EarthCARE satellite launches to probe how clouds affect climate
A satellite launched to study clouds' impact on climate change, part of ESA and JAXA's EarthCARE mission.
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A satellite launched to study clouds' impact on climate change, part of ESA and JAXA's EarthCARE mission.
The latest and largest of the space agency's Earth Explorer satellites was launched into orbit from California onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Atmospheric lidar and multispectral imager among four on-board tools expected to improve understanding of cloud dynamics.
After having to scrap plans for rides on two other launch vehicles, an international satellite will travel into orbit this week from Vandenberg Space
EarthCARE Satellite: "They are one of the main contributors to how the climate changes -- and one of the least understood," Dominique Gillieron, head of the ESA's Earth observation projects department, told AFP.