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  2. Deep Space Climate Observatory - Wikipedia

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    Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR; formerly known as Triana, unofficially known as GoreSat [3]) is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) space weather, space climate, and Earth observation satellite. It was launched by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle on 11 February 2015, from Cape Canaveral. [4]

  3. List of objects at Lagrange points - Wikipedia

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    The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), designed to image the sunlit Earth in 10 wavelengths (EPIC) and monitor total reflected radiation (NISTAR). Launched on 11 February 2015, began orbiting L 1 on 8 June 2015 to study the solar wind and its effects on Earth. [ 3 ]

  4. List of Earth observation satellites - Wikipedia

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    Deep Space Climate Observatory. Designed to study the Sun-lit side of Earth from the L1 Lagrange point. [8] DubaiSat-1 and 2: Active Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) 2009 EarthCARE: Active ESA and JAXA 2024 Designed to study clouds and aerosols. [9] Elektro-L No. 1, 2, and 3: Active Russia's Roscosmos: 2011 Fengyun 2D to 4A: Active

  5. NASA's deep space satellite captures the dark shadow of an ...

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    At 1 million miles from Earth, the distant DSCOVR satellite, aka the Deep Space Climate Observatory, recently captured the moon's eerie shadow over Antarctica. The intriguing, relatively rare ...

  6. Lagrange point - Wikipedia

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    Currently, an artificial satellite called the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) is located at L 1 to study solar wind coming toward Earth from the Sun and to monitor Earth's climate, by taking images and sending them back. [3] The James Webb Space Telescope, a powerful infrared space observatory, is located at L 2. [4]

  7. List of heliophysics missions - Wikipedia

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    Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) 11 February 2015: NASA/NOAA: Earth-Sun L1 Lissajous: Operational: Falcon 9 v1.1 Double Star: 29 December 2003: CNSA/ESA: highly elliptical geocentric: Operational: 2 spacecraft, one was deorbited 14 October 2007 the other remains in orbit: Long March 2C Equator-S: 2 December 1997: ISTP/MPE: geosynchronous ...

  8. Natural satellite - Wikipedia

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    The Moon orbiting around Earth (observed by the Deep Space Climate Observatory) A natural satellite is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another natural satellite). Natural satellites are colloquially referred to as moons, a derivation from the Moon of Earth.

  9. Space climate - Wikipedia

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    The importance of space climate research has been recognized, in particular, by NASA which launched a special space mission Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) [4] dedicated to monitoring of space climate. [5] New results, ideas and discoveries in the field of Space Climate are published in a focused peer-review research Journal of Space ...