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Category: Mission.Category: current.
Category: Mission.Category: current.
Sentinel-6B Satellite
Sentinel-6B is a joint mission led by NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) that will provide essential sea level and other ocean data after it launches in November 2025. The satellite will eventually take over from its twin, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, which launched in 2020. .
Launch date: Nov. 16, 2025
Category: Mission.Category: current.
Category: Mission.Category: current.
NISAR
Using advanced radar imaging that will provide an unprecedented, detailed view of Earth, the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR, satellite is designed to observe and take measurements of some of the planet's most complex processes. .
Launch date: July 30, 2025
Category: Mission.Category: current.
Category: Mission.Category: current.
PREFIRE
A CubeSat mission to reveal new aspects of the Arctic climate by measuring the full spectrum of polar radiant energy. .
Launch date: May 25, 2024
Category: Mission.Category: current.
Category: Mission.Category: current.
Surface Water and Ocean Topography
Designed to make the first-ever global survey of Earth's surface water, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography, or SWOT, satellite will collect detailed measurements of how water bodies on Earth change over time. .
Launch date: Dec. 16, 2022
Category: Mission.Category: current.
Category: Mission.Category: current.
EMIT
A NASA Earth Venture Instrument on the International Space Station .
Launch date: July 14, 2022
Category: Mission.Category: current.
Category: Mission.Category: current.
Deep Space Network
The Deep Space Network is NASA’s international network of facilities used to communicate with faraway spacecraft exploring our solar system. .
Published: Aug. 3, 2021
Category: Mission.Category: current.
Category: Mission.Category: current.
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite
Designed to measure the height of the ocean — a key component to understanding how Earth's climate is changing — Sentinel-6/Michael Freilich is one of two identical satellites that will be launched five years apart. .
Launch date: Nov. 21, 2020
Category: Mission.Category: current.
Category: Mission.Category: current.
Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3, or OCO-3, is a space instrument designed to investigate important questions about the distribution of carbon dioxide on Earth as it relates to growing urban populations and changing patterns of fossil fuel combustion. .
Launch date: May 4, 2019
Category: Mission.Category: future.
Category: Mission.Category: future.
MAIA
Currently in development, MAIA will make radiometric and polarimetric measurements needed to characterize the sizes, compositions and quantities of particulate matter in air pollution. .
Launch date: TBD
Category: Mission.Category: current.
Category: Mission.Category: current.
ECOSTRESS
The ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS), will monitor one of the most basic processes in living plants: the loss of water through the tiny pores in leaves. .
Launch date: June 29, 2018
Category: Mission.Category: current.
Category: Mission.Category: current.
GRACE-FO
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on (GRACE-FO) measures changes in Earth’s gravity field in order to track water movement and surface mass changes across the planet. .
Launch date: May 22, 2018
Category: Mission.Category: past.
Category: Mission.Category: past.
CubeRRT
The main objective of the CubeRRT mission was to demonstrate the RFI mitigation technology on a flight-ready hardware in space, increasing the technology readiness level (TRL) from 6 to 7. .
Launch date: May 21, 2018

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