MAIA Mission

Objectives and Applications

To determine associations between different types of airborne particulate matter and adverse human health outcomes.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols
Mission Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
NASA, ASI, U.S. AID, U.S. DoS
Launch Date
Jun 2026
Mission Links
EOL Date
Jun 2029
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
100 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.4 deg
Orbit Altitude
740 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:30
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

MAIA - Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols MAIA
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature MAIA
Radiation budget MAIA

OpenSearch Datasets

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