA)

  7. Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation - Wikipedia

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    Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation ( GEDI, pronounced / ˈdʒɛdaɪ /) is a NASA mission to measure how deforestation has contributed to atmospheric CO 2 concentrations. [ 1][ 2] A full-waveform LIDAR was attached to the International Space Station to provide the first global, high-resolution observations of forest vertical structure.

  8. Group backed by Bloomberg, NASA launches its first ... - AOL

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    SpaceX will launch the satellite from Vandenberg Space Force Baser in California. The 53-minute window for launch opens at 11:20 a.m. local time (1820 GMT). (Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by ...

  9. Chandra X-ray Observatory - Wikipedia

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    Chandra X-ray Observatory. The Chandra X-ray Observatory ( CXO ), previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility ( AXAF ), is a Flagship-class space telescope launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999. Chandra was sensitive to X-ray sources 100 times fainter than any previous X-ray telescope ...