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 * Category 8 – Earth Monitoring **
 * TOPEX/Poseidon || JPL Past ||
 * Jason || JPL & NASA Current ||
 * Terra || NASA Current ||
 * Aqua || NASA Current ||
 * Aura || NASA Current ||
 * CloudSat || JPL & NASA Current ||
 * CALIPSO || NASA Current ||
 * Landsat || NASA Current ||

Aqua is a major international Earth Science satellite mission centered at NASA. Launched on May 4, 2002, the satellite has six different Earth-observing instruments on board and is named for the large amount of information being obtained about water in the Earth system from its stream of approximately 89 Gigabytes of data a day. The water variables being measured include almost all elements of the water cycle and involve water in its liquid, solid, and vapor forms. Additional variables being measured include radiative energy fluxes, aerosols, vegetation cover on the land, phytoplankton and dissolved organic matter in the oceans, and air, land, and water temperatures.
 * Aqua Mission**

JPL PAST Missions http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/past_missions.cfm JPL CURRENT Missions http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/index.cfm NASA CURRENT Missions http://www.nasa.gov/missions/current/index.html