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 889–912
Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Jielong-3 rocket launched the Jitianxing A-01 xing mission on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 2:31 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Xingshidai-22Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
The second of five missions for the French Kinéis IoT constellation of 25 satellites. 5 satellites will launch on this flight.
View in 3D map — Kinéis (6-10)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-193 (9-17) mission on Friday, September 20, 2024 at 1:50 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-193 (9-17)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Kuaizhou 1A rocket launched the Tianqi Xingzuo 29-32 mission on Friday, September 20, 2024 at 9:43 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianqi Xingzuo 29-32Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Jilin-1 Kuanfu-02B (01-06) mission on Friday, September 20, 2024 at 4:11 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Jilin-1 Kuanfu-02B (01-06)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the Beidou DW 59 mission on Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 1:14 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Beidou DW 59Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the Beidou DW 59 mission on Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 1:14 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Beidou DW 60Earth orbit · Launch payload
The second of 2 launches for the European Commission for the Galileo satellite constellation.
View in 3D map — Galileo FM26 & FM32Earth orbit · Launch payload
4th Angara 1.2 flight. Launch with classified military payload (multiple satellites) from Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
View in 3D map — Kosmos-2577Earth orbit · Launch payload
4th Angara 1.2 flight. Launch with classified military payload (multiple satellites) from Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
View in 3D map — Kosmos-2578Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Iran Qaem-100 rocket launched the Chamran-1 mission on Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 5:58 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Chamran-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-192 (9-6) mission on Friday, September 13, 2024 at 1:45 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-192 (9-6)Earth orbit · Launch payload
The first 5 satellites for the AST SpaceMobile constellation, building up on the successful testing of BlueWalker-3, launched in 2022. The constellation will feature direct-to-device service.
View in 3D map — BlueBird 1-5
Earth orbit · Crewed mission
Soyuz MS-26 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Soyuz MS program.
View in 3D map — Soyuz MS-26
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Earth orbit · Crewed mission
Polaris Dawn is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon 2 program.
View in 3D map — Polaris DawnEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-113 mission on Friday, September 6, 2024 at 3:20 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NROL-113Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 6 rocket launched the GeeSAT 3 (01-10) mission on Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 6:30 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — GeeSAT 3 (01-10)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-191 (8-11) mission on Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 3:33 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-191 (8-11)Earth orbit · Launch payload
This is set to be the final flight of ESA's Vega launcher. The mission will provide high-resolution multispectral imagery crucial for observing changes in land cover, vegetation, and water quality, as part of the Copernicus Earth observation program. The satellite's data is particularly valuable for monitoring natural disasters, such as floods and wildfires, enabling timely responses and aiding in disaster recovery efforts. Sentinel-2C will operate alongside its predecessors, Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B, ensuring the continuity of vital Earth observation data.
View in 3D map — Sentinel 2-CEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4B rocket launched the Yaogan-43 02 (01-06) mission on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 1:22 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-43 02 (01-06)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-190 (9-5) mission on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at 8:48 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-190 (9-5)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-189 (8-10) mission on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at 7:43 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-189 (8-10)Suborbital · Suborbital mission
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launched the NS-26 mission on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 1:07 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NS-26Earth orbit · Launch payload
Ceres-1S/Y-3 Carrier Rocket successfully launched 6 satellites from the waters near Shandong. The payload included: Yunyao-15, 16, 17, Jitianxing A-03, Suxing-1 01, and Tianfu Gaofen-2 This was the 15th flight of the Ceres-1 carrier rocket.
View in 3D map — "How Far I'll Go"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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