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The Jason-1 Earth satellite mapped sea level, wind speed and wave height, provided new insights into ocean circulation, tracked rising seas, and enabled more accurate weather, ocean, and climate forecasts.
42 datasets
Jason-3 continues the work started by the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, and OSTM/Jason-2 satellite missions to measure ocean surface topography.
29 datasets
The high-resolution, all-weather synthetic aperture radar (SAR) aboard the Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1 (JERS-1) was used for mapping forests of the world.
10 datasets
LAGEOS-1 was the first spacecraft dedicated exclusively to high-precision laser ranging.
Landsat 1 is the first Earth-observing satellite designed specifically for studying planet Earth.
5 datasets
Landsat 2 continued Landsat 1's legacy and established continuous observation from the same vantage point and collected data for 7 years.
6 datasets
Landsat 3 launched a little over 3 years after Landsat 2, with improved instrument technology and a mission to continue Landsat observations.
2 datasets
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