¿Cuántos satélites tiene la NASA?

Órbita geocéntrica: una órbita alrededor de la Tierra. Existen aproximadamente 2465 satélites artificiales orbitando alrededor de la Tierra.

¿Qué hacen los satélites de observacion?

Los satélites de observación terrestre son satélites artificiales diseñados para observar la Tierra desde una órbita. Son similares a los satélites espías pero diseñados específicamente para aplicaciones no militares como control del medio ambiente, meteorología, cartografía, etc.

¿Cómo observan la Tierra los satélites meteorológicos?

Debido a su órbita, permanecen estáticos respecto al movimiento de rotación terrestre y por tanto pueden grabar o transmitir imágenes del hemisferio que tienen debajo continuamente con sus sensores de luz visible e infrarrojos.

What is CloudSat NASA?

CloudSat. The mission was selected under NASA’s Earth System Science Pathfinder program in 1999. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colorado, designed and built the spacecraft . CloudSat’s primary mission was scheduled to continue for 22 months in order to allow more than one seasonal cycle to be observed.

How does CloudSat measure earth’s power?

Earth is not shown The main instrument on CloudSat is the Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR), a 94-GHz nadir-looking radar that measures the power backscattered by clouds as a function of distance from the radar.

How much does it cost to run CloudSat?

Based on radar lifetime data, NASA expects the radar to operate for three years with a 99\% probability. CloudSat is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Colorado State University provides scientific leadership and science data processing and distribution. The cost of this project is approximately $200 million.

Where can I find the CloudSat standard data products?

CloudSat Standard Data Products are distributed by the CloudSat Data Processing Center, located at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphereat Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Process Description/Interface Control Documents for the Standard Data Products may be obtained here(CloudSat DPC site).