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Aquarius (A)

Classification: 3D model
Held by: NASA/Christopher R. Meaney, NASA
Credit: NASA/Christopher R. Meaney
Licence: Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA), as NASA states it.
Who can see it: Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

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About this object

Aquarius is making NASA’s first space-based global observations of ocean surface salinity, flying 657 kilometers (408 miles) above Earth in a sun-synchronous polar orbit that repeats every seven days. This NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder mission is mapping global changes in ocean surface salinity with a resolution of 150 kilometers (93 miles), showing how salinity […]