Orbview2-SeaWiFS Earth Observing Unmanned Missions

The Orbview-2 (aka SeaStar) spacecraft, developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation, carries the SeaWiFS instrument and was launched to low Earth orbit on board an extended Pegasus launch vehicle on August 1, 1997.The purpose of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Project is to provide useful data on ocean color to the Earth science community. Subtle changes in ocean color indicate various types and numbers of marine phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants), knowing this information can have both scientific and practical uses.

• SeaWiFS Project - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center official site with orbview2-seawifs information about orbview2-seawifs the project, satellite specifications, list of orbview2-seawifs data receivers, educational resources, orbview2-seawifs and color images.
• Ocean Color - Has information on ocean color data processing and distribution at unmanned NASA. Search and download processed images from SeaWiFS and MODIS unmanned instruments.
• SeaWiFS Project: the Wild Blue Wonder - Includes information for kids about the SeaWiFS instrument, orbview2-seawifs oceancolor, phytoplankton, unmanned and the carbon cycle.
• Wikipedia - SeaWiFS - Find a summary of information about this scientific sensor on orbview2-seawifs the Orbview-2 satellite.

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