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 817–840
Earth orbit · Launch payload
Russian Kondor-FKA satellites built by NPO-Mashinostroyenia, are intended for 24/7 all-weather radar remote sensing of the Earth in medium and high resolution. The first one was launched in May 2023 from Vostochny Cosmodrome.
View in 3D map — Kondor-FKA no.2Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-211 (6-76) mission on Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 4:41 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-211 (6-76)Earth orbit · Launch payload
First flight of the Zhuque-2E, a modified version of the Zhuque-2 methane-fueled rocket with an improved second stage.
View in 3D map — Guangchuan 01 & 02Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-210 (12-1) mission on Monday, November 25, 2024 at 10:02 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-210 (12-1)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Ice AIS Baby" mission on Monday, November 25, 2024 at 3:55 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Kinéis 11-15Earth orbit · Launch payload
A CASC Long March 2C rocket launched the Siwei Gaojing 2-03 & 2-04 mission on Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 11:39 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Siwei Gaojing 2-03 & 2-04Suborbital · Suborbital mission
HASTE stands for Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron. Leidos-2 is the second of four dedicated missions for the innovation company Leidos.
View in 3D map — Leidos-2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-209 (9-13) mission on Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 5:25 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-209 (9-13)Suborbital · Suborbital mission
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket was set to launch the NS-28 mission on Friday, November 22, 2024 at 3:30 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NS-28
Blue Originarchive
Suborbital flight · Crewed mission
New Shepard NS-28 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the New Shepard program.
View in 3D map — New Shepard NS-28Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-208 (6-66) mission on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 4:07 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-208 (6-66)Earth orbit · Cargo mission
Progress MS-29 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Progress MS program.
View in 3D map — Progress MS-29Suborbital · Launch payload
A SpaceX Super Heavy / Starship Prototype rocket was set to launch the Starship Flight 6 mission on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 10:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starship Flight 6Earth orbit · Launch payload
Originally set to launch on ISRO's LVM3, the commercial arm NSIL contracted SpaceX to launch as the satellite now outweighs LVM3's limit. https://spacenews.com/india-selects-falcon-9-for-communications-satellite-launch/
View in 3D map — GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-207 (9-12) mission on Monday, November 18, 2024 at 5:53 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-207 (9-12)Earth orbit · Launch payload
The Optus-X satellite is a geostationary communications satellite developed by Northrop Grumman for the Australian telecommunications company Optus.
View in 3D map — Optus-X (TD7)Earth orbit · Human-spaceflight support
Tianzhou-8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Tianzhou program.
View in 3D map — Tianzhou-8Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-206 (6-68) mission on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 1:21 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-206 (6-68)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-205 (9-11) mission on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 5:23 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-205 (9-11)Earth orbit · Launch payload
On November 13th, 2024, a Chinese Long March 4B rocket launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The payload was the first Haiyang-4 satellite, which will, among other duties, collect data on global ocean salinity, ocean dynamics, and other environmental factors, contributing to marine environmental and ecological forecasting, water cycle monitoring, and climate change research. The satellite was placed into a 633 by 644-kilometer orbit. Chinese space authorities announced the success of the launch shortly thereafter.
View in 3D map — Haiyang-4 (01)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-204 (6-69) mission on Monday, November 11, 2024 at 9:28 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-204 (6-69)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Koreasat-6A mission on Monday, November 11, 2024 at 5:22 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Koreasat-6AEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-203 (9-10) mission on Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 6:14 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-203 (9-10)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2C rocket launched the Zhongyuan-2 mission on Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 3:39 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Hebi-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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