Launch schedule

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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	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
2000
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
2001
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
2002
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
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
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
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
2007
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
2008
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
2009
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
2010
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
2011
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
2012
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
2013
NPOESS-1	NOAA
MSG-4	EUMETSAT
NPOESS-3	NOAA
EarthCare	ESA
GPM Core	NOAA
GCOM - C	JAXA - Japan	2013
2014
GOES-S	NOAA	2014
2015
NPOESS-4	NOAA	2015
2019
NPOESS-6	NOAA	2019

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