Contact Us | Help

Home Search Full Text Browse Web Archive

Results:  2 Items

Browse Web Archive

Sorted by:  
Page: 1

Site Lookup:

   
Look up a site by keywords in the title, description or URL.

Administration
2016 (2)
Government Agency Domains
Select domain(s) that contain a specific agency name(s) in the URL
atrain [X]
gov [X]
gsfc (1)
nasa (2)
Website thumbnail image
  Title:   The Afternoon Constellation - A-Train  
 
  Archival URL:  
http://eot.us.archive.org/eot/20161117233726/http://atrain.nasa.gov/  
  Live URL:   http://atrain.nasa.gov/  
  Coverage:   November 17, 2016 - November 17, 2016  
  Description:   The Afternoon Train, or 'A-Train', for short, is a constellation of satellites that travel one behind the other, along the same track, as they orbit Earth. Four satellites currently fly in the A-Train - Aqua, CloudSat, CALIPSO, and Aura. GCOM-W1 and OCO-2 are scheduled to join the configuration in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Glory was lost in a launch vehicle failure on March 4, 2011. The 'A-Train' satellites cross the equator within a few minutes of each other at around 1:30 p.m. local time. By combining different sets of nearly simultaneous observations from these satellites, scientists are able to study important parameters related to climate change.  
Website thumbnail image
  Title:   The Afternoon Constellation - A-Train  
 
  Archival URL:  
http://eot.us.archive.org/eot/20161117233726/http://atrain.gsfc.nasa.gov/  
  Live URL:   http://atrain.gsfc.nasa.gov/  
  Coverage:   November 17, 2016 - November 17, 2016  
  Description:   The Afternoon Train, or 'A-Train', for short, is a constellation of satellites that travel one behind the other, along the same track, as they orbit Earth. Four satellites currently fly in the A-Train - Aqua, CloudSat, CALIPSO, and Aura. GCOM-W1 and OCO-2 are scheduled to join the configuration in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Glory was lost in a launch vehicle failure on March 4, 2011. The 'A-Train' satellites cross the equator within a few minutes of each other at around 1:30 p.m. local time. By combining different sets of nearly simultaneous observations from these satellites, scientists are able to study important parameters related to climate change.