swap_horiz Suomi NPP Alternatives

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Landsat 5

Landsat 5 is a NASA space mission providing continuous global imagery since its launch in 1984. This satellite’s extende...

Imaging Nasa Earth Landsat

9.1 Excellent

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Landsat 1

Landsat 1 is an American Earth observation satellite that began continuous monitoring of our planet in 1972. Launched by...

Imaging Nasa Earth Landsat

8.9 Great

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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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GRACE

The GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) mission involved two identical satellites launched by NASA and DLR i...

Nasa Gravity Past Earth

8.7 Great

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Aqua

Aqua is NASA's 2002 Earth Observing System satellite, notable for long-term measurements of water vapor, clouds, precipi...

Nasa Eos Past Earth

8.4 Great

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ICESat-2

ICESat-2 is NASA's 2018 follow-on laser altimetry mission, notable for using ATLAS to measure ice elevation and sea ice...

Laser Active Nasa Ice

8.4 Great

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Landsat 7

Landsat 7 is a NASA-USGS Earth imaging satellite launched in 1999, notable for ETM+ data and a 2003 scan-line corrector...

Imaging Nasa Past Earth

8.3 Great

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Van Allen Probes

The Van Allen Probes were NASA twin spacecraft launched in 2012 to study Earth's radiation belts, operating for seven ye...

Nasa Past Plasma Earth

8.2 Great

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Landsat 9

Landsat 9 is the 2021 NASA-USGS land imaging satellite, notable for continuing the 50-year Landsat record with OLI-2 and...

Imaging Active Nasa Earth

8.2 Great

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GRACE-FO

GRACE-FO is the 2018 NASA-GFZ follow-on twin mission, notable for continuing gravity mapping and testing laser inter-sat...

Active Nasa Gravity Earth

8.2 Great

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ICESat

ICESat was NASA's 2003 laser altimetry mission, notable for measuring ice sheet elevation, clouds, and land topography w...

Laser Nasa Ice Past

8.1 Great

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CALIPSO

CALIPSO was a NASA-CNES Earth-observing satellite launched in 2006, notable for lidar profiles of global clouds and atmo...

Nasa Lidar Past Earth

8.1 Great

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SMAP

SMAP is a NASA Earth-observing satellite launched in 2015 to map soil moisture and freeze-thaw state for weather, drough...

Soil Moisture Active Radar Nasa

7.9 Good

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SWOT

SWOT is a NASA-CNES Earth-observing satellite launched in 2022 to make the first global survey of surface water and ocea...

Water Active Nasa Earth

7.9 Good

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CloudSat

CloudSat was a NASA Earth-observing satellite launched in 2006 to profile cloud structure, using the first 94 GHz cloud...

Radar Nasa Past Earth

7.8 Good

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Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is a Copernicus sea-level satellite launched in 2020 to extend the precision altimetry recor...

Ocean Nasa Earth Esa

7.8 Good

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OCO-2

OCO-2 is a NASA Earth-observing satellite launched in 2014 to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide and plant photosynthesi...

Climate Active Carbon Nasa

7.7 Good

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Geotail

Geotail was a 1992 ISAS-NASA mission that studied Earth's magnetotail, notable for three decades of magnetosphere observ...

Nasa Past Magnetosphere Earth

7.6 Good

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PACE

PACE is a NASA Earth-observing satellite launched in 2024 to study ocean color, phytoplankton, aerosols, clouds, and cli...

Ocean Active Nasa Atmosphere

7.4 Good

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TIMED

TIMED is NASA's 2001 mission to study Earth's mesosphere and lower thermosphere-ionosphere, notable for tracking solar e...

Active Nasa Atmosphere Earth

7.3 Good