17 FEBRUARY 2011 | CloudSat TC Overpass Tropical Cyclone Bingiza CloudSat overpasses Tropical Cyclone Bingiza over Madagascar.

4 FEBRUARY 2011 | CloudSat TC Overpass Tropical Cyclone Yasi CloudSat overpasses Tropical Cyclone Yasi near the Australia coast.

7 JANUARY 2011 | CloudSat Overpass Queensland Flooding CloudSat captures the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Tasha and more heavy in Australia

5 JANUARY 2011 | CloudSat Overpass December 2010 Mid Atlantic Snow Storm CloudSat profiles the snow storm on December 27, 2010

3 DECEMBER 2010 | CloudSat Validation Light Precipitation Validation Experiment CSU Scientists Lead Team Studying Precipitation in Higher-Latitude Clouds

11 NOVEMBER 2010 | CloudSat Education Network CEN Fall 2010 Newsletter The Fall 2010 CloudSat Education Network newsletter!

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CloudSat is an experimental satellite that uses radar to observe clouds and precipitation from space. CloudSat orbits in formation as part of the A-Train constellation of satellites (Aqua, CloudSat, CALIPSO, PARASOL, and Aura).

Orbital elements (two-line elements or TLEs) for CloudSat are available here (CloudSat DPC). CloudSat ground tracks may be predicted using tools located on this NASA LaRC page. Orbital elements at the LaRC page are updated regularly, but use the DPC link for the very latest TLEs.

For an overview document (PDF) of science and research themes, click here. The BAMS 2002 article (PDF) describing the CloudSat mission is available here.