First Long-Duration Lidar Satellite Mission CALIPSO Ends

Advanced Understanding of Climate, Weather and Air Quality

CALIPSO, a lidar satellite that advanced the world’s understanding of climate, weather, and air quality, ended its scientific mission on Aug. 1, 2023.

“We had to build, for the first time, a sophisticated lidar capable of operating in space.”
Chip Trepte, NASA

Across 17 years of operation, the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observat…