EarthCARE satellite

EarthCARE satellite, a joint mission of ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), has been successfully launched.

About EarthCARE satellite:

• It aims to examine the role clouds and aerosols play in reflecting incident solar radiation back to space while trapping the infrared radiation emitted from Earth’s surface.
• Equipped with instruments such as Atmospheric Lidar, cloud profiling radar, multispectral imager (MSI), and broad-band radiometer, it is a Sun-synchronous satellite.