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Satellites in A Train: PARASOL is the second, from left

PARASOL is a French-built Earth observing research satellite. It carries an instrument called POLDER which studies the radiative and microphysical properties of clouds and aerosols.

PARASOL was launched from the French spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on December 18, 2004 by an Ariane 5 G+.

It flew in formation in the "A Train" constelletion with several other satellites (Aqua, CALIPSO, CloudSat and Aura). These satellites have, for the first time ever, combined a full suite of instruments for observing clouds and aerosols, from passive radiometers to active lidar and radar sounders.

On 2 December 2009, PARASOL was manoeuvred out of the A-Train, dropping some 4 km below the other satellites by early January 2010.^[1]

External links

• PARASOL site

References

1. ^ The PARASOL Satellite Moving Off the A-Train's Track, Angelita Kelly & Rob Gutro, Goddard Space Flight Center, 4 January 2009, accessed 6 January 2009

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - parasol

Nederlands (Dutch)
parasol

Français (French)
n. - parasol, ombrelle

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sonnenschirm

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παρασόλι, ομπρέλα ήλιου

Italiano (Italian)
parasole

Português (Portuguese)
n. - guarda-sol (m)

Русский (Russian)
зонтик от солнца

Español (Spanish)
n. - sombrilla, quitasol, parasol

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - parasoll

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
阳伞

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 陽傘

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (여성용) 양산, 파라솔, 파라솔형 단엽기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 日傘

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طائرة أحاديه السطح, شمسيه, مظله صيفيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שמשייה, סוג פטריה‬

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