A Q U A Earth Observing System

AMSR/E MODIS AMSU-A1 AMSU-A2 HSB CERES AIRS • Size: 8.8 ft (2.68 m) x 8.1 ft (2.47 m) x 21.3 ft (6.49 m) stowed 15.7 ft (4.78 m) x 55.9 ft (17.03 m) x 21.9 ft (6.67 m) deployed • Weight: 6,662 lb (3,022 kg) 4,277 lb (1,940 kg) (spacecraft) 2,385 lb (1,082 kg) (instruments) • Electrical Power: 4,740 W EOL • Telemetry: S-band (TDRSS and Deep Space Network/ground network compatible) • Orbit: 438 mi (705 km) polar, sun-synchronous Most long-term environmental change slips into our lives unnoticed. Then comes the shock of recognition: the rainy season is longer, the trees are blooming earlier, what...