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 1129–1152
Earth orbit · Launch payload
Test satellites for China's SatNet internet constellation
View in 3D map — SatNet DemoPrimary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-123 (6-29) mission on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 7:47 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-123 (6-29)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A NADA Chollima-1 rocket launched the Malligyong-1 3 mission on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 1:42 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Malligyong-1 3Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-122 (7-7) mission on Monday, November 20, 2023 at 10:30 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-122 (7-7)
SpaceXarchiveSuborbital · Suborbital mission
Booster 9 and Ship 25 will be used for this launch.
View in 3D map — Starship Flight Test 2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-121 (6-28) mission on Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 5:05 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-121 (6-28)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2C rocket launched the Haiyang 3-01 mission on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 3:55 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Haiyang 3-01Earth orbit · Launch payload
The 5th and 6th second generation satellites for SES owned O3b Networks.
View in 3D map — O3b mPower-3Earth orbit · Observatory
NinjaSat is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the RIKEN program.
View in 3D map — NinjaSatSpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
Dedicated rideshare mission to SSO (Sun Synchronous Orbit).
View in 3D map — Transporter-9SpaceXarchive
Earth orbit · Cargo mission
Dragon CRS-29 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Dragon 2 Cargo program.
View in 3D map — Dragon CRS-29Earth orbit · Launch payload
This uncrewed launch of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will carry a new laser data communication investigation device, a study on the effects of spaceflight on ovulation, research on the respiratory system, an infrared instrument to measure atmospheric gravity waves, and essential supplies for our astronauts living and working aboard the orbiting laboratory.
View in 3D map — CRS2 SpX-29 (Dragon)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the ChinaSat 6E mission on Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 11:23 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — ChinaSat 6EEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-120 (6-27) mission on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 5:05 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-120 (6-27)Earth orbit · Launch payload
New booster flight record, 18th flight for B1058.
View in 3D map — Starlink-119 (6-26)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 7A rocket launched the TJSW-10 mission on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 3:54 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — TJSW-10Suborbital flight · Crewed mission
Galactic 05 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the SS2 program.
View in 3D map — Galactic 05Earth orbit · Launch payload
A pair of satellites officially described as for cartographic surveying purposes
View in 3D map — Tianhui 5Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-118 (6-25) mission on Monday, October 30, 2023 at 11:20 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-118 (6-25)SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-117 (7-6) mission on Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 9:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-117 (7-6)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Russian Military Soyuz-2 rocket launched the Lotos-S1 no.8 mission on Friday, October 27, 2023 at 6:00 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Lotos-S1 no.8Earth orbit · Crewed mission
Shenzhou 17 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Shenzhou program.
View in 3D map — Shenzhou 17Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 2D rocket launched the Yaogan-39 04 mission on Monday, October 23, 2023 at 8:03 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-39 04Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-116 (6-24) mission on Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 2:17 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-116 (6-24)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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