launched fromUSA
Aqua
Success
MAY 04200209:54:00 UTCAqua was a major NASA Earth-observing satellite focused on the water cycle, carrying instruments to measure precipitation, evaporation, clouds, and sea-surface temperature. It became the lead spacecraft of the "A-train," a string of satellites in the same Sun-synchronous orbit making coordinated atmospheric measurements, and operated far beyond its planned life.
LIFTOFF
MAY 04 200209:54:00 UTC
Success
launched fromSLC-2WVandenberg
aboardDelta II 7920-10LD-291intoSSO
Payload
Aqua
Environmental research
