Update: 18 May 2018 Mission Status: CloudSat successfully returned to Daylight-Only Operations (DO-Op) in its new orbit underneath the A-train on May 7, 2018. More information.

31 October 2018 | CloudSat News Typhoon Yutu CloudSat overpasses through the center of Typhoon Yutu in the West Pacific.

27 September 2018 | CloudSat News CloudSat and CALIPSO CloudSat and CALIPSO, briefly separated, working together again.

20 September 2018 | CloudSat Overpass Hurricane Florence CloudSat overpasses Hurricane Florence on September 11.

6 May 2018 | CloudSat News CloudSat and CALIPSO within the A-Train: Ten Years of Actively Observing the Earth System 10 years of formation flying that made it possible to develop integrated products and offer new insights into key atmospheric processes.

26 February 2018 | CloudSat News CloudSat exits the A-Train CloudSat exits the A-Train but continues science operations.

1 September 2017 | CloudSat Overpass Tropical Storm Harvey CloudSat completes an overpass of Tropical Storm Harvey over Texas.

1 June 2017 | CloudSat News JPL Summer Intern Kalina Velev is an intern at JPL working with the CloudSat team.

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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.