Launch schedule

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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Sensor/Platform	Information from	(Scheduled) launch date

1999
FORMOSAT-1 (ROCSAT-1)	National Space Program Office	Launched 27 January
SunSat	SUNSAT Homepage	Launched 26 February
INSAT 2E	ISRO	Launched 2 April
Landsat 7	Landsat 7 Home Page	Launched 15 April
UoSat-12	SSTL	Launched 21 April
Ikonos-1	Space Imaging	Failed 27 April
Fengyun-1C	NSMC CMA - China	Launched 10 May
IRS-P4 (Oceansat)	ISRO	Launched 26 May
KitSat-3 (Wooribyul-3)	SaTReC	Launched 26 May
DLR-Tubsat	DLR-TUBSAT	Launched 26 May
QuikSCAT	SeaWinds on QuikSCAT	Launched 20 June
Okean-O#1	Sputnik Home page	Launched 17 July
Ikonos	Space Imaging	Launched 24 September
RESURS-F1M#2 (22)	EU and Russia in Space	Launched 28 September
CBERS 1	INPE-CBERS	Launched 14 October
MTSat	MTSAT	Failed 15 November
Helios 1B		Launched 3 December
DMSP	Defense Meteorological Satellite Program	Launched 12 December
Terra (EOS AM-1)	Terra-Nasa	Launched 18 December
KOMPSAT	Korea Aerospace Research Institute	Launched 21 December
2000
ASUSAT1	ASUSAT1 Homepage	Launched 27 January
SRTM	Shuttle Radar Topography Misson	Launched 11 February
MTI	MTI Homepage	Launched 12 March
GOES-11 (GOES-L)	NOAA-GOES	Launched 3 May
Fengyun-2B	NSMC CMA - China	launched 26 June
SNAP-1	SSTL Nanosatellites	Launched 28 June
Tsinghua-1	SSTL	Launched 28 June
BIRD-Rubin	http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/iffn/tech/tech_9.htm	Launched 15 July
Mightysat-2.1 (Sindri)	http://quark.plk.af.mil/vsd/mightysatII/	Launched 19 July
Ziyuan-2 (ZY-2, Jianbing-3 (?))		Launched 1 September
NOAA-L	NOAA-POES Home Page	Launched 21 September
TiungSat	Space Science Studies Division	Launched 27 September
Kometa-20		Launched 29 September
NMP/EO-1	EO-1 Home Page EO-1 GSFC	Launched 21 November
SAC-C	CONAE Home Page - SAC-C	Launched 21 November
EROS-A	ImageSat International	Launched 5 December
2001
GOES-12 (GOES-M)	NOAA-GOES	Launched 23 July
Orbview 4	ORBIMAGE	Failed 21 September
QuikTOMS	QuikTOMS-NASA	Failed 21 September
Quickbird	DigitalGlobe	Launched 18 October
TES	Indian Space Research Organisation	Launched 22 October
BIRD-1	http://spacesensors.dlr.de/SE/bird/	Launched 22 October
Proba-1	ESA	Launched 22 October
Jason-1	Ocean Surface Topography - Jason 1	Launched 7 December
TIMED	STP - TIMED Mission	Launched 7 December
Meteor-3M/SAGE III	SAGE III Meteor-3M Mission	Launched 10 December
BADR-B	http://www.suparco.gov.pk/sat_badr2.htm	Launched 10 December
Maroc-Tubsat	TU Berlin	Launched 10 December
2002
ENVISAT	ESA ESA http://www.leos.le.ac.uk/home/aatsr/	Launched 1 March
GRACE	CSR, University of Texas	Launched 17 March
AQUA- EOS-PM1	NASA Aqua Website Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan	Launched 4 May
SPOT-5	SPOT Image	Launched 4 May
Fengyun		Launched 15 May
Haiyang 1		Launched 15 May
OFEQ-5		Launched 28 May
NOAA-M (NOAA-17)	NOAASIS Satellite Information Gateway	Launched 24 June
MSG-1 (MeteoSat 8)	ESA Eumetsat	Launched 28 August
METSAT	Indian Space Research Organisation	Launched 12 September
Ziyuan-2B(ZY-2B)		Launched 27 October
AlSat-1		Launched 28 November
ADEOS-II	Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan http://winds.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/seawinds/seaindex.html	Launched 14 December
WEOS	Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan (article)	Launched 14 December
2003
Coriolis/WindSat	NRL WindSat Homepage	Launched 6 January
ICESAT	NASA	Launched 13 January
SORCE	LASP SORCE page	Launched 25 January
Orbview 3	OrbImage	Launched 26 June
SciSat 1	CSA - SCISAT	Launched 13 August
DMC(UK-DMC, NigeriaSat-1, BILSAT)	http://www.sstl.co.uk/	Launched 27 September
IRS-P6 (ResourceSat-1)	Indian Space Research Organisation	Launched 17 October
CBERS-2 (ZY-1B)	http://www.inpe.br/programas/cbers/english/index.html	Launched 21 October
DMSP-16	Defense Meteorological Satellite Program	Launched 19 October
2004
Shiyan 1, NS-1		Launched 18 April
FORMOSAT-2 (ROCSAT-2)	National Space Program Office	Launched 20 May
DEMETER	CNES-DEMETER	Launched 29 June
Aura (EOS Chemistry 1)	Aura NASA	Launched 15 July
Fengyun-2 O2		Launched 19 October
ZY-2		Launched 6 November
Shiyan 2		Launched 18 November
PARASOL	CNES - PARASOL	Launched 18 December
Sich-1m		Failed 24 December
2005
MTSAT-1R	JMA-MTSAT-1R	Launched 26 February
CartoSat-1 (IRS-P5)	Indian Space Research Organisation	Launched 5 May
NOAA-N	GOES POES Program NOAA-N	Launched 20 May
Monitor-E		Launched 26 August
CryoSat	ESA	Failed 8 October
TopSat China DMC+4 (Tsinghua-1)	http://www.sstl.co.uk/	Launched 27 October
MSG-2	EUMETSAT-MSG-2	Launched 22 December
2006
ALOS	JAXA ALOS	Launched 24 January
MTSAT-2	JAXA	Launched 18 February
FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC (ROCSAT-3)	National Space Program Office	Launched 15 April
EROS B	ImageSat International	Launched 25 April
CALIPSO	Observatory-CALIPSO	Launched 28 April
CloudSat	Cloudsat Homepage	Launched 28 April
GOES-13 (GOES-N)	GOES Project Science, NOAA-GOES	Launched 24 May
Resurs DK-1	Russian Federal Space Agency	Launched 15 June
BelKA	SpaceRef, RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Failed 26 July
KOMPSAT-2	Korea Aerospace Research Institute	Launched 28 July
MetOp-A	ESA-MetOp	Launched 19 October
Meteor 3M	SAGE III	Launched
2007
CartoSat-2 (IRS-P7)	Indian Space Research Organisation	Launched 10 January
LAPAN-TUBSAT	LAPAN, TU Berlin	Launched 10 January
COSMO-SkyMed 1	Agenzia Spaziale Italiana	Launched 7 June
TerraSAR-X	DLR Germany	Launched 15 June
CBERS-2B	INPE Brazil, CRESDA China	Launched 19 September
RadarSat 2	RadarSat International MDA corporation RadarSat2 Info	Launched 14 December
WorldView I	Digital Globe	Launched 18 September
RazakSat (MACSat)	Astronautics Technology	Summer, postponed
ADM-Aeolus	ESA ADM Aeolus	October, postponed
COSMO-SkyMed 2	Agenzia Spaziale Italiana	Launched 9 December
RapidEye	RapidEye AG	Postponed to 2008
OrbView-5	Orbimage	Postponed to 2008
CASSIOPE	Canadian Space Agency	2007
Tuyuan - Surveyor	Tuyuan Technologies	2007
NOAA-N'	POES launch table	December
Kanopus-Vulkan	RKA - Russian Space Agency	Launched
SAC-F (Alsat 2)	CONAE	Launched
2008
Jason-2 (OSTM)	Ocean Surface Topography Mission	Launched 20 June
EROS C	ImageSat International	Postponed to 2009
HY-1B	NIES - Japan	Launched
ESA Future Mission	ESA	Launched
DSCOVR	NASA	Launched
THEOS	GISTDA - Thailand	Launched 1 October
RapidEye	RapidEye	Launched
HJ-1A	NIES - Japan	Launched
CartoSat 2A	ISRO - India	Launched
FengYun-2A	NSMC CMA - China	Launched 10 June
GeoEye1	GeoEye	Launched 6 September
COSMO-SkyMed 3	Agenzia Spaziale Italiana	Launched 25 October
IMS 1	ISRO - India	Launched
TecSAR	IAI - Israial	Launched
YaoGan - 5	CAST - China	Launched 15 December
FengYun-2E	NSMC CMA - China	Launched 23 December
FengYun-3A	NSMC CMA - China	Launched 7 May 2008
2009
GOSAT (Ibuki)	JAXA	Launched 23 January
NOAA - 19 (NOAA N Prime)	NOAA	Launched 9 February
OCO	NASA	Failed 24 February
GOCE	ESA	Launched 17 March
RISAT-2	Indian Space Research Organisation	Launched 20 April
GOES-14 (GOES-O)	NOAA-GOES	Launched 27 June
RazakSAT (MACSAT)	ASTM - Maysia	Launched 14 July 2009
Deimos 1	DEIMOS - Spain	Launched 29 July 2009
UK -DMC 2	SSTL - UK	Launched 29 July 2009
EROS C	ImageSat International	Planned for 2010 but no information found.
Argo (RapidEye 6)	NSPO - Taiwan	The mission was cancelled.
WorldView 2	DigitalGlobe	Launched 8 October 2009
SMOS	ESA	Launched 2 November 2009
2010
GOES-15 (GOES-P)	NOAA-GOES	Launched 4 March
CryoSat - 2	ESA	Launched 8 April
TanDEM - X	DLR German	Launched 21 June
Alsat 2 A	CNTS - Algeria	Launched 12 July
CartoSAT-2B	ISRO - India	Launched 12 July
COSMO-SkyMed 4	Agenzia Spaziale Italiana	Launched 5 November
FengYun-3B	NSMC CMA - China	Launched 5 November
Svea	SSC - Sweden
2011
Electro L/ GOMS 2	ROSHYDROMET - Russia	Launched 10 January
GLORY	NASA	Failed 4 March
RESOURCESAT 2	ISRO - India	Launched 20 April
Aquarius (SAC - D)	NASA	Launched 10 June
Nigeriasat-X	NASRDA - Nigeria	Launched 17 August
Nigeriasat-2	NASRDA - Nigeria	Launched 17 August
RASAT	Tubitak - Turkey	Launched 17 August
MEGHA-TROPIQUE	CNES	Launched 12 October
NPP (Suomi NPP)	NOAA-NPP	Launched 28 October
SSOT	Astrium	Launched 16 December
Pleiades-HR 1A	CNES	Launched 17 December
2012
RISAT-1	ISRO - India	Launched 26 April
KOMPSat 3 (Arirang 3)	KARI - Korea	Launched 17 May
GCOM - W1 (SHIZUKU)	JAXA	Launched 18 May
MSG-3	EUMETSAT, ESA	Launched 5 July
SPOT-6	Astrium	Launched 9 September
Metop-B	EUMETSAT	Launched 17 September
Pleiades HR-1B	CNES	Launched 2 December
Göktürk-2	Tubitak - Turkey	Launched 18 December
2013
Landsat 8 (LDCM)	NASA	Launched 11 February
SARAL/AltiKa	ISRO - India	Launched 25 February
PROBA V	ESA	Launched 7 May 2013
VNREDSat-1A	Astrium	Launched 7 May 2013
INSAT-3D	ISRO - India	Planned for mid July 2013
KOMPSat 5 (Arirang 5)	KARI - Korea	Planned for August 2013
SWARM	ESA	Planned for October 2013
ALOS-2	Jaxa - Japan	Planned for 2013
ASNARO-1	USEF - Japan	Planned for 2013
CBERS-3	INPE-Brazil , Space China	Planned for 2013
Sentinel-1A	ESA	Planned for 2013
Hyperspectral Mission (PRISMA)	ASI - Italy	Planned for end of 2013
2014
ADM-Aeolus	ESA	Planned for 2014
CBERS 4	INPE-Brazil, Space China	Planned for 2014
FORMOSAT-5	National Space Program Office	Planned for 2014
GeoEye 2	GeoEye	Postponed to 2014/2015
GPM Core	NOAA, Jaxa - Japan	Planned for June 2014
OCO-2	NASA	Planned for July 2014
SAOCOM-1A	CONAE	Planned for 2014
Sentinel-2	ESA	Planned for 2014
Sentinel-3	ESA	Planned for 2014
SPOT-7	Astrium	Planned for January 2014
VENUS	CNES	Planned for 2014
WorldView 3	DigitalGlobe	Planned for mid 2014
2015
EarthCare	ESA, Jaxa - Japan	Planned for 2015
EnMAP	DLR - German	Planned for 2015
GCOM - C1	JAXA - Japan	Planned for 2015
GOES-R	GOES-R, NOAA, NASA	Planned for 2015
Jason-3	NASA	Planned for 2015
MAPSAR	INPE -Brazil
MSG-4	EUMETSAT	Planned for 2015
RESOURCESAT 3	ISRO - India	Planned for 2015
Sentinel-1B	ESA	Planned for 2015
SMAP	NASA	Planned for 2015
TARANIS	CNES	Planned for 2015
2016
Metop-C	EUMETSAT	Planned for 2016
2017
Free Flyer-1	NOAA-JPSS	Planned for 2017
Grace-2	Grace-2	Planned for 2017
JPSS-1	NOAA-JPSS	Planned for 2017
2019
Sentinel-4	ESA	Planned for 2019

Note: This information is based on official sources and unofficial sources, and is subject to frequent changes.
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Last changed: 22-May-2013

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