Approximately 19,000 manmade objects larger than 10 centimeters orbit the Earth. These images, based on models, show the distribution of orbital debris around Earth.
Published Sep 12, 2009
LDCM extends an unprecedented four-decade record of global land observations.
Published Feb 12, 2013
Landsat 7, NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, launched without a hitch on April 15, 1999, at 2:32 p.m. EST from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Published Apr 19, 1999
This pair of images includes a computer drawing of NASA’ Aqua satellite and the global picture of Earth one Aqua’s onboard sensors captured on March 16, 2009.
Published Aug 20, 2009
This photo shows the GOES-P satellite launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 4, 2010.
Published Mar 6, 2010
A satellite in a geostationary orbit is in a “sweet spot” in which it orbits at the same speed that Earth rotates.
Published Mar 4, 2018
By launching from the east coast of Florida, NASA took advantage of both geography and physics.
Published Jul 16, 2009
Earth science satellites are designed to study our home planet’s surface and atmosphere, but occasionally they capture views of other objects in low-Earth orbit such as satellites, the International Space Station, and rocket debris.
Published Jun 29, 2016
The SMAP mission lifts off to make the most accurate, high-resolution soil moisture measurements ever collected from space.
Published Feb 1, 2015
After waiting out a thunderstorm, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite rocketed off the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 5:32 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on June 18, 2009. This photograph captures the pair of spacecraft as they were lifting off.
Published Jun 20, 2009
NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite soars into space aboard a Delta II rocket, tasked with improving weather forecasts and continuing long-term climate records.
Published Oct 29, 2011
