Sensor/Platform |
Information from |
(Scheduled) launch date |
| |
|
| 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 |
National
Satellite Meteorological Center, 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 |
|
| ASUSAT1 |
ASUSAT1
Homepage |
Launched 27 January |
| SRTM |
Shuttle
Radar Topography Misson |
Launched 11 February |
| MTI |
MTI
Homepage |
Launched 12 March |
| GOES-L |
NOAA-GOES |
Launched 3 May |
| Fengyun-2B |
National
Satellite Meteorological Center |
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 |
| Quickbird-1 |
DigitalGlobe |
Failed 20 November |
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
CHRIS-PROBA
Mission |
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 |
|
| ENVISAT |
ESA
ESA
http://www.leos.le.ac.uk/home/aatsr/ |
Launched
1 March |
| GRACE |
http://www.csr.utexas.edu/grace/ |
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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| MTSAT-1R |
JMA-MTSAT-1R |
Launched 26 February |
| IRS-P5 (CartoSat-1) |
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 |
CALIPSO
CloudSat |
Observatory-CALIPSO
Cloudsat Homepage |
November, postponed |
| KOMPSAT-2 |
Korea Aerospace Research Institute |
November, postponed |
| FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC (ROCSAT-3) |
National Space Program Office |
End 2005, postponed |
| MSG-2 |
EUMETSAT-MSG-2 |
Launched 21 December |
| CartoSat-2 |
Indian
Space Research Organisation |
2005, postponed |
| COSMO-SkyMed 1 |
Agenzia
Spaziale Italiana
|
2005, postponed |
| Resurs DK-1 |
EU and
Russia in Space
|
2005, postponed |
| BelKA |
Belarus
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
2005, postponed to March 2006 |
|
| ALOS |
JAXA ALOS |
Launched 24 January |
| GOES-N |
GOES Project Science
GOES at Boeing |
Launched 24 May |
| MTSAT-2 |
JAXA |
Launched 18 February |
CALIPSO
CloudSat |
Observatory-CALIPSO
Cloudsat Homepage |
Launched 28 April |
| GOCE |
ESA-GOCE |
postponed to 2007 |
| Proba-2 |
Proba 2.25 |
postponed to 2007 |
| Lapan-Tubsat |
TUBSAT-Univ. of Berlin |
postponed to 2007 |
| EROS B |
ImageSat International |
Launched 28 April |
| MetOp |
ESA-MetOp |
17 July |
| MetOp-A |
ESA-MetOp |
Launched 19 October |
| NPP |
NOAA-NPP |
31 October |
| TerraSAR-X |
TerraSar |
postponed to 2007 |
| FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC (ROCSAT-3) |
National Space Program Office |
Launched 14 April |
| Meteor 3M |
SAGE III |
Launched |
| RazakSat |
Astronautics Technology |
Postponed |
| SMOS |
ESA-SMOS |
postponed to 2007 |
| COSMO-SkyMed 2 |
Agenzia
Spaziale Italiana
|
Postponed |
| CBERS-2B |
OBT-CBERS |
2006 |
| WorldView I |
Digital Globe |
postponed to 2007 |
| RISAT |
Indian
Space Research Organisation |
Postponed |
|
CartoSat-2
Lapan-Tubsat |
Indian
Space Research Organisation
TUBSAT-Univ. of Berlin |
10 January, launched |
| TerraSAR-X |
TerraSar |
27 February, launched |
| RadarSat 2 |
RadarSat International
MDA corporation
RadarSat2 Info |
14 December, launched |
| COSMO-SkyMed 1 |
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana |
8 June, launched |
| Proba-2 |
Proba 2.25 |
September 2007 |
| WorldView I |
Digital Globe |
18 September, postponed |
| GeoEye-1 (Orbview-5) |
GeoEye |
2007, postponed |
| RazakSat (MACSat) |
Astronautics Technology |
Summer, postponed |
| ADM-Aeolus |
ESA ADM Aeolus |
October, postponed |
| MSG-4 |
EUMETSAT |
2007 |
| COSMO-SkyMed 3 |
Agenzia
Spaziale Italiana
Galileo
Avionica |
2007 |
| RapidEye |
RapidEye
AG |
Postponed to 2008 |
| OrbView-5 |
Orbimage |
Postponed to 2008 |
| GOES-O |
GOES
at Boeing |
April |
| COSMO-SkyMed 4 |
Agenzia
Spaziale Italiana
Galileo
Avionica |
2007 |
| SMOS |
ESA-SMOS |
2007, postponed |
| GOCE |
ESA-GOCE |
2007, postponed |
| CASSIOPE |
Canadian Space Agency |
2007 |
| THEOS |
Thai Earth Observation Satellite |
Postponed to 2008 |
| Tuyuan - Surveyor |
Tuyuan Technologies |
2007 |
| NOAA-N' |
POES launch table |
December |
| Kanopus-Vulkan |
RKA - Russian Space Agency |
Launched |
| SAC-F (Alsat 2) |
CONAE |
Launched |
|
| GOES-P |
GOES
at Boeing |
Postponed to March, 2010 |
| OSTM (Jason-2) |
Ocean Surface Topography Mission |
Launched |
| Pleiades-1 |
CNES |
Postponed to 2010 |
| EROS C |
ImageSat
International |
Postponed to 2009 |
| CBERS 3 |
OBT-CBERS |
Postponed to 2010 |
| HY-1B |
NIES - Japan |
Launched |
| ESA Future Mission |
ESA |
Launched |
| DSCOVR |
NASA |
Launched |
| THEOS |
GISTDA - Thailand |
Launched |
| RapidEye |
RapidEye |
Launched |
| HJ-1A |
NIES - Japan |
Launched |
| CartoSat 2A |
ISRO - India |
Launched |
| GeoEye1(Orbview 5) |
GeoEye |
Launched |
| Feng Yun 2A |
SAST - China |
Launched |
| IMS 1 |
ISRO - India |
Launched |
| TecSAR |
IAI - Israial |
Launched |
| YaoGan - 5 |
CAST - China |
Launched on 15, December |
| Feng Yun 2E |
NSMC - China |
Launched on 23, December |
|
| CryoSat - 2 |
ESA |
Posponed to 25 th Feb. 2010 |
| NPP |
NOAA-NPP |
Launche schedule is under review |
| Deimos 1 |
DEIMOS - Spain |
Launched on 29, July 2009 |
| UK -DMC 2 |
SSTL - UK |
Launched on 29, July 2009 |
| EROS C |
ImageSat International |
Planned for 2010 |
| Nigeriasat-2 |
SSTL |
Postponed to 01.09.2010 |
| Argo (RapidEye 6) |
NSPO - Taiwan |
|
| ADM-Aeolus |
ESA |
2010 |
| SMOS |
ESA |
Launched on 2, November 2009 |
| RazakSAT (MACSAT) |
ASTM - Maysia |
Launched on 14, July 2009 |
| RISAT |
NRSA - India |
Postponed |
| Feng Yun 3B |
SAST - China |
|
| Alsat 2 A |
CNTS - Algeria |
2010 |
| SAOCOM-1A |
CONAE |
|
| RESOURCESAT 2 |
ISRO - India |
December 2009 |
| WorldView 2 |
DigitalGlobe |
Launched on 8, October 2009 |
| VENUS |
CNES |
2010 |
| Hyperspectral Mission |
ASI - Italy |
|
| GOCE |
ESA |
Launched on 17, March |
| GOSAT (Ibuki) |
JAXA |
Launched on 23, January |
| OCO |
NASA |
Failed on 24 th Feb. (2010) |
| CBERS 3 |
CAST - China |
Postponed to 2010 |
| MEGHA-TROPIQUE |
CNES |
|
| GLORY |
NASA |
|
| NOAA - 19 (NOAA N Prime) |
NOAA |
Launched on 09, February |
| GOES - 14 (GOES - O) |
NOAA |
Launched on 27, June |
| Proba - 2 |
ESA |
Launched on 2, November |
|
| Pleiades-HR 1 |
CNES |
March |
| METOP - 2 |
POES
launch table |
June |
| GPM Constellation |
NASA |
|
| Aquarius (SAC - D) |
NASA |
|
| Svea |
SSC - Sweden |
|
| SARAL |
ISRO - India |
|
| KOMPSat 3 (Arirang 3) |
ISRO - India |
|
|
| CBERS 4 |
OBT-CBERS |
2011 |
| KOMPSat 5 (Arirang 5) |
KARI - Korea |
|
| ASNARO |
USEF - Japan |
|
| GCOM - W |
JAXA |
|
| Landsat 8 (LDCM) |
NASA |
|
| Sentinel - 1 |
ASI - Itally |
|
| MAPSAR |
INPE -Brazil |
|
| GeoEye 2 |
GeoEye |
|
| RESOURCESAT 3 |
ISRO - India |
|
| Pleiades HR 2 |
CNES |
|
|
| GOES-R |
NOAA |
2012 |
| NPOESS-3 |
NPOESS |
Postponed to 2013 |
| Sentinel - 2 |
ASI - Itally |
|
| Sentinel - 3 |
ASI - Itally |
|
| TARANIS |
CNES |
|
| EnMAP |
DLR - German |
|
| SMAP |
NASA |
|
|
| NPOESS-1 |
NOAA |
|
| MSG-4 |
EUMETSAT |
|
| NPOESS-3 |
NOAA |
|
| EarthCare |
ESA |
|
| GPM Core |
NOAA |
|
| GCOM - C |
JAXA - Japan |
2013 |
|
| GOES-S |
NOAA |
2014 |
|
| NPOESS-4 |
NOAA |
2015 |
|
| NPOESS-6 |
NOAA |
2019 |
Note: This information is based on official sources and unofficial sources,
and is subject to frequent changes.
For comments please mail to:
sensordatabase@itc.nl or
heenkenda@itc.nl.
Last changed:
22-Dec-2009