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 793–816
Earth orbit · Launch payload
4 small satellites for IoT communications.
View in 3D map — Tianqi 33-36Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
Space One announced the second flight of its KAIROS rocket, planned for launch between December 14th and December 27th, 2024. The press release did not state the customer or the payload for the launch.
View in 3D map — KAIROS 2nd FlightEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the O3b mPower-4 (7 & 8) mission on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 10:26 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — O3b mPower-4 (7 & 8)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-149 mission on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 1:19 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NROL-149Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the GPS III SV-07 (RRT-1) mission on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 12:52 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — GPS III SV-07 (RRT-1)Earth orbit · Launch payload
Payload uncertain and may change.
View in 3D map — PIESAT-2 05-08Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 5B rocket launched the SatNet LEO Group 1 mission on Monday, December 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SatNet LEO Group 1Suborbital · Suborbital mission
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Stonehenge" (HASTE) mission on Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 1:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — "Stonehenge" (HASTE)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-216 (11-2) mission on Friday, December 13, 2024 at 9:55 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-216 (11-2)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 2D rocket launched the High Speed Laser Diamond Constellation Test System mission on Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 7:17 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — High Speed Laser Diamond Constellation Test SystemEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-215 (12-5) mission on Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 5:12 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-215 (12-5)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Iran Simorgh rocket launched the Fakhr-1 & Saman-1 mission on Friday, December 6, 2024 at 3:14 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Fakhr-1 & Saman-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Vega C rocket launched the Sentinel 1C mission on Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 9:20 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Sentinel 1CEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to launch the SXM-9 mission on Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 4:10 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SXM-9Earth orbit · Launch payload
An ISRO PSLV-XL rocket launched the PROBA-3 mission on Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 10:34 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — PROBA-3Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-214 (9-14) mission on Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 3:05 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-214 (9-14)Earth orbit · Launch payload
Kosmos 2580 is believed to be a Lotos-S satellite, part of the Russian Aerospace Forces' Liana orbital electronic intelligence system. It is also possible that a secondary payload will be included, as was the case with prior Lotos launches.
View in 3D map — Kosmos 2580 (Lotos-S)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-213 (6-70) mission on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 10:13 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-213 (6-70)Earth orbit · Launch payload
The Kuaizhou-1A rocket carrying the Haishao-1 radar satellite into orbit launched from a Mobile Launcher Pad at Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
View in 3D map — Haishao-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 3B rocket launched the TJS-13 mission on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 5:56 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — TJS-13Earth orbit · Launch payload
First flight of China's new Long March 12 rocket, carrying Satellite Internet Technology Test Satellite and Technology Test Satellite-3 to orbit.
View in 3D map — HJSWEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-126 mission on Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 8:10 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — 20x Starlink SatellitesEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-126 mission on Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 8:10 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NROL-126Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-212 (6-65) mission on Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 5:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-212 (6-65)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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