The EOS Mission Profile chart primarily illustrates NASAΓÇÖs plans for launching a series of spacecraft in the next five years that are dedicated to remote sensing of various properties of the Earth system. International spacecraft that will be carrying NASA/EOS instruments are also shown on the chart. ΓÇ£First SeriesΓÇ¥ means that the chart illustrates only current plans for EOS spacecraft missions. Later series are still being defined, and they will carry out remote sensing explorations of Earth for at least another ten years beyond 2003.
Click on one of the years listed above to see its related missions. Boxes for each mission, such as the example at the right, will appear below the timeline, divided into three vertical segments. The first segment gives the name of the mission along with the launch month and year. The second segment gives the category of the launch vehicle, where available, along with the orbital altitude and inclination. The third box gives the names of the instruments. Within the same box are both NASA instruments and international instruments (shown in italics).
A listing of acronyms can be found by clicking the Glossary button on the menu bar below.
The solid arrows pointing downward that appear at the top of the chart indicate the dates by which successive versions of the EOS Data and Information System (EOSDIS) are to become available.
