PACE Observatory
PACE is NASA's purpose-built Earth-observation spacecraft system for hyperspectral ocean-color measurements and multi-angle polarimetry of aerosols and clouds. The observatory supports long-duration, sun-synchronous monitoring of interactions among ocean biology, atmospheric particles, clouds, and climate.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem observatory
- Family Name
- PACE
- Full Name
- PACE Observatory
- Roles
- earth_observationresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- PACE is NASA's purpose-built Earth-observation spacecraft system for hyperspectral ocean-color measurements and multi-angle polarimetry of aerosols and clouds. The observatory supports long-duration, sun-synchronous monitoring of interactions among ocean biology, atmospheric particles, clouds, and climate.
- First Flight Year
- 2,024
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Reusability
- unknown
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/pace/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 20, 2026 at 05:14:31 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 20, 2026 at 05:15:01 UTC
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- Search Name
- PACE Observatory Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem observatory