Overview of NASA's Terra satellite. Introduction • Instruments onboard Terra: ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS, MOPITT • References 1.
INTRODUCTION Global observations from the Terra satellite. Climate warming, rising sea level, deforestation, desertification, ozone depletion, acid rain, and reduction of biodiversity are all examples of ongoing global environmental change that are increasingly affecting our planet. Overview of NASA's Terra satellite. Terra (satellite) - Wiki. Terra (EOS AM-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in a Sun-synchronous orbit around the Earth.[1] It is the flagship of the Earth Observing System (EOS).
The name "Terra" comes from the Latin word for Earth. The satellite was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on December 18, 1999, aboard an Atlas IIAS vehicle and began collecting data on February 24, 2000. Terra carries a payload of five remote sensors designed to monitor the state of Earth's environment and ongoing changes in its climate system:[2] NASA: TERRA (EOS AM-1)