CloudSat
CloudSat was a NASA-led Earth-observation program conducted with Canada to build a global, three-dimensional record of cloud vertical structure and cloud water. Launched on 28 April 2006, it introduced the first spaceborne 94-GHz Cloud Profiling Radar and operated in the A-Train with CALIPSO to improve understanding of clouds, climate, weather, and the water cycle. NASA ended CloudSat science operations and decommissioned the mission in December 2023.
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Identity
- Aliases
- CloudSatCloudSat MissionCloud Profiling Radar MissionNASA–Canada CloudSat
- Name
- CloudSat
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- CloudSat was a NASA-led Earth-observation program conducted with Canada to build a global, three-dimensional record of cloud vertical structure and cloud water. Launched on 28 April 2006, it introduced the first spaceborne 94-GHz Cloud Profiling Radar and operated in the A-Train with CALIPSO to improve understanding of clouds, climate, weather, and the water cycle. NASA ended CloudSat science operations and decommissioned the mission in December 2023.
- End Date
- 2023-12-20
- Launch Site
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- Start Date
- 2006-04-28
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/cloudsat/
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- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 12:52:02 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 09:22:26 UTC
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