NASA PACE - Home
The PACE mission will provide a combination of global atmospheric and oceanic observations to benefit society in the areas of water resources, impact of disasters, ecological forecasting, human health, and air quality.
PACE - NASA Science
Launched February 2024, NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite, called PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem), will help us better understand how climate change is affecting blooms of ocean phytoplankton.
Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem - Wikipedia
Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) is a 2020s NASA Earth-observing satellite mission to observe global ocean color, biogeochemistry, and ecology, as well as the carbon cycle, aerosols and clouds. [3] PACE is intended to be used to identify the extent and duration of phytoplankton blooms and improve understanding of air quality. [4]
NASA's PACE Mission - NASA
Feb 8, 2024 · Data from NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud ocean Ecosystem) Earth observing science mission will help NASA understand how the ocean and atmosphere exchange carbon dioxide, measure key atmospheric variables associated with air quality and Earth’s climate, and monitor ocean health.
NASA Launches New Climate Mission to Study Ocean, Atmosphere
Feb 8, 2024 · NASA’s satellite mission to study ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate for the benefit of humanity launched successfully into orbit at 1:33 a.m. EST Thursday. Known as PACE, the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem satellite, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape ...
Experience the Launch of NASA's PACE Mission - NASA
Dec 14, 2023 · PACE is a NASA mission scheduled to launch no earlier than Feb. 6, 2024, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The PACE mission will continue and improve NASA’s 20-year record of satellite observations of global ocean biology, aerosols, and clouds.
Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) - NASA
Feb 8, 2024 · The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission will make global ocean color measurements to provide extended data records on ocean ecology and global biogeochemistry (e.g., carbon cycle) along with polarimetry measurements to provide extended data records on clouds and aerosols.
PACE | Earth - NASA
Dec 20, 2024 · The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission is a recent addition to the NASA flight program manifest as recommended in the report, “Responding to the Challenge of Climate and Environmental Change: NASA’s plan for a Climate-Centric Architecture for Earth Observations and Applications from Space”, published in June 2010. As ...
Signal Acquired: NASA’s PACE Spacecraft Begins Its Science Mission
Feb 8, 2024 · NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft has successfully made contact with ground stations back on Earth providing teams with early readings of its overall status, health, operation, and capabilities postlaunch.
NASA PACE - Mission
PACE is being implemented as a NASA Class C mission with a notional launch date in the 2024 timeframe and a minimum mission duration of three years, with orbit maintenance capabilities for 10 years.