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  2. Living Planet Programme - Wikipedia

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    The Living Planet Programme (LPP) is a programme within the European Space Agency which is managed by the Earth Observation Programmes Directorate. LPP consists of two classes of Earth observation missions (listed below) including research missions known as Earth Explorers, and the Earth Watch class of missions whose objective is to develop support operational applications such as numerical ...

  3. Explorer 1 - Wikipedia

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    Explorer 1 was designed and built by California Institute of Technology 's JPL under the direction of Dr. William Hayward Pickering. It was the second satellite to carry a mission payload (Sputnik 2 was the first). The total mass of the satellite was 13.97 kg (30.8 lb), of which 8.3 kg (18 lb) were instrumentation.

  4. List of Earth observation satellites - Wikipedia

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    NASA Earth science satellite fleet as of September 2020, planned through 2023. Earth observation satellite missions developed by the ESA as of 2019. Earth observation satellites are Earth-orbiting spacecraft with sensors used to collect imagery and measurements of the surface of the earth. These satellites are used to monitor short-term weather ...

  5. Timeline of first images of Earth from space - Wikipedia

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    First dedicated and first published Earth observation images from outer space, first published on March 25, 1947. [9][10][11][12] July 26, 1948. First prepared wide-angle panorama of Earth from outer space (the 1946 flight did already record a panorama swing). [citation needed] October 5, 1954. Aerobee AJ10-24.

  6. Biomass (satellite) - Wikipedia

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    Biomass is an Earth observing satellite planned for launch by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2024 [2] on a Vega launch vehicle. [1] The mission will provide the first comprehensive measurements of global forest biomass. The mission is meant to last for five years, monitoring at least eight growth cycles in the worlds’ forests.

  7. Earth observation satellite - Wikipedia

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    An Earth observation satellite or Earth remote sensing satellite is a satellite used or designed for Earth observation (EO) from orbit, including spy satellites and similar ones intended for non-military uses such as environmental monitoring, meteorology, cartography and others. The most common type are Earth imaging satellites, that take ...

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