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.
Open mission browser →8816 linked missions · showing 937–960
Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-180 (10-9) mission on Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 5:45 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-180 (10-9)Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
The satellite will be used for land surveys, urban planning, land ownership verification, road network design, crop yield estimation, even disaster prevention and mitigation, and the BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) and the modernization of the national defense.
View in 3D map — Gaofen-11 05Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-179 (9-3) mission on Friday, July 12, 2024 at 2:35 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-179 (9-3)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An i-Space Hyperbola-1 rocket launched the Yunyao-1 (15-17) mission on Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 11:40 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yunyao-1 (15-17)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Ariane 6 rocket launched the Ariane 6 Flight 1 mission on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 7:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Ariane 6 Flight 1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Turksat-6A mission on Monday, July 8, 2024 at 11:30 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Turksat-6AEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 6A rocket launched the Tianhui-5 2-01 mission on Thursday, July 4, 2024 at 10:49 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianhui-5 2-01Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 6A rocket launched the Tianhui-5 2-01 mission on Thursday, July 4, 2024 at 10:49 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tianhui-5 2-02Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Firefly Alpha rocket launched the "Noise of Summer" mission on Thursday, July 4, 2024 at 4:04 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — VCLS Demo-2FB (ELaNa 43)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-178 (8-9) mission on Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 8:55 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-178 (8-9)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-3 rocket launched the ALOS-4 mission on Monday, July 1, 2024 at 3:06 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — ALOS-4Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 7A rocket launched the ChinaSat-3A mission on Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 11:57 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — ChinaSat-3AEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-186 mission on Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 3:14 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NROL-186Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-177 (10-3) mission on Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 11:14 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-177 (10-3)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the GOES-U mission on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — GOES-UEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-176 (9-2) mission on Monday, June 24, 2024 at 3:47 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-176 (9-2)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-175 (10-2) mission on Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 5:15 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-175 (10-2)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SES Astra 1P mission on Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 9:35 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — SES Astra 1PEarth orbit · Launch payload
The first of 5 missions for the French Kinéis IoT constellation of 25 satellites. 5 satellites will launch on this flight.
View in 3D map — Kinéis Flight 1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-174 (9-1) mission on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 3:40 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-174 (9-1)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-173 (8-8) mission on Saturday, June 8, 2024 at 12:58 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-173 (8-8)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-172 (10-1) mission on Saturday, June 8, 2024 at 1:56 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-172 (10-1)Suborbital flight · Crewed mission
Galactic 07 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the SS2 program.
View in 3D map — Galactic 07Suborbital · Suborbital mission
Flight will consist of Booster 11 and Ship 29. The primary goals will be a "virtual tower" landing of B11 on the Gulf, and a controlled re-entry of S29, followed by a simulated landing in the Indian Ocean. The in-space Raptor relight has been postponed for a future flight.
View in 3D map — Starship Flight Test 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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