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Aqua

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Improve Knowledge Earth's Water Cycle

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Aqua is a NASA Earth Science satellite mission that is collecting data about the Earth's water cycle.

Type

Orbiter

Launch

May 4, 2002

Target

Earth

Objective

Study Earth's water cycle
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