List of Earth observation satellites

Partial list of Earth observation satellites by series/program.

See also: Timeline of Earth science satellites, unmanned space missions, satellites

Commercial

Disaster Monitoring Constellation (9 different satellites as of 2013, 5 operating)^[1]
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
GeoEye-1
Flock-1 (87 cubesats as of July 2015)

Earth Observing System

GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)

15 Satellites, 3 in operation

Polar Operational Environmental Satellites

10 Satellites 6 in operation.^[2]

NOAA-15
NOAA-16
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^[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)

Gaofen 1

Brazilian Space Agency (AEB)

Argentina Space Agency (CONAE)

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

Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)

European Space Agency (ESA)

A full-size model of an Earth observation satellite from ESA, ERS 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^[7]
IRS-P2 15 October 1994^[8]
IRS P1 (also IE)(Crashed, due to launch failure of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, 20 September 1993)
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)

Lapan-TUBsat

Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC)

NASA

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)

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

South Korea

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

Thailand

Thaichote

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
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

↑ "Satellite Constellations from". SSTL.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
↑ "POES Status". Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
↑ "Meteorological Satellites - Japan Meteorological Agency". Jma.go.jp. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
1 2 "Himawari-8/9". Archived from the original on October 27, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
↑ "MTSat 1, 1R (Himawari 6)". Space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
↑ "Internal Waves in the Banda Sea « CIMSS Satellite Blog". Cimss.ssec.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
↑ "IRS-P3". Earthnet Online. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
↑ "IRS-P2". Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. VSSC. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
1 2 "IRS-1C/1D (Indian Remote Sensing Satellites-1C/1D)". eoportal.com. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
1 2 "IRS (Indian Remote Sensing Satellites) - Overview and early LEO Program of ISRO". eoportal.org. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
↑ "Göktürk-2". Tai.com.tr. 2012. Retrieved 2016-03-12.

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