EARTH SATELLITES
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Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs
The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing is responsible for the acquisition and distribution of Earth observation data and the development of remote sensing applications. Its site has information about the company and satellite photos of Canada. |    |
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Earth Observation Data Sets Program
http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/tekrd/programs/eods/eodse.html
Provides data to researchers collected by radar satellite technology to aid in developing the applicability of this technology. With projects. |  |
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Radarsat
http://radarsat.space.gc.ca/
Space satellite images of Earth's weather systems, forestry, ice-shelf migration, and mapping services. Details of how to order data included. | |
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Globe Visualization Home Page
http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe
The Globe Visualization site provides images of worldwide environmental data taken from several sources, including satellites in Earth's orbit. | |
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Air Project Home Page
http://www-air.inria.fr
The Air Project's goal is to set up image processing capabilities for dynamic satellite data including Earth, sea and atmospheric observations. Its site describes the company's research objectives and provides demonstrations of its satellite images. | |
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Global Positioning System Simulation
http://www.upb.edu.co/cbasica/roberto/java/gps3d/inst_en.html
Java applet demonstrates the movement of satellites around earth. Manipulate the point of observation and view real and calculated coordinates.
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Global Positioning System
http://www.upb.edu.co/cbasica/roberto/java/gps3d/applet.html
Applet shows the movement of satellites around earth. Manipulate the observer's position. | |
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Earth Science Image Gallery - NASA
http://www.earth.nasa.gov/gallery/
View photos of the Earth taken from orbit and images of the satellites conducting NASA's observations. |  |
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Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/homepg.pl?e
Read a history of this facility that acquires Earth data and develops remote-sensing systems. Find technical details of satellites and sensors. |   |
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Hot Shots From Space - Discovery Online
http://www.discovery.com/news/features/landsat/landsat.html
Examine photos of the Earth taken by Landstat satellites, and get details about the operation of these satellites. |  |
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Satellite Motion
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/vectors/sat.html
Essay and animations describe why a satellite, a projectile, never falls into the earth, but instead falls around it. | | |
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Mission to the Magnetosphere - CNN
http://cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/03/07/cluster.sats/
European Space Agency is planning to send four satellites to study and map the Earth's magnetic field. Read about space weather forecasting. | | |
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TOPEX/Poseidon
http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/
Explore images and data from satellites used to study the Earth's oceans and climate, or get El Niño and La Nina updates. | | |
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Space Imaging
http://www.spaceimaging.com/
Company offers satellite photos of the earth for urban planning, offshore exploration, and emergency services. View galleries of detailed photos. | | |
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GOES Project
http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goesb/chesters/web/goesproject.html
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite allows for recording and imaging of weather from above Earth. See these images and movies. | |
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Walker, John - Earth and Moon Viewer
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
View the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, a satellite in earth orbit, or from any location specified by latitude, longitude and altitude. | | |
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NASA Observatorium Around The World
http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/gallery/world/world_1.html
View images of planet Earth taken from the Landsat satellite. Includes a view of the Egyptian city of Alexandra and the eye of Hurricane Andrew. |  |
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Planet Cam - Discovery Online
http://www.discovery.com/cams/planet/planet.html
See Earth through the lens of the SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor) satellite which gauges the biological health of the planet. | |
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TerraServer.com Portal
http://www.terraserver.com/
View highlights from this archive of detailed satellite images of the Earth, or locate a particular geographic spot of interest. |  |
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Viewing the Earth with Radar
http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/general.html
See NASA satellite scans of the Earth's surface created using radar. Select locations of interest from the world map. | | |
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GOES Hot Stuff
http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goesb/chesters/web/text/hotstuff.html
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite project provides a plethora of movies and images of weather from above the Earth's surface. | |
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Earth Today
http://www.nasm.si.edu/earthtoday/
Get glimpses of the planet's satellite views, weather patterns, and sea-surface temperatures. Explore related topics. | | |
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Earthshots
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents
Discover satellite images of environmental changes across the globe. Find and view specific cities worldwide. | |
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Earth Observing System
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov
Maintained by NASA, this site provides satellite observations of the land, surface, biosphere, atmosphere and oceans. Also contains links to NASA data sets and educational materials. | | |
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Nighttime Lights of the World
http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov:8080/production/html/BIOMASS/night.html
See the world's cities and neighborhoods lit up in dark satellite photos. | |
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SIR-C/X-SAR Images
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/radar/sircxsar/
Read a description of the planet's regions as captured by high-powered satellite photos. Includes a link to other NASA projects. |  |
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Earth Science Division
http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/
Uses satellite measurement to study the atmosphere and ecosystems. Read news or explore research projects within the department. |  |
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Earth View
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth?lat=0&ns=lNorth&Ion=0&ew+East&alt+35785
Catch a live satellite image of the world from above. Includes zoom controls for maximum detail. | | |
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Satellites and Satellite Trackers
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/rocket_sci/satellites
satellite 1. A natural body that revolves around a planet; a moon. 2. An object designed to be launched into orbit around the earth, another planet, the sun, etc. excerpt from the Random House Webster's College Dictionary How Does It Work? By... |    |
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