Atmosphere
About 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases.
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Planet 03 · Terrestrial ocean world
The only known world with a living ocean.
Earth is the largest rocky planet and the only place known to host life. Liquid surface water, plate tectonics, a protective magnetic field, and a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere make it unlike every other world we have examined.
World profile
About 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases.
A moving rocky crust with continents, ocean basins, ice, and active plate tectonics.
Global average about 59 °F (15 °C)
One — the Moon
Composition
Field notes
Earth is the only planet known to keep stable liquid water on its surface.
The moving liquid-metal outer core generates the magnetic field that helps shield the atmosphere.
The leading model for the Moon's origin starts with a giant impact into the young Earth.
Sourced image archive
Every image keeps its credit, capture date, description, and original source. Mission imagery links back into the same Andromeda mission catalog.
Earth portrait
A seamless true-color Western Hemisphere globe assembled from Terra MODIS observations of land, ocean, sea ice, and clouds.
Connected mission archive
Flybys, orbiters, landers, atmospheric probes, rovers, launch missions, gravity assists, and system satellites are linked here when they exist in the Andromeda catalog.
Open mission browser →8816 linked missions · showing 217–240
Earth orbit · Launch payload
Transporter-17 is a SpaceX Falcon 9 dedicated smallsat rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Its payload consists of multiple customer small satellites and deployers, with the mission profile focused on delivering rideshare spacecraft to sun-synchronous orbit for commercial and government applications such as Earth observation, communications, and technology demonstration.
View in 3D map — Transporter-17Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 8A rocket launched the Qianfan-13 (Polar 15) mission on Sunday, July 5, 2026 at 1:43 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Qianfan-13 (Polar 15)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-403 (10-50) mission on Sunday, July 5, 2026 at 10:50 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-403 (10-50)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 6A rocket launched the Qianfan-12 (Polar 13) mission on Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Qianfan-12 (Polar 13)Earth orbit · Launch payload
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is orbiting the Earth, but also slowly sinking. Katalyst Space’s LINK robotic servicing spacecraft will launch into orbit aboard a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket, then attempt to capture and raise the Swift Observatory satellite over the course of several months.
View in 3D map — Swift Boost MissionLow Earth orbit · Launch payload
Amazon Leo (LA-08) is an Atlas V mission carrying Amazon Leo low-Earth-orbit broadband communications satellites. The payload supports Amazon’s satellite internet constellation, which provides high-speed, low-latency broadband service, with deployment into low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
View in 3D map — Amazon Leo-14 (LA-08)Earth orbit · Launch payload
Starlink (17-46) is a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission carrying a batch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The payload supports SpaceX’s low-Earth-orbit broadband constellation, which provides high-speed, low-latency internet service.
View in 3D map — Starlink-402 (17-46)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 4B rocket launched the Haiyang 2E mission on Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 11:46 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Haiyang 2EEarth orbit · Launch payload
SXM-11 is a Falcon 9 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying SiriusXM’s SXM-11 satellite, a digital audio radio broadcasting communications spacecraft. The payload supports SiriusXM satellite-radio service for North America and follows a geosynchronous transfer orbit deployment profile before operating in geostationary orbit.
View in 3D map — SXM-11Earth orbit · Launch payload
Starlink (17-40) is a SpaceX mission using a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base to carry Starlink internet communications satellites. The payload supports SpaceX’s low-Earth-orbit broadband constellation, with the mission profile placing the satellites into low Earth orbit for subsequent orbit-raising and service integration.
View in 3D map — Starlink-401 (17-40)Earth orbit · Launch payload
launching radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
View in 3D map — StriX Launch 10Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-400 (17-45) mission on Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 3:30 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-400 (17-45)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starfall Demo mission on Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 10:53 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starfall DemoEarth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 7A rocket launched the TJSW-26A mission on Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 2:10 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — TJSW-26AEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-399 (17-28) mission on Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 4:39 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-399 (17-28)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the VICTUS HAZE Puma mission on Friday, June 19, 2026 at 10:19 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — VICTUS HAZE PumaEarth orbit · Launch payload
The NROL-179 mission, launched by SpaceX aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, is a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. It involves deploying a payload intended for national security purposes into a designated orbit. Specific details about the payload, its capabilities, and the precise orbital parameters remain undisclosed due to the classified nature of the mission.
View in 3D map — NROL-179Low Earth orbit · Launch payload
Amazon Leo (LE-03) is an Ariane 6 mission for Arianespace carrying Amazon Project Kuiper low-Earth-orbit communications satellites. The payload is intended to expand Amazon’s broadband constellation, which is designed to provide high-speed, low-latency internet service, with deployment into low Earth orbit followed by satellite commissioning and orbit-raising within the Kuiper network.
View in 3D map — Amazon Leo-13 (LE-03)Earth orbit · Launch payload
The 'BlueBird 8-10' mission, launched by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 rocket, aims to deploy a trio of Earth observation satellites into low Earth orbit. These payloads are designed to enhance global monitoring capabilities for environmental data and disaster management. The mission places the satellites in a sun-synchronous orbit for optimal Earth surface coverage.
View in 3D map — BlueBird 8-10Earth orbit · Launch payload
Unconfirmed reports suggest that while the launch was successful, one or more of the satellites failed to separate from the launch vehicle's upper stage.
View in 3D map — Centispace-1 Group 05Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 12 rocket launched the SatNet LEO Group 22 mission on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 2:44 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SatNet LEO Group 22Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 3B rocket launched the Shijian 31 mission on Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 9:45 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Shijian 31Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-398 (17-54) mission on Monday, June 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-398 (17-54)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CAS Space Kinetica-1 rocket launched the Jilin-1 Gaofen 04D 01-02, 05D 01-02, 07C 04, 07D 02-04 mission on Monday, June 15, 2026 at 3:44 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Jilin-1 Gaofen 04D 01-02, 05D 01-02, 07C 04, 07D 02-04Associations use destination records plus a curated cross-world manifest for flybys and gravity assists. Mission-name collisions such as Project Mercury and Saturn launch vehicles are deliberately kept with Earth unless they actually visited the planet. Technically obvious; historically necessary.
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