swap_horiz Arase Alternatives

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Hayabusa2

The Hayabusa2 mission, developed by JAXA, successfully collected and returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu. This acti...

Active Asteroid Jaxa Sample Return

9.3 Excellent

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Landsat 8

Landsat 8 is an active Earth observation satellite operated by NASA and the USGS. This mission continues a decades-long...

Imaging Active Nasa Earth

8.8 Great

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Sentinel-2A

Sentinel-2A is an Earth-observation satellite developed for the European Union's Copernicus program and operated by the...

Imaging Active Earth Esa

8.6 Great

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ICESat-2

ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2) is an Earth observation satellite launched by NASA in 2018 as a fo...

Laser Active Nasa Ice

8.4 Great

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Van Allen Probes

The Van Allen Probes were two identical NASA spacecraft launched together in 2012 to study the radiation belts surroundi...

Nasa Past Plasma Earth

8.2 Great

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Landsat 9

Launched in September 2021, Landsat 9 is an Earth observation satellite jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological...

Imaging Active Nasa Earth

8.2 Great

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GRACE-FO

GRACE-FO, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On, is a joint NASA and German Research Centre for Geoscien...

Active Nasa Gravity Earth

8.2 Great

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Sentinel-3A

Sentinel-3A is an Earth-observation satellite operated as part of the European Union's Copernicus program, with the Euro...

Ocean Active Earth Esa

8.1 Great

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Arase (ERG)

Arase, also known as ERG (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace), is a satellite launched by the Japan A...

2016 Plasma Magnetosphere Jaxa

8.1 Great

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Sentinel-5P

Sentinel-5 Precursor (Sentinel-5P) is an environmental satellite operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of...

Active Atmosphere Earth Esa

8.0 Great

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MMS

The Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission is a NASA space mission launched in 2015 to study the Earth's magnetosphere....

Active Nasa Plasma Magnetosphere

7.9 Good

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SMAP

The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) is an environmental satellite launched by NASA in January 2015 to monitor Earth'...

Soil Moisture Active Radar Nasa

7.9 Good

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SWOT

SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) is a satellite jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, wi...

Water Active Nasa Earth

7.9 Good

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THEMIS

THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) is a NASA mission launched in 2007 comprisi...

Active Nasa Aurora Plasma

7.8 Good

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OCO-2

OCO-2 (Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2) is a NASA Earth science satellite launched on 2 July 2014 to measure atmospheric c...

Climate Active Carbon Nasa

7.7 Good

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Akatsuki

Akatsuki, also known as the Venus Climate Orbiter, is a JAXA spacecraft launched in 2010 to study the atmospheric dynami...

Climate Active Venus Orbiter

7.7 Good

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Geotail

Geotail was a joint Japanese and United States space mission launched in 1992 to investigate Earth's magnetosphere, espe...

Nasa Past Magnetosphere Earth

7.6 Good

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Akebono

Akebono, originally designated EXOS-D, was a Japanese scientific satellite launched in 1989 to investigate auroras and p...

Aurora Past Magnetosphere Earth

7.4 Good

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PACE

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) is an active NASA Earth-observing satellite launched into a sun-synchro...

Ocean Active Nasa Atmosphere

7.4 Good

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EarthCARE

EarthCARE, short for Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer, is a joint Earth-observation mission developed by the...

Active Earth Esa Jaxa

7.2 Good