Earth's Satellites

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  1. 4. used to map ocean surface topography
  2. 6. A radar altimeter satellite
  3. 8. A commercial Earth observation satellite, and was the first to collect publicly available high-resolution imagery
  4. 9. Launched july 12th 2010 by ISRO using the PSLV-C15 rocket
  5. 14. Landed on mars in 2012, and the largest rover to be sent out to space
  6. 17. Indonesia’s first remote sensing satellite
  7. 18. First satellite to take a photo of earth
  8. 20. previously known as GeoEye-2
  9. 21. Measures ice sheet elevation and sea ice thickness, as well as land topography
  10. 23. Name means the Planet Earth
  11. 26. weather satellite operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  12. 27. The 8th Japanese weather satellite
  13. 28. Orbit's at a height of 438 miles
  14. 29. First satellite to be sent by india
  15. 31. The first satellite to exit our solar system
  16. 32. first earth observation satellite launched into Earth orbit on 10 December 2001
  17. 33. First satellite launched by the U.S.
  18. 35. the second highest-resolution optical Earth observation satellite developed by China
  19. 37. the largest modular space station in low Earth orbit
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  1. 1. Originally called the Landsat Data Continuity Mission
  2. 2. Largest satellite
  3. 3. First artificial satellite ever created
  4. 5. Can infrared light
  5. 6. Smallest satellite
  6. 7. Launched from a Falcon 9 rocket on 24 August 2017
  7. 9. The third major component of the Earth Observing System
  8. 10. Launched February 17th 1959
  9. 11. Studies the precipitation, evaporation, and cycling of waters
  10. 12. Orbiting Saturn
  11. 13. Studies thickness of clouds and aerosols for understanding of how much air pollution is present
  12. 14. Italian radar imaging satellite, and launched in 2007
  13. 15. Launched on a delta II rocket on april 28th 2006
  14. 16. Launched October 1st 2008
  15. 19. an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space
  16. 22. Owned by digitalglobe, and launched in 2001
  17. 24. First satellite to take a photo of the moon
  18. 25. First to explore another planet
  19. 30. Supports scientific, commercial and practical applications related to sea level rise, ocean circulation, and climate change.
  20. 34. a satellite altimeter oceanography mission.
  21. 36. primary goal is to refresh the global archive of satellite photos