NASA CloudSat Cloud-Profiling Radar Spacecraft
NASA Earth-observation orbiter launched in 2006 with Canada to measure the vertical structure of clouds using the first spaceborne 94 GHz cloud-profiling radar, decommissioned in 2023.
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Identity
- Aliases
- CloudSatCloudSat satelliteCloudSat spacecraftCloud Profiling Radar satellite
- Family Name
- CloudSat
- Full Name
- NASA CloudSat Cloud-Profiling Radar Spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterearth_observationresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA Earth-observation orbiter launched in 2006 with Canada to measure the vertical structure of clouds using the first spaceborne 94 GHz cloud-profiling radar, decommissioned in 2023.
- First Flight Year
- 2,006
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/cloudsat/
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- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:07:57 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:07:57 UTC