CloudSat

Measure the vertical structure of clouds from space


Launched in:2006
Out of service since:2020
Orbit height:705 km
Orbit type:Sun Synchronous
Organisation: NASA - USA
Exited the A-train 22 Feb 2018,
in standby mode since 27 Aug 2020

CloudSat websites

Information

NASA - CloudSat
Colorado State Univ - CloudSat
NASA JPL - CloudSat

Data ordering

CSA - Open atmospheric data
Colorado State Univ - CloudSat data processing
Colorado State Univ - CloudSat data products

On Board Sensors

CPR (Cloud Profiling Radar)