Aura

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 15 July 2004, 10:01 am UTC

Rocket: Delta II (Delta)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Description

Aura (EOS CH-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Earth's ozone layer, air quality and climate. It is the third major component of the Earth Observing System following on Terra and Aqua.