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MEPS (Micro-Satellite Electric Propulsion System) is a three year programme started in 2013, jointly supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Israeli Space Agency (ISA) and aimed at…
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MESSENGER (an acronym of MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) is a robotic NASA spacecraft orbiting the planet Mercury, the first spacecraft ever to do so. The spacecraft was…
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The Meteosat series of satellites are geostationary meteorological satellites operated by the Euopean organisation EUMETSAT.
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MetOp is a series of three polar orbiting meteorological satellites operated by EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites. The satellites form the space segment component of…
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MetOp-A is Europe's first polar-orbiting (LEO) satellite dedicated to operational meteorology. The MetOp program was originally planned as a much larger satellite concept, called POEM (Polar-Orbit Earth-Observation Mission), a successor…
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Second generation of European weather satellite series Metop, to provide operational meteo and climate data in the 2020-2040 timeframe from sun-synchronous mid-morning orbit. Also to include GMES Sentinel-5 atmospheric chemistry…
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The Mighty Eagle is a Prototype Robotic Lander developed by NASA at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The vehicle is an autonomous flying testbed that is used…
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The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) is a scientific instrument on the Terra satellite launched by NASA on December 18, 1999. This device is designed to measure the intensity of solar…
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The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a payload scientific instrument launched into Earth orbit by NASA in 1999 on board the Terra (EOS AM) Satellite, and in 2002 on board…
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Morpheus Lander is a NASA project to develop a vertical take off and landing test bed vehicle. The NASA designed robotic lander can land 500 kg of cargo on the…
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MSG, Meteosat Second Generation, is a serie of geostationary meteorological satellites operated by EUMETSAT. It consists of a series of four geostationary meteorological satellites, along with ground-based infrastructure, that will…