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Terra Operations


The Terra spacecraft, carrying two CERES instruments (FM-1 and FM-2), was launched from Vandenberg AFB, CA on December 18, 1999 at 18:57 Universal Time. Terra, originally designated as EOS-AM, is the flagship for the Earth Observing System (EOS).

The links below list key operations for the two CERES instruments on Terra, beginning at launch

FM-1 Operations
FM-2 Operations
Spacecraft Events

Additional information on Terra:
Terra- EOS Flagship

For information on Aqua:



Aqua Operations
Aqua spacecraft

For information on the CERES project:


CERES Project
CERES-TRMM Operations