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List of Earth observation satellites

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List of Earth observation satellites

Partial list of Earth observation satellites by series/program.

Contents

Commercial

  • Disaster Monitoring Constellation (9 different satellites as of 2013, 5 operating)
  • Pléiades (2 operating satellites)
  • EROS A & B
  • FORMOSAT-2 (decommissioned Aug 2016)
  • IKONOS (decommissioned March 2015)
  • QuickBird (reentered in Jan 2015)
  • 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
  • WorldView-4
  • GeoEye-1
  • Flock-1 (87 cubesats as of July 2015)

    • GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)

    15 Satellites, 3 in operation

  • GOES 13
  • GOES 14
  • GOES 15

    • Polar Operational Environmental Satellites

    10 Satellites 5 in operation.

  • NOAA-15
  • NOAA-18
  • NOAA-19
  • METOP-B
  • METOP-A

    • Joint Polar Satellite System

    successor to planned National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program

  • Suomi NPP

    • Japan Meteorological Agency

  • MTSAT-2 / Himawari-7 (Geostationary, 140 East) (backup)
  • Himawari-8 (2014)

    • Future

  • Himawari-9 (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)
  • MTSAT-1R / Himawari-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

    • China National Space Administration (CNSA)

  • Gaofen 1

    • Brazilian Space Agency (AEB)

  • CBERS-1
  • CBERS-2
  • CBERS-2B
  • CBERS-3
  • CBERS-4
  • Amazônia-1
  • SABIA-Mar
  • GEOMET-1

    • Argentina Space Agency (CONAE)

  • SAC-A
  • SAC-B
  • SAC-C
  • SAC-D
  • SAOCOM
  • SABIA-Mar

    • Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)

  • SPOT
  • Pléiades
  • TOPEX/Poseidon

    • European Space Agency (ESA)

  • Envisat
  • ERS (1 & 2)
  • CryoSat-2
  • Sentinel 1
  • Sentinel 2

    • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

  • MODI 1 December 2017
  • 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
  • IRS-P3 21 March 1996
  • IRS-P2 15 October 1994
  • IRS P1 (also IE)(Crashed, due to launch failure of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, 20 September 1993)
  • IRS-1D 29 September 1997
  • IRS-1C 28 December 1995
  • IRS-1B 29 August 1991
  • IRS-1A 17 March 1988

    • 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)

  • Lapan-TUBsat

    • Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC)

  • DubaiSat - 1
  • DubaiSat - 2

    • NASA

  • TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics)
  • TOPEX/Poseidon
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

    • NOAA

  • NOAA-4

    • Project Vanguard

  • Vanguard 2

    • National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Belarus

  • BelKA

    • Nigeria

  • Nigerian weather and communications satellites

    • Pakistan's SUPARCO (Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission)

  • Badr-B - December 2001.
  • Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite - Scheduled for launch in 2021.

    • Philippine Department of Science and Technology (DOST)

  • PHL-Microsat-1 - March 2016

    • Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)

  • Elektro–L
  • Resurs-DK1
  • Resurs-P No.1
  • Resurs-P No.2
  • Kanopus-V
  • Meteor-M No.1
  • Meteor-M No.2

    • Swedish National Space Board

  • Munin

    • Venezuelan Agency for Space Activities

  • VRSS-1

    • EUMETSAT

    11 Geostationary Weather Satellites, 5 in operation:

  • Meteosat 7
  • Meteosat 8
  • Meteosat 9
  • Meteosat 10
  • Meteosat 11

    • 2 Polar Orbiting Weather Satellites, all in operation:

  • MetOp-A
  • MetOp-B

    • RADARSAT series

  • RADARSAT-1
  • RADARSAT-2

    • South Korea

  • Arirang-1
  • Arirang-2
  • Arirang-3
  • Arirang-5
  • Chollian

    • Thailand

  • Thaichote

    • Turkey

  • Göktürk-2 (2012) (IMINT), Turkish Armed Forces- Intelligence
  • 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
  • TIROS-4
  • TIROS-5
  • TIROS-6
  • TIROS-7
  • TIROS-8
  • TIROS-9
  • TIROS-10

    • Meteor series

  • Meteor 1 series
  • Meteor 2 series
  • Meteor 3 series

    • FY (Feng Yun) series

  • FY-1 series
  • FY-2 series
  • FY-3A

    • References

    List of Earth observation satellites Wikipedia
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