List of Earth observation satellites
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Partial list of Earth observation satellites by series/program.
Contents
- 1 Commercial
- 2 Earth Observing System
- 3 GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)
- 4 Polar Operational Environmental Satellites
- 5 Japan Meteorological Agency
- 6 Landsat program
- 7 Misc
- 7.1 China National Space Administration (CNSA)
- 7.2 Brazilian Space Agency (AEB)
- 7.3 Argentina Space Agency (CONAE)
- 7.4 Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)
- 7.5 European Space Agency (ESA)
- 7.6 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
- 7.7 JAXA (former NASDA)
- 7.8 Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional (LAPAN INDONESIA)
- 7.9 NASA
- 7.10 National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Belarus
- 7.11 Nigeria
- 7.12 Pakistan's SUPARCO (Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission)
- 7.13 Philippine Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
- 7.14 Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)
- 7.15 Swedish National Space Board
- 7.16 Venezuelan Agency for Space Activities
- 8 EUMETSAT
- 9 RADARSAT series
- 10 South Korea
- 11 THAILAND
- 12 Turkey
- 13 Weather
- 14 Meteor series
- 15 Okean series
- 16 FY (Feng Yun) series
- 17 References
- 18 External links
Commercial
- Disaster Monitoring Constellation (9 different satellites as of 2013, 5 operating)[1]
- Pléiades (2 operating satellites)
- EROS A & B
- FORMOSAT-2
- IKONOS
- QuickBird
- RapidEye (5 identical satellites as of 2012)
- SPOT (7 satellites, 3 operating)
- TerraSAR-X & TanDEM-X
- COSMO-SkyMed (4 identical satellites as of 2012)
- WorldView-1
- WorldView-2
- WorldView-3
- GeoEye-1
Earth Observing System
- SROSS-2
- Aqua (EOS PM-1)
- Aura
- GRACE
- Jason 1
- Ocean Surface Topography Mission
- Orbview-2
- Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2
- Terra (EOS AM-1)
- TRMM
GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)
15 Satellites, 3 in operation
Polar Operational Environmental Satellites
10 Satellites 6 in operation.[2]
Joint Polar Satellite System
successor to planned National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program
Japan Meteorological Agency
- MTSAT-2 / Himawari-7[3](Geostationary, 140 East) (backup)
- Himawari-8[4] (2014)
Future
- Himawari-9[4](2016)
Historical
- GMS-1 / Himawari-1
- GMS-2 / Himawari-2
- GMS-3 / Himawari-3
- GMS-4 / Himawari-4
- GMS-5 / Himawari-5
- MTSAT-1 (launch failure, 1999)[5]
- MTSAT-1R / Himawari-6[6]
Landsat program
- Landsat 1 decommissioned
- Landsat 2 decommissioned
- Landsat 3 decommissioned
- Landsat 4 decommissioned
- Landsat 5 decommissioned
- Landsat 6 Failed to orbit
- Landsat 7 Operating
- Landsat 8 Operating
Misc
China National Space Administration (CNSA)
Brazilian Space Agency (AEB)
Argentina Space Agency (CONAE)
Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)
European Space Agency (ESA)
- Envisat
- ERS (1 & 2)
- CryoSat-2
- Sentinel 1
- Sentinel 2
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
- Megha-Tropiques October 2011
- Oceansat-2 23 September 2009
- IMS-1 28 April 2008
- Cartosat-2A 28 April 2008
- CARTOSAT-2 10 January 2007
- IRS P5 (CARTOSAT-1) 5 May 2005
- IRS P6 (Resourcesat 1) 17 October 2003
- IRS-P4 27 May 1999[citation needed]
- IRS-P3 21 March 1996[7]
- IRS-P2 15 October 1994[8]
- IRS P1 (also IE)(Crashed, due to launch failure of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, 20 September 1993)[citation needed]
- IRS-1D 29 September 1997[9]
- IRS-1C 28 December 1995[9]
- IRS-1B 29 August 1991[10]
- IRS-1A 17 March 1988[10]
JAXA (former NASDA)
- MOS-1 (Momo-1)
- MOS-1b (Momo-1b)
- JERS-1 (Fuyo-1)
- ADEOS (Midori)
- ADEOS II (Midori II)
- GOSAT (Ibuki)
- ALOS (Daichi) PALSAR, AVNIR-2 and PRISM
- ALOS-2 (Daichi-2) PALSAR-2
Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional (LAPAN INDONESIA)
NASA
- TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics)
- TOPEX/Poseidon
- Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
NOAA
Project Vanguard
National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Belarus
Nigeria
Pakistan's SUPARCO (Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission)
- Badr-B - December 2001.
- Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite - Scheduled for launch in 2014.
Philippine Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
- PHL-Microsat-1 - Scheduled for launch in 2016
Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)
Swedish National Space Board
Venezuelan Agency for Space Activities
EUMETSAT
11 Geostationary Weather Satellites, 5 in operation:
- Meteosat 7[citation needed]
- Meteosat 8[citation needed]
- Meteosat 9[citation needed]
- Meteosat 10[citation needed]
- Meteosat 11[citation needed]
2 Polar Orbiting Weather Satellites, all in operation:
- MetOp-A
- MetOp-B
RADARSAT series
South Korea
THAILAND
Turkey
- Göktürk-2 (2012) (IMINT), Turkish Armed Forces- Intelligence[11]
- RASAT (2011), Mapping
- BILSAT-1 (2003-2006), was part of Disaster Monitoring Constellation Project
- Göktürk-1 (2013) (IMINT), Turkish Ministry of National Defence- Intelligence
- Göktürk-3- (IMINT), High Resolution Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth observation satellite- Turkish Ministry of National Defence- Intelligence
Weather
- TIROS-1
- TIROS-2
- TIROS-3[citation needed]
- TIROS-4[citation needed]
- TIROS-5[citation needed]
- TIROS-6[citation needed]
- TIROS-7[citation needed]
- TIROS-8[citation needed]
- TIROS-9[citation needed]
- TIROS-10[citation needed]
Meteor series
- Meteor 1 series[citation needed]
- Meteor 2 series[citation needed]
- Meteor 3 series[citation needed]
Okean series
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FY (Feng Yun) series
- FY-1 series[citation needed]
- FY-2 series[citation needed]
- FY-3A[citation needed]
References
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/satellite/index.html
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://mscweb.kishou.go.jp/himawari89/index.html
- ↑ http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/mtsat-1.htm
- ↑ http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/20152
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External links
- Astrium Satellite Imagery
- Commission Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (Argentina Space Agency)
- Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)
- EOportal directory
- Earth observation satellite list (World Meteorological Organization)
- (Space Images) - Earth mosaics - results of observation satellites activity - without payment
