Terra, Aqua, and Aura Drifting Orbits Workshop (2022)

NASA previously released a Request for Information (RFI) on a Terra, Aqua, and Aura Drifting Orbits Workshop, for which the response date was October 11, 2022.

The Terra, Aqua, and Aura Drifting Orbits Workshop was held virtually on November 1-2, 2022. The Workshop Agenda is available on the RFI NSPIRES page (linked above).

The Executive Summary of the Terra, Aqua, and Aura Drifting Orbits Workshop is downloadable as a PDF from this link. The January-February 2023 edition of The Earth Observer also includes a workshop summary and is also downloadable as a PDF from this link.


Summary of NASA’s Terra, Aqua, and Aura Drifting Orbits RFI Announcement


Additional Resources:

Official Terra Timeline (September 2022):

Terra Orbital Changes

Terra Systems Summary and Analysis

See the document below for additional details on the health and status of the Terra satellite and its instruments.