Atmosphere
About 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases.
Acquiring mission data
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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 457–480
Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-330 (6-86) mission on Monday, December 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-330 (6-86)Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 7A rocket was set to launch the Shijian 28 mission on Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Shijian 28Earth orbit · Observatory
W-5 is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the Varda program.
View in 3D map — W-5Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Transporter-15 mission on Friday, November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Transporter-15
Earth orbit · Crewed mission
Soyuz MS-28 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Soyuz MS program.
View in 3D map — Soyuz MS-28Earth orbit · Launch payload
12 cubesats for a variety of customers were also included as secondary rideshare payloads.
View in 3D map — CAS500-3Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Angara 1.2 rocket launched a classified military payload from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, consisting of three satellites possibly for military communications.
View in 3D map — Kosmos 2597-2599 (Classified Payload)
Earth orbit · Crewed mission
Shenzhou 22 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Shenzhou program.
View in 3D map — Shenzhou 22Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Starlink-329 (11-30) mission on Sunday, November 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-329 (11-30)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Starlink-328 (6-79) mission on Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-328 (6-79)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 3B rocket was set to launch the TJSW-21 mission on Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — TJSW-21Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Starlink-327 (6-78) mission on Friday, November 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-327 (6-78)Earth orbit · Launch payload
BlackSky Gen-3 Earth-imaging satellites
View in 3D map — BlackSky Gen-3 3Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 2C rocket was set to launch the Shijian 30 A-C mission on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Shijian 30 A-CEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Starlink-326 (6-94) mission on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-326 (6-94)Suborbital · Suborbital mission
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the VAN (HASTE) mission on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — VAN (HASTE)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Sentinel-6B mission on Monday, November 17, 2025 at 5:21 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Sentinel-6BEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Starlink-325 (6-85) mission on Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-325 (6-85)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Starlink-324 (6-89) mission on Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-324 (6-89)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket was set to launch the ViaSat 3 EMEA mission on Friday, November 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — ViaSat 3 EMEAEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Starlink-323 (6-87) mission on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-323 (6-87)Earth orbit · Launch payload
Due to a premature shutdown in the fourth stage, the payload failed to reach orbit.
View in 3D map — Jilin-1 High Resolution-04C & OthersEarth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 12 rocket launched the SatNet LEO Group 13 mission on Monday, November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SatNet LEO Group 13Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the Starlink-322 (10-51) mission on Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-322 (10-51)Associations 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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