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…
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