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title: "Earth Observing-3"
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Earth Observing 3 (EO3) was a proposed joint mission between NASA New Millennium Program and the US Navy's Office of Naval Research. Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer — Indian Ocean METOC Imager (GIFTS-IOMI) was the instrument selected by NASA to perform as EO3's latest weather satellite observing instrument. The EO3 project ended with the cancellation of NMP in 2008.


== References ==
"Earth Observer 3 - GIFTS". NASA / JPL. 19 November 2003. Archived from the original on 10 January 2004. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
"NASA's Earth Observing Technology Satellite Proves a Success" (Press release). Goddard Space Flight Center. 24 June 2002. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-16.


== External links ==
Earth Observing-3 at the NASA