swap_horiz PACE Alternatives

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Voyager 2

Voyager 2 is a NASA-built spacecraft deployed in 1977. It’s notable for being the first to explore Uranus and Neptune pr...

Active Nasa Interstellar Outer Planets

10.0 Brilliant

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Voyager 1

Voyager 1 is an active NASA spacecraft launched in 1977. It undertook a flyby mission to Jupiter and Saturn. The probe a...

Active Nasa Interstellar Outer Planets

9.9 Brilliant

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New Horizons

The New Horizons mission is an active NASA space probe studying the outer solar system. Launched in 2006, it achieved a...

Active Nasa Kuiper Belt Pluto

9.4 Excellent

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Curiosity Mars Rover

The Curiosity rover is an active NASA mission exploring Mars from Gale Crater. Launched in 2011, it investigates the pla...

Geology Active Nasa Mars

9.3 Excellent

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Perseverance Mars Rover

The Perseverance rover is an active NASA mission exploring Mars. It operates within Jezero Crater, analyzing the geology...

Active Nasa Mars Rover

9.2 Excellent

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Landsat 5

Landsat 5 is a NASA space mission providing continuous global imagery since its launch in 1984. This satellite’s extende...

Imaging Nasa Earth Landsat

9.1 Excellent

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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon. Launched in 2009, it provides d...

Mapping Active Nasa Moon

9.0 Excellent

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Landsat 8

Landsat 8 is an active Earth observation satellite operated by NASA and the USGS. This mission continues a decades-long...

Imaging Active Nasa Earth

8.8 Great

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ICESat-2

ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2) is an Earth observation satellite launched by NASA in 2018 as a fo...

Laser Active Nasa Ice

8.4 Great

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Landsat 9

Launched in September 2021, Landsat 9 is an Earth observation satellite jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological...

Imaging Active Nasa Earth

8.2 Great

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GRACE-FO

GRACE-FO, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On, is a joint NASA and German Research Centre for Geoscien...

Active Nasa Gravity Earth

8.2 Great

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MAVEN

MAVEN, short for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, is a NASA orbiter launched in 2013 and placed into orbit around...

Active Nasa Mars Atmosphere

8.2 Great

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Sentinel-3A

Sentinel-3A is an Earth-observation satellite operated as part of the European Union's Copernicus program, with the Euro...

Ocean Active Earth Esa

8.1 Great

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Sentinel-5P

Sentinel-5 Precursor (Sentinel-5P) is an environmental satellite operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of...

Active Atmosphere Earth Esa

8.0 Great

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SMAP

The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) is an environmental satellite launched by NASA in January 2015 to monitor Earth'...

Soil Moisture Active Radar Nasa

7.9 Good

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SWOT

SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) is a satellite jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, wi...

Water Active Nasa Earth

7.9 Good

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Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is an Earth observation satellite developed jointly by NASA, ESA, EUMETSAT, and NOAA to meas...

Ocean Nasa Earth Esa

7.8 Good

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OCO-2

OCO-2 (Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2) is a NASA Earth science satellite launched on 2 July 2014 to measure atmospheric c...

Climate Active Carbon Nasa

7.7 Good

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TIMED

TIMED (Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics, and Dynamics) is a NASA heliophysics mission launched in 2001 t...

Active Nasa Atmosphere Earth

7.3 Good

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CYGNSS

CYGNSS, the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, is a NASA Earth-observation mission made up of eight microsatell...

Active Nasa Earth Smallsat

7.1 Good