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.
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Earth orbit · Launch payload
A constellation of two Earth observation satellites able to deliver stereoscopic imaging that allows for the creation of 3D models. Additional payload will include: Aist-ST, Vladivostok-2, Grifon 1-4, Zorkiy-2M №3, Zorkiy-2M №5, Zorkiy-2M №7, Leonov (FGTU-1, MGOTU-1), Lobachevskiy, Marafon №1, Marafon №2, ODR-1 E.T. Krenkel (ODRSat-1 KRENKEL), SamSat-ORION (SamSat-ORION, SamSat-Mayak), Skorpion (under program MGU "Sozvezdiye-270"), Khors №5, Yarilo №5, ANSAT-1, Polytech Universe-6 (Politekh Yunivers-6), SCH-619, 20x SITRO-AIS, SM-3.1, TELUM-LEO-1E 1, TELUM-LEO-1E 2, Toloo-3 (Tolu-3), VM-3.1 (Voyenmekh), and foreign payloads: Luča (Montenegro), QMR-KWT-2 (Kuwait), Kowsar-1.5 (Iran), Paya (Iran), Zafar-2 (Iran), NASBSAT-1 (Belarus), NASBSAT-2 (Belarus).
View in 3D map — AIST-2T no. 01 & no. 02 and OthersPrimary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 3B rocket was set to launch the Fengyun-4C mission on Friday, December 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Fengyun-4CEarth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 8A rocket launched the SatNet LEO Group 17 mission on Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SatNet LEO Group 17Earth orbit · Launch payload
Multipurpose X-band radar earth observation satellite, launching alongside an unconfirmed complement of secondary payloads.
View in 3D map — Obzor-R no. 01 & OthersEarth orbit · Launch payload
Block 2 BlueBirds will deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird satellites in orbit today. Featuring up to 2,400 square foot communications arrays, they will be the largest ever satellites commercially deployed in low Earth orbit.
View in 3D map — BlueBird 6 (BlueBird Block 2 FM1)Earth orbit · Launch payload
First launch of the Long March 12A, which is the partially reusable variant of the Long March 12. Although the planned landing of the reusable booster at a pad roughly 300km downrange of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center failed, the second stage entered the designated orbit.
View in 3D map — Long March 12A Demo FlightEarth orbit · Launch payload
Developed and operated by the Federal University of Maranhão with resources from the Government of the State of Maranhão
View in 3D map — Jussara-KEarth orbit · Launch payload
First orbital launch attempt from Brazilian territory in 22 years, it is also the first commercial orbital launch from the Alcântara Launch Center in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. This launch will carry 5 satellites and 3 experiments to low Earth orbit. The Hanbit-Nano two stage rocket is being developed by the South Korean startup Innospace.
View in 3D map — Operação SpacewardEarth orbit · Launch payload
Developed and operated by the startup Pion Labs and the working groups DARTilab and BAITES.
View in 3D map — PionBR-2Earth orbit · Launch payload
Developed and operated by the Indian startup Grahaa Space
View in 3D map — Solaras-S2Earth orbit · Launch payload
The QZSS is a Japanese satellite navigation system that augments the U.S. GPS in the Asia-Pacific region. QZS-5 will be launched on H3 flight no. 8.
View in 3D map — Michibiki No.5 (QZS-5) Quasi-Zenith Satellite SystemEarth orbit · Launch payload
Seventh Electron launch for Japanese Earth Imaging company iQPS. The Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS) is a Japanese satellite manufacturer and operator.
View in 3D map — QPS-SAR-15 (Sukunami-I)Suborbital · Suborbital mission
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket was set to launch the NS-37 mission on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NS-37Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 5 rocket launched the TJSW-23 mission on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — TJSW-23
Blue Originarchive
Suborbital flight · Crewed mission
New Shepard NS-37 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the New Shepard program.
View in 3D map — New Shepard NS-37Earth orbit · Launch payload
The STP-S30 mission is a U.S. Space Force initiative aimed at deploying research experiments and technology demonstrations to orbit, contributing to the development of future space systems. The primary payload for this mission is DISKSat, a unique, disk-shaped satellite approximately 1 meter in diameter. DISKSat is designed to operate in very low Earth orbit (VLEO) and will test technologies intended to enhance on-orbit persistence.
View in 3D map — STP-S30Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-341 (15-13) mission on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-341 (15-13)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-340 (6-99) mission on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-340 (6-99)Earth orbit · Launch payload
This is Galileo Launch 14 (L14) and the first launch of Galileo satellites on an Ariane 6 rocket. The satellites to be placed in orbit are designated SAT 33 and SAT 34, and still belong to the first generation of Galileo satellites. Four more satellites of this generation are still to be deployed, after which second generation Galileo satellites will begin to replace the first generation. Galileo is presently the world’s most precise satellite navigation system. It serves over five billion smartphone users.
View in 3D map — Galileo-14 (33 & 34)Low Earth orbit · Launch payload
Atlas V will launch the 7th set of Amazon Leo satellites. This is the fourth Leo launch on an Atlas V, and the first launch to use the new abbreviation "L" for Leo on its name, instead of "K" for the former name "Project Kuiper".
View in 3D map — Leo-7 (LA-04)Earth orbit · Launch payload
The most recent satellite in China's ZY-3 (Ziyuan / "Resource"-3) series, consisting of civilian stereoscopic mapping satellites.
View in 3D map — Ziyuan-3 04Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-339 (6-82) mission on Monday, December 15, 2025 at 5:25 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-339 (6-82)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Starlink-338 (15-12) mission on Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-338 (15-12)Earth orbit · Launch payload
RAISE-4 is a Japanese technology-demo satellite launched under JAXA’s Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program, flying aboard a dedicated mission from Rocket Lab out of New Zealand. The single small satellite will carry eight experimental technologies from Japanese industry and academia, with the goal of validating new on-orbit capabilities such as onboard processing, advanced sensors, propulsion systems, and autonomous operations. Among the payloads aboard RAISE-4 is a deployable sail system (D-SAIL) that increases atmospheric drag to accelerate de-orbiting, as well as a commercial-grade GPU module for edge-computing in orbit, and an electric propulsion experiment. Together these systems support Japan’s push to enhance its small-satellite ecosystem, deepen commercial partnerships, and leverage dedicated small-launch access for flexible space missions.
View in 3D map — RAISE-4Associations 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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