And even faster than this, MODIS is continuously broadcasting its raw data for pickup by anyone below who is listening: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/directb

And even faster than this, MODIS is continuously broadcasting its raw data for pickup by anyone below who is listening: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/directbrod/index.php http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/directbrod/index.php This "direct broadcast" is in addition to the arranged, higher-bandwidth, downlinks of science data that feed the near-real-time pipeline (mentioned above, a couple hours behind realtime) and the regular science data pipeline (archival science data, days behind realtime).