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 →8817 linked missions · showing 1777–1800
Earth orbit · Launch payload
The first in a series of rideshare missions scheduled by SpaceX, Falcon 9 will launch a total of 143 various small satellites to sun synchronous orbit for a variety of customers. The launch will include 10 Starlink satellites.
View in 3D map — ELaNa 35 (PTD-1)Primary facts source
NASA Science · Earth facts ↗Earth orbit · Launch payload
The first in a series of rideshare missions scheduled by SpaceX, Falcon 9 will launch a total of 143 various small satellites to sun synchronous orbit for a variety of customers. The launch will include 10 Starlink satellites.
View in 3D map — Lemur-2 (8x)Earth orbit · Launch payload
The 2nd satellite of iQPS' constellation called QPS-SAR.
View in 3D map — QPS-SAR-2 “IZANAMI”
SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
The first in a series of rideshare missions scheduled by SpaceX, Falcon 9 will launch a total of 143 various small satellites to sun synchronous orbit for a variety of customers. The launch will include 10 Starlink satellites.
View in 3D map — SSO RideshareEarth orbit · Launch payload
The first in a series of rideshare missions scheduled by SpaceX, Falcon 9 will launch a total of 143 various small satellites to sun synchronous orbit for a variety of customers. The launch will include 10 Starlink satellites.
View in 3D map — SXRS-3 RideshareEarth orbit · Launch payload
The first in a series of rideshare missions scheduled by SpaceX, Falcon 9 will launch a total of 143 various small satellites to sun synchronous orbit for a variety of customers. The launch will include 10 Starlink satellites.
View in 3D map — Starlink (10x)Earth orbit · Launch payload
The first in a series of rideshare missions scheduled by SpaceX, Falcon 9 will launch a total of 143 various small satellites to sun synchronous orbit for a variety of customers. The launch will include 10 Starlink satellites.
View in 3D map — SuperDove (48x)SpaceXarchiveEarth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink-17 (V1.0 L16) mission on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 1:02 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Starlink-17 (V1.0 L16)Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "Another One Leaves the Crust" mission on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 6:58 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — GMS-TEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 3B rocket launched the Tiantong-1 03 mission on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 4:25 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Tiantong-1 03Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket launched the Launch Demo 2 mission on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 7:38 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — VCLS / ELaNa XX
Blue OriginarchiveSuborbital · Suborbital mission
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket was set to launch the NS-14 (Suborbital) mission on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 5:19 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NS-14 (Suborbital)Blue Originarchive
Suborbital flight · Human-spaceflight support
New Shepard NS-14 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the New Shepard program.
View in 3D map — New Shepard NS-14Earth orbit · Launch payload
SpaceX will launch a Turkish communication satellite as part of a state-owned constellation.
View in 3D map — Turksat-5AEarth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Soyuz-2 rocket launched the CSO-2 mission on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 4:42 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CSO-2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 4C rocket launched the Yaogan-33 mission on Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 3:44 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Yaogan-33Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 8 rocket launched the XJY-7 mission on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 4:37 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — ET-SMART-RSSEarth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 8 rocket launched the XJY-7 mission on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 4:37 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Haisi-1Earth orbit · Launch payload
A China Long March 8 rocket launched the XJY-7 mission on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 4:37 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — XJY-7Earth orbit · Launch payload
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-108 mission on Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 2:00 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — NROL-108Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Arianespace Soyuz-2 rocket launched the OneWeb-4 (36x) mission on Friday, December 18, 2020 at 12:26 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — OneWeb-4 (36x)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An ISRO PSLV rocket launched the CMS-1 (GSAT-12R) mission on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 10:11 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — CMS-1 (GSAT-12R)Earth orbit · Launch payload
An Astra Space Rocket 3 rocket launched the Demo Flight 2 mission on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 8:55 PM (UTC).
View in 3D map — Demo Flight 2Earth orbit · Launch payload
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "The Owl's Night Begins" mission on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 10:09 AM (UTC).
View in 3D map — StriX-αAssociations 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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