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Appendix D Missions in NASA Strategic Roadmaps
Pages 55-59

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... Solar System 2010 Europa Astrobiology Solar System 2025 Neptune System Solar System 2025 Gamma Ray Large Area Telescope GLAST Universe 2007 Herschel Universe, Search for Earth-like 2007 Planets Planck Universe 2007 Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array NuSTARR Universe 2009 Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer WISE Universe, Search for Earth-like 2009 Planets James Webb Space Telescope JWST Universe, Search for Earth-like 2011 Planets Laser Interferometer Space Antenna LISA Universe 2015 Constellation-X Con-X Universe ~2017 Joint Dark Energy Mission JDEM Universe ~2016 Black Hole Finder Probe BHFP Universe ~2020 55
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From page 56...
... Earth Science 2005-2015 Hyperspectral imaging instrument for solar UV, Earth Science 2005-2015 EUV, and X-rays (L1) Synthetic Aperture Radar and/or passive microwave Earth Science 2005-2015 Combined 3-D structure and multispectral imaging Earth Science 2005-2015 (LEO)
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From page 57...
... Earth Science 2015-2025 High performance hyperspectral UV/Vis/NIR Earth Science 2015-2025 imaging (LEO or GEO) Combined 3-D structure and multispectral imaging Earth Science 2015-2025 (e.g., radar, lidar, and multispectral visible imaging)
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From page 58...
... (LEO) Earth Science 2025-2035 Glory Earth Science 2005-2010 Orbiting Carbon Observatory OCO Earth Science 2007 Ocean Surface Topography Mission OSTM Earth Science 2005-2010 NPOESS Preparatory Project NPP Earth Science 2006 CloudSat Earth Science 2005 Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder CALIPSO Earth Science 2005 Satellite Observations Global Precipitation Measurement GPM Earth Science 2010 Hydrosphere State Mission Hydros Earth Science 2010 Aquarius Earth Science 2008 Landsat Data Continuity Mission LDCM Earth Science 2009 Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere AIM Sun-Solar System 2005-2015 Geospace Electrodynamic Connections GEC Sun-Solar System 2017 Farside Sentinel FS Sun-Solar System 2025-2035 Heliostorm Sun-Solar System 2016-2020 Inner Heliospheric Sentinels IHS Sun-Solar System ~2013 Ionosphere-Thermosphere Storm Probes ITSP Sun-Solar System 2015 L1 Earth-Sun Sun-Solar System 2015-2020 L1 Mission Sun-Solar System TBD Magnetospheric Multi-Scale MMS Sun-Solar System 2011 Radiation Belt Storm Probes RBSP Sun-Solar System 2011 Solar-B Sun-Solar System 2006 Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO Sun-Solar System 2008 Solar Sail Demo Sun-Solar System 2010-2014 Solar Orbiter Sun-Solar System 2015-2025 Solar Probe Sun-Solar System 2005-2015 58
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... MC Sun-Solar System 2015-2025 Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Observatory MIO Sun-Solar System >2035 Mars Atmospheric Reconnaissance Survey MARS Sun-Solar System 2025-2035 Magnetic Transition Region Probe MTRAP Sun-Solar System 2025-2035 Reconnection and Microscale RAM Sun-Solar System 2020-2035 Solar Heliospheric and Interplanetary Environment SHIELDS Sun-Solar System 2025-2035 Lookout in Deep Space Solar Connection Observatory for Planetary SCOPE Sun-Solar System >2035 Environments Solar Energetic Particle Mission SEPM Sun-Solar System 2015-2035 Solar Polar Imager SPI Sun-Solar System 2020-2035 Solar Weather Buoys SWBs Sun-Solar System 2022 Sun-Earth Coupling by Energetic Particles SECP Sun-Solar System 2020-2025 Stellar Imager SI Sun-Solar System 2025-2030 Tropical ITM Coupler T-ITMC Sun-Solar System 2020-2035 Venus Aeronomy Probe VAP Sun-Solar System 2025-2035 59
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Key Terms

  • multispectral imaging
  • geodetic imaging
  • supporting sea
  • surface temperature
  • salinity measurements

  • ocean color
  • passive microwave
  • black hole
  • ice altimetry
  • performance ocean

  • active microwave
  • aerosol profiling
  • precision geodetic
  • calipso earth
  • hydros earth

  • energetic particle
  • telescope array
  • interferometric altimetry
  • mars environment
  • europa geophysical

  • radiation belt
  • ocean surface
  • penetrating active
  • continuity mission
  • storm probes

  • data continuity
  • npoess preparatory
  • sentinel orbit
  • belt storm
  • hyperspectral imager


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