- AIM: Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere
Learn about AIM, the satellite mission that will explore polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs), also called noctilucent clouds, to find out why they form and why they are changing.
aim.hamptonu.edu
- AMSAT - This Is SuitSat-1 RS0RS
Find out how to connect to SuitSat, the most unusual Amateur Radio satellite ever orbited. Learn how to track the surplus Russian Orlan spacesuit, tossed out of the ISS on February 3rd, 2006.
www.amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/BauerSuitsat/index.php
- CloudSat (4)
Learn about CloudStat, a satellite designed to study the Earth's precipitation and cloud cover. Find sites from NASA and Colorado State University's Department of Atmospheric Science.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Missions/CloudSat
- COSMIC
Learn about COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3, the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate, and Taiwan's Formosa Satellite Mission #3.
www.cosmic.ucar.edu
- CRRES Mission
Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite is part of the SPACERAD project of the USAF. It is a triple mission to perform active experiments.
tide1.space.swri.edu/crres.html
- CryoSat-2 - ESA
European Space Agency Cryo-Stat 2 mission using radar altimetry to study the Earth's continental and marine ice cover.
www.esa.int/esaLP/LPcryosat.html
- Earth Observing System (EOS)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../NASA_Earth_Science_Enterprise/Earth_Observing_System__EOS_
- ESA Meteosat Second Generation
Offers information on the satellites that deliver images meteorologists use to forecast earth's weather.
www.esa.int/export/esaSA/GGGGEHCM8EC_earth_0.html
- European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Intergovernmental organisation whose activities contribute to a global meteorological satellite observing system coordinated with other space-faring nations.
www.eumetsat.de
- FUSE: Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
Exploration of the universe using the technique of high-resolution spectroscopy in the far-ultraviolet spectral region.
fuse.pha.jhu.edu
- Glory
Learn about Glory, NASA's low Earth orbit (LEO) scientific research satellite designed to collect data on the properties of aerosols, including black carbon, in the Earth's atmosphere and climate system.
glory.gsfc.nasa.gov
- Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
Uses twin satellites (Tom and Jerry) to make detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field.
www.csr.utexas.edu/grace
- ICESat
Spacecraft measuring variations in the ice sheets in Greenland, Antarctica, and elsewhere, as well as cloud and aerosol heights, land topography, and vegetation characteristics.
icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov
- Keo (2)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Missions/Keo
- Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project
A private initiative to study the effects of Martian gravity on mammals where a satellite will carry a population of mice to simulate the gravity on the Martian surface.
www.marsgravity.org
- Munin Nanosatellite
Joint project between IRF, RYP, Luth and SwRI. It is a pilot project to demonstrate the possibility to use satellites of nano-size for scientific measurement.
munin.irf.se
- NASA CALIPSO
Learn how Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO), along with the CloudSat satellite, will provide a new, 3-D perspective on Earth's clouds and airborne particles called aerosols.
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/calipso/main
- NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)
Learn about the Orbiting Carbon Observatory designed to collect precise global measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere.
oco.jpl.nasa.gov
- NASA SuitSat
Learn how you can listen to a disembodied spacesuit circling Earth, SuitSat, using a simple police scanner or ham radio.
science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/26jan_suitsat.htm
- NASA's Explorers Program (4)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Missions/NASA_s_Explorers_Program
- NASA/USGS Landsat Program (5)
Find millions of images of the Earth's surface that have been taken by the Landsat series of satellites since 1972.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Missions/NASA_USGS_Landsat_Program
- PCsat
Information on a Naval Academy amateur radio satellite.
www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pcsat.html
- Reports of Reception of SuitSat
Shows manually entered reports from people who have heard SuitSat, the Russian space suit orbiting the Earth.
www.suitsat.org
- Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Stars/Rossi_X_ray_Timing_Explorer__RXTE_
- Space Interferometry Mission (SIM)
Will be NASA's first space interferometer designed specifically for measuring the position of stars.
sim.jpl.nasa.gov
- Sputnik (7)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Missions/Sputnik
- Student Nitric Oxide Explorer
SNOE is a small scientific satellite that will investigate the effects of energy from the sun and from the magnetosphere on the density of nitric oxide in the Earth's upper atmosphere.
lasp.colorado.edu/snoe
- SUNSAT: Stellenbosch UNiversity SATellite
A micro-satellite built by post-graduate engineering students. Payloads include NASA experiments, amateur radio communications, a high resolution imager, precision attitude control, and school experiments.
sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za
- TERRIERS
Scientific research project involves a combination of satellite and groundbased instrumentation designed to make daily global measurements of the earth's ionosphere and thermosphere.
www.bu.edu/satellite
- TOPEX/Poseidon: The Ocean Topography Experiment@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Altimetry/TOPEX_Poseidon__The_Ocean_Topography_Experiment
- Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
Providing data that will yield a better understanding of the upper atmosphere and the effects of natural events and human activities on that region.
umpgal.gsfc.nasa.gov
- Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
Satellite mission that will measure fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background radiation.
map.gsfc.nasa.gov
- Yohkoh Public Outreach Project
Yohkoh satellite is an observatory for studying X-rays and gamma-rays from the Sun. Site features data including movies and a wealth of information about the Sun.
solar.physics.montana.edu/YPOP
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