Sixty Years of Earth Observations: from Explorer-1 (1958) to CYGNSS (2017)
- Visualizations by:
- Greg Shirah
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Earth observing spacecraft from Explorer-1 to CYGNSS
This video is also available on our YouTube channel.
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The following missions are highlighted in green as "firsts":
Other missions that are not highlighted:
Also included:
NOTES:
The clouds used in this version are from a high resolution GEOS model run at 10 minute time steps interpolated down to the per-frame level.
There are 3 clocks (date/time) driving different aspects of this visualization:
Earth observing spacecraft from Explorer-1 to CYGNSS (without timeline at the top or text explaining the "firsts")
This video is also available on our YouTube channel.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Visualizers
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Ernie Wright (USRA)
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
- Tom Bridgman (GST)
Producer
- Patrick Lynch (NASA/GSFC)
Project support
- Eric Sokolowsky (GST)
Technical support
- Ian Jones (ADNET)
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET)
Datasets used in this visualization
CelesTrak Spacecraft Orbit Ephemeris
Dataset can be found at: http://celestrak.com
See more visualizations using this data setGTOPO30 Topography and Bathymetry
JPL/Horizon Orbital Ephemerides
Planetary ephemerides
Dataset can be found at: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?horizons
See more visualizations using this data setSpace-Track TLE (A.K.A. Space-Track Two-Line Elements)
Satellite ephemerides
Dataset can be found at: http://Space-Track.org
See more visualizations using this data setHipparcos Tycho Catalogue (A.K.A. Tycho 2 Catalogue) (Collected with the Telescope sensor)
Dataset can be found at: http://archive.eso.org/ASTROM/
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