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  2. Multi-angle imaging spectroradiometer - Wikipedia

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    The multi-angle imaging spectroradiometer (MISR) is a scientific instrument on the Terra satellite launched by NASA on 18 December 1999. This device is designed to measure the intensity of solar radiation reflected by the Earth system ( planetary surface and atmosphere ) in various directions and spectral bands ; it became operational in ...

  3. Misr 25 - Wikipedia

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    Misr 25 was a free-to-air satellite television channel in Egypt which was owned by the Muslim Brotherhood. It was initially launched to broadcast non-stop footage of the Egyptian revolution of 2011. [1] Following the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi on July 3, 2013, Misr 25's headquarters were raided, leading to the channel shutting down. [2]

  4. List of Earth observation satellites - Wikipedia

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    True color image of the Earth from space. This image is a composite image collected over 16 days by the MODIS sensor on NASA’s Terra satellite. NASA Earth science satellite fleet as of September 2020, planned through 2023. Earth observation satellite missions developed by the ESA as of 2019.

  5. Terra (satellite) - Wikipedia

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    Terra (EOS AM-1) is a multi-national scientific research satellite operated by NASA in a Sun-synchronous orbit around the Earth.It takes simultaneous measurements of Earth's atmosphere, land, and water to understand how Earth is changing and to identify the consequences for life on Earth. [1]

  6. EgyptSat 1 - Wikipedia

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    EgyptSat 1 or MisrSat-1 was Egypt's first Earth remote sensing satellite.This satellite was jointly built by Egypt's National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences together with the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Ukraine and was launched on board a Dnepr rocket on 17 April 2007 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

  7. Landsat program - Wikipedia

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    The new satellite was assembled in Arizona by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Landsat 9 launched on September 27, 2021. During FY2014 financial planning "appropriators chided NASA for unrealistic expectations that a Landsat 9 would cost US$1 billion, and capped spending at US$650 million" according to a report by the Congressional Research Service .

  8. Earth Observing-1 - Wikipedia

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    Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) was a NASA Earth observation satellite created to develop and validate a number of instrument and spacecraft bus breakthrough technologies. It was intended to enable the development of future Earth imaging observatories that will have a significant increase in performance while also having reduced cost and mass.

  9. Paquita Zuidema - Wikipedia

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    Thereafter I worked on the multi-angle imaging spectroradiometer (MISR) satellite project and at the Environmental Technology Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado Environmental Technology Lab in Boulder on Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) data. [2]