Earth
ID: 3815
NASA's Earth Observing fleet of vehicles constitutes a major milestone in the history of Earth science, facilitating the kinds of wide scale and synergistic research endeavors that until the last decades have been impossible to even consider. Many of the techniques being employed around Earth are a direct offshoot of technological and scientific techniques developed on missions to other worlds. NASA's continued commitment to primary research about our home remains a top priority not only to the agency, but to the nation, and the world as a whole. This visualization shows the spacecraft in NASA's Earth Observing fleet. The relative altitudes, speeds, sun position, and clouds are correct for 05 February 2010 from about 19:31UT to about 20:04UT
Stereoscopic Earth Observing Fleet
This stereoscopic version was created based on previous animations and is intended for viewing with a steroscopic projector or television. A stereo anaglyph version is also included which can be watched using red/cyan glasses.
Visualization Credits
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Michael Starobin (HTSI): Producer
Susan Lozier (Duke University): Scientist
Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Project Support
Michael Starobin (HTSI): Producer
Susan Lozier (Duke University): Scientist
Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Project Support
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Mission:
Terra
Data Used:
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3D Viewfinder
Keywords:
SVS >> Satellite
SVS >> Orbit
SVS >> Stereo Display
NASA Science >> Earth
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3815
Mission:
Terra
Data Used:
GEOS-5 Atmospheric Model on the Cubed-Sphere also referred to as: GEOS-5 Cubed-Sphere
Model - NASA GMAO
The model is the GEOS-5 atmospheric model on the cubed-sphere, run at 14-km global resolution for 30-days. GEOS-5 is described here http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/systems/geos5/ and the cubed-sphere work is described here http://sivo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cubedsphere_overview.html.
Hipparcos/Telescope/Tycho 2 Catalogue also referred to as: Tycho Catalogue
DatabaseTerra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation also referred to as: BMNG
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
CelesTrak Spacecraft Orbit Ephemeris
EphemerisThis item is part of this series:
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Keywords:
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SVS >> Orbit
SVS >> Stereo Display
NASA Science >> Earth
