Category:EarthCARE

**EarthCARE**
	joint European/Japanese Earth research satellite
	Upload media
	Wikipedia
Instance of	Earth observation satellite; research satellite;
Part of	Earth Explorer Programme (6);
Location	European Union; Japan;
Operator	European Space Operations Centre (spacecraft operation); ESA Centre for Earth Observation (data acquisition, data processing, research data archiving);
Start point	Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4 East;
Manufacturer	Airbus Defence and Space (spacecraft, Atmospheric LIDAR, general contractor); National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (Cloud Profiling Radar); Thales Alenia Space (Broadband Radiometer); Surrey Satellite Technology (Multi-Spectral Imager);
Space launch vehicle	Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1081, B1081.7);
UTC date of spacecraft launch	28 May 2024 (22:20);
Type of orbit	Sun-synchronous orbit;
Significant event	contract (2008); rocket launch (Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4 East, 2024);
Powered by	spacecraft solar array (1, 1,700 watt);
Mass	2,350 kg (launch weight);
Follows	ADM-Aeolus;
Followed by	BIOMASS;
Different from	Earth Care;
	official website
Authority file
	Q1277576;
	Reasonator; Scholia; Wikidocumentaries; PetScan; statistics; WikiMap; Locator tool; KML file; Search depicted;

Media in category "EarthCARE"

The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total.