Terra Terra
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American earth land resources satellite. NASA's Terra satellite (originally known as Earth Observing System EOS AM-1) was the first spacecraft in the EOS program.
Status: Operational 1999. First Launch: 1999年12月18日. Last Launch: 1999年12月18日. Number: 1 . Gross mass: 4,854 kg (10,701 lb).
Terra carried multispectral imagers, a radiation budget instrument, a detector to measure CO and methane pollution, and an instrument to study cloud top and vegetation properties.
Family:
Earth,
Earth land resource sat,
Sun synchronous orbit.
Country:
USA.
Launch Vehicles:
Atlas,
Atlas IIAS.
Launch Sites:
Vandenberg,
Vandenberg SLC3E.
Agency:
NASA Greenbelt.
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1999 December 18 - .
18:57 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Vandenberg.
Launch Complex:
Vandenberg SLC3E.
LV Family:
Atlas.
Launch Vehicle:
Atlas IIAS.
- Terra - .
Payload: EOS-AM1. Mass: 4,854 kg (10,701 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA Greenbelt.
Manufacturer: Valley Forge.
Class: Earth.
Type: Seismology satellite. Spacecraft: Terra.
USAF Sat Cat: 25994 . COSPAR: 1999-068A. Apogee: 703 km (436 mi). Perigee: 702 km (436 mi). Inclination: 98.20 deg. Period: 98.80 min. First launch in NASA's Earth Observing System program. Terra carried multispectral imagers, a radiation budget instrument, a detector to measure CO and methane pollution, and an instrument to study cloud top and vegetation properties..
