List of Earth observation satellites

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
*EROS
*FORMOSAT-2
*IKONOS
*QuickBird
*RapidEye
*SPOT
*TerraSAR-X
*WorldView-1

Earth Observing System

*Aqua (EOS PM-1)
*Aura
*GRACE
*Jason 1
*Ocean Surface Topography Mission
*Orbview-2
*Orbiting Carbon Observatory
*Terra (EOS AM-1)


=GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)=

*GOES 9
*GOES 10
*GOES 12


=National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)=

*NOAA-15
*NOAA-16
*NOAA-17
*NOAA-18

GMS (Geosynchronous Meteorological Satellite) / Himawari

*GMS-1 / Himawari-1
*GMS-2 / Himawari-2
*GMS-3 / Himawari-3
*GMS-4 / Himawari-4
*GMS-5 / Himawari-5

Landsat program

*Landsat 1
*Landsat 2
*Landsat 3
*Landsat 4
*Landsat 5
*Landsat 6
*Landsat 7

Misc

Brazilian Space Agency (AEB)

* CBERS-1
* CBERS-2
* CBERS-2B


=Argentina Space Agency (CONAE)=

* SAC-A
* SAC-B
* SAC-C
* SAOCOM


=Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)=

* SPOT

European Space Agency (ESA)

*Envisat
*ERS

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

*IRS P6 (Resourcesat 1) 17 October 2003
*IRS P5 (Cartosat 1) 5 May 2005
*IRS P4 (Oceansat 1) 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

*GOSAT
*ALOS PALSAR, AVNIR-2 and PRISM

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

Swedish National Space Board

*Munin

Meteosat

* MetOp
*Meteosat 5
*Meteosat 6
*Meteosat 7
*Meteosat 8
*Meteosat 9

RADARSAT series

*RADARSAT-1
*RADARSAT-2

TIROS

*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

Okean series

FY (Feng Yun) series

* FY-1 series
* FY-2 series

ee also

External links

* [http://www.conae.gov.ar] — Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (Argentina Space Agency)


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