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Encyclopedia > List of Earth observation satellites

Partial list of Earth observation satellites by series/program. Earth observation satellites are satellites specifically designed to observe Earth from orbit, similar to reconnaissance satellites but intended for non-military uses such as environmental monitoring, meteorology, map making etc. ...

Contents

Unmanned space missions are those using remote-controlled spacecraft. ... A satellite is any object that orbits another object (which is known as its primary). ...


Commercial

IKONOS 2 IKONOS is a commercial earth observation satellite that collects high-resolution imagery at 1- and 4-meter resolution. ... QuickBird is a high-resolution commercial earth observation satellite, owned by DigitalGlobe, that was launched in 2001. ... SPOT (Satellite Pour lObservation de la Terre) is a commercial earth observation satellite. ... EROS satellites are high performance, low cost, light, highly maneuverable high-resolution observation satellites. ...

Earth Observing System

The Earth Observing System (EOS) is a program of NASA comprising a series of artificial satellite missions and scientific instruments in Earth orbit designed for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, atmosphere, and oceans of the Earth. ... Aqua (EOS PM-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the precipitation, evaporation, and cycling of water. ... Aura spacecraft Aura is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Earths ozone, air quality and climate. ... The goal of the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) space mission is to obtain accurate global and high-resolution determination of both the static and the time-variable components of the Earths gravity field. ... This article contains material and/or images that originally came from a NASA website. ... SeaWiFS stands for Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor. ... Terra (EOS AM-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth. ...

GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)

  • GOES 9
  • GOES 10
  • GOES 12

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) program is a key element in United States National Weather Service (NWS) operations. ...

GMS (Geosynchrononos Meteological Satellite) / Himawari

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

Landsat program

The Landsat program is the longest running enterprise for acqusition of imagery of Earth from space. ... Landsat 1, originally named Earth Resources Technology Satellite 1, was a modified version of the Nimbus 4 meteorological satellite. ... Landsat 3 undergoing final launch preparations Landsat 3 is the third satellite of the Landsat program. ... An artists impression of Landsat 5, indentical in design to Landsat 4. ... Landsat 5 is the fifth satellite of the Landsat program. ... Landsat 6 was designed to continue the Landsat program, and was equipped with an upgraded set of instruments. ... Landsat 7 is the latest satellite of the Landsat program. ...

Misc

Argentina Space Agency (CONAE)

  • SAC-A
  • SAC-B
  • SAC-C

ESA

The European Space Agency (ESA), established in 1975, is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to exploration of space with currently 17 member states. ... The Envisat (Environmental Satellite) satellite is an Earth-observing satellite built by the European Space Agency. ... European Remote-Sensing satellite (ERS) was the European Space Agencys first Earth-observing satellite. ...

U.S.A.

For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ...

NASA

NASA Logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... The TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) mission is a two year project to study the dynamics of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere (MLT) portion of the Earths atmosphere. ... The TOPEX/Poseidon satellite altimeter is a science project to measure the ocean surface topography. ... The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is an orbital observatory whose mission is to study the Earths atmosphere, particularly the protective ozone layer. ...

NOAA

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a scientific agency of the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere. ... NOAA-4 was a weather satellite launched by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on November 15, 1974 and that remained operational for 1463 days until deactivated by NOAA on November 18, 1978. ...

Project Vanguard

Project Vanguard was the name of the United States program that was to have launched the first artificial satellite of the Earth. ... // Mission Objectives Vanguard 2 was an earth-orbiting satellite designed to measure cloud-cover distribution over the daylight portion of its orbit. ...

National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Belarus

BelKA (an acronym from Belarusian language: Belarusian Cosmic Apparatus) is the first satellite of indepdent Belarus. ...

Swedish National Space Board

The Swedish National Space Board, or Rymdstyrelsen is a Swedish government agency. ... Munin was a Swedish nanosatellite. ...

METEOSAT

  • METEOSAT 5
  • METEOSAT 6
  • METEOSAT 7
  • METEOSAT 8

This article needs cleanup. ...

RADARSAT series

RADARSAT-1 is Canadas first commercial Earth observation satellite. ... RADARSAT-2 is an Earth observation satellite scheduled for launch in 2005 by the Canadian Space Agency. ...

TIROS

  • TIROS-1
  • TIROS-2
  • TIROS-3
  • TIROS-4
  • TIROS-5
  • TIROS-6
  • TIROS-7
  • TIROS-8
  • TIROS-9
  • TIROS-10

The Tiros program (Television and InfraRed Observation Satellite) of weather satellites launched by the United States included the first weather satellite, Tiros 1. ... First TV image of Earth from space TIROS-1 (or TIROS-I) was the first successful weather satellite, and the first of a series of TIROS satellites. ...

Meteor series

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

The Meteor craft are weather observation satellites launched by the USSR. The Meteor satellites were designed to monitor atmospheric and sea-surface temperatures, humidity, radiation, sea ice conditions, snow-cover, and clouds. ...

Okean series

FY (Feng Yun) series

  • FY-1 series
  • FY-2 series

External links

  • ARSIST — Alex's Remote Sensing Imagery Summary Table.
  • [1] — Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (Argentina Space Agency)


Spacecraft by type

Astronomical | Communications | Earth observing | Launch vehicles Theses are links to several different lists of spacecraft. ... This is a list of space launch vehicles sorted by country/operator in alphabetical order, commercial vehicles are listed under their corresponding country. ...


Manned | Navigation | Planetary probes | Reconnaissance This is a partial list of manned spacecraft (excluding space stations) sorted by manufacturer/operator and series in chronological order. ... This list includes all individual planetary probes that have studied/were to/will study solar system objects: See also: unmanned space missions, satellites (this list is still incomplete) // Solar probes This list excludes Earth-orbiting observatories Pioneer 5 (USA, 1960) - success Pioneer 6 (USA, 1965) - success Pioneer 7 (USA, 1966...


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