TEMPO
TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution) is NASA's active geostationary air-quality instrument. Hosted on Intelsat 40E, it measures ozone, aerosols, and other pollutants over North America hourly at high spatial resolution.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of PollutionTropospheric Emissions Monitoring of PollutionTEMPO missionTEMPOTEMPO Mission
- Name
- TEMPO
- Status
- active
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution) is NASA's active geostationary air-quality instrument. Hosted on Intelsat 40E, it measures ozone, aerosols, and other pollutants over North America hourly at high spatial resolution.
- Destination
- Geostationary orbit at approximately 91°W longitude (about 35,800 km above the equator), hosted on Intelsat 40e
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2023-04-07
- Vehicle Families
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tempo/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 23:52:25 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 21, 2026 at 09:52:59 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- Space Stations
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- Vehicles
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