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The Afternoon Constellation - A-Train
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Archival URL:
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http://eot.us.archive.org/eot/20161117233726/http://atrain.gsfc.nasa.gov/ |
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Live URL: |
http://atrain.gsfc.nasa.gov/ |
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November 17, 2016 - November 17, 2016 |
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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.
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