Landsat 8 is an American Earth observation satellite launched on February 11, 2013.
EROS A
The Earth Remote Observation System A (EROS-A) was part of the EROS family of Israeli commercial Earth observation satellites, designed and manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries.
BelKA
BelKA (an acronym from Belarusian: Беларускі Касмічны Апарат, Belarusian Cosmic Apparatus) was intended to be the first satellite of independent Belarus.
Landsat 1
Landsat 1, originally named "Earth Resources Technology Satellite 1", was the first satellite of the United States' Landsat program.
RISAT-2
RISAT-2, or Radar Imaging Satellite 2 is an Indian radar reconnaissance satellite that is part of India's RISAT programme.
TecSAR
EL/M-2070 TecSAR, also known as TechSAR, Polaris and Ofek-8, is an Israeli reconnaissance satellite, equipped with synthetic aperture radar developed by Elta Systems.
Ikonos
IKONOS is a commercial Earth observation satellite, and was the first to collect publicly available high-resolution imagery at 1- and 4-meter resolution.
Advanced Land Observation Satellite
Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), also called Daichi, is a 4-ton Japanese satellite launched in 2006.
RazakSAT
RazakSAT is a Malaysian satellite carrying a high-resolution camera.
TerraSAR-X
TerraSAR-X, a radar Earth observation satellite, is a joint venture being carried out under a public-private-partnership between the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and EADS Astrium.
Pleiades (satellite)
The Pléiades constellation is composed of two very-high-resolution optical Earth-imaging satellites.
EgyptSat 2
EgyptSat 2 also called (MisrSat 2) is Egypt's second remote sensing Earth observation satellite built by the Russian RSC Energia and the Egyptian NARSS while the incorporated cameras and payload was developed by OAO Peleng and NIRUP Geoinformatsionnye Sistemy in Belarus.
TabletSat-Aurora
TabletSat-Aurora is a Russian micro-satellite launched in 2014.
WorldView-3
WorldView-3 is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe.
THEOS (satellite)
THEOS, also known as Thaichote, is an earth observation mission of Thailand, developed at EADS Astrium SAS, Toulouse, France.
WorldView-1
WorldView-1 is a commercial earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe.
Sich-1
Sich-1 is the first Ukrainian Earth observation satellite and was launched on 31 August 1995 at 06:49:59 UTC by Ukrainian Tsyklon-3 rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.
Landsat 5
Landsat 5 was a low Earth orbit satellite launched on March 1, 1984 to collect imagery of the surface of Earth.
Sina-1
Sina-1 (Persian: سینا ۱) is the first Iranian artificial satellite, launched at 6:52 UTC October 28, 2005 on board a Cosmos-3M Russian launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
RISAT-1
Radar Imaging Satellite 1, or RISAT-1, is an Indian remote sensing satellite which was built and is operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
CALIPSO
CALIPSO is a joint NASA (USA) and CNES (France) environmental satellite, built in the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center, which was launched atop a Delta II rocket on April 28, 2006.
Radarsat-2
RADARSAT-2 is an Earth observation satellite that was successfully launched December 14, 2007 for the Canadian Space Agency by Starsem, using a Soyuz FG launch vehicle, from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.
EROS B
The Earth Remote Observation System-B (EROS-B) is the second satellite launched in a series of the EROS family of Israeli commercial Earth observation satellites, designed and manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries.
Deimos-1
Deimos-1 is a Spanish Earth imaging satellite which is operated by Deimos Imaging who commercializes its imagery directly but also has distribution agreements with other entities like Astrium GEO and DMC International Imaging.
RapidEye
RapidEye AG was a German geospatial information provider focused on assisting in management decision-making through services based on their own Earth observation imagery.
WorldView-2
WorldView-2 is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe.
EgyptSat 1
EgyptSat 1 or MisrSat-1 is Egypt's first Earth remote sensing satellite.
Cartosat-1
Cartosat-1 or IRS-P5 is a stereoscopic Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit, and the first one of the Cartosat series of satellites.
GeoEye-1
GeoEye-1 is a high-resolution Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe, launched in September 2008.
DubaiSat-2
DubaiSat-2 is an electro-optical Earth observation satellite built by the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology under an agreement with Satrec Initiative, a satellite manufacturing company in South Korea.
TanDEM-X
TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement) is the name of TerraSAR-X's twin satellite, a German Earth observation satellite using SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) - a modern radar imaging technology.
Landsat 7
Landsat 7, launched on April 15, 1999, is the seventh satellite of the Landsat program.
Satellite temperature measurements
The temperature of the atmosphere at various altitudes as well as sea and land surface temperatures can be inferred from satellite measurements.
Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), encompassing the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) is a Dubai government organisation working on the UAE space program which includes various space satellite projects and the Emirates Mars Mission.
Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity
Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity, or SMOS, is a satellite which forms part of ESA's Living Planet Programme.
PicoSAT
PicoSAT, launched on September 30, 2001, is a real time tracking satellite.
Megha-Tropiques
Megha-Tropiques is a satellite mission to study the water cycle in the tropical atmosphere in the context of climate change A collaborative effort between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and French Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Megha-Tropiques was successfully deployed into orbit by a PSLV rocket in October 2011.
Deimos Imaging
Deimos Imaging is a Spanish company which operates a complete Remote Sensing system.
Landsat 8 is an American Earth observation satellite launched on February 11, 2013.
EROS A
The Earth Remote Observation System A (EROS-A) was part of the EROS family of Israeli commercial Earth observation satellites, designed and manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries.
BelKA
BelKA (an acronym from Belarusian: Беларускі Касмічны Апарат, Belarusian Cosmic Apparatus) was intended to be the first satellite of independent Belarus.
Landsat 1
Landsat 1, originally named "Earth Resources Technology Satellite 1", was the first satellite of the United States' Landsat program.
RISAT-2
RISAT-2, or Radar Imaging Satellite 2 is an Indian radar reconnaissance satellite that is part of India's RISAT programme.
TecSAR
EL/M-2070 TecSAR, also known as TechSAR, Polaris and Ofek-8, is an Israeli reconnaissance satellite, equipped with synthetic aperture radar developed by Elta Systems.
Ikonos
IKONOS is a commercial Earth observation satellite, and was the first to collect publicly available high-resolution imagery at 1- and 4-meter resolution.
Advanced Land Observation Satellite
Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), also called Daichi, is a 4-ton Japanese satellite launched in 2006.
RazakSAT
RazakSAT is a Malaysian satellite carrying a high-resolution camera.
TerraSAR-X
TerraSAR-X, a radar Earth observation satellite, is a joint venture being carried out under a public-private-partnership between the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and EADS Astrium.
Pleiades (satellite)
The Pléiades constellation is composed of two very-high-resolution optical Earth-imaging satellites.
EgyptSat 2
EgyptSat 2 also called (MisrSat 2) is Egypt's second remote sensing Earth observation satellite built by the Russian RSC Energia and the Egyptian NARSS while the incorporated cameras and payload was developed by OAO Peleng and NIRUP Geoinformatsionnye Sistemy in Belarus.
TabletSat-Aurora
TabletSat-Aurora is a Russian micro-satellite launched in 2014.
WorldView-3
WorldView-3 is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe.
THEOS (satellite)
THEOS, also known as Thaichote, is an earth observation mission of Thailand, developed at EADS Astrium SAS, Toulouse, France.
WorldView-1
WorldView-1 is a commercial earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe.
Sich-1
Sich-1 is the first Ukrainian Earth observation satellite and was launched on 31 August 1995 at 06:49:59 UTC by Ukrainian Tsyklon-3 rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.
Landsat 5
Landsat 5 was a low Earth orbit satellite launched on March 1, 1984 to collect imagery of the surface of Earth.
Sina-1
Sina-1 (Persian: سینا ۱) is the first Iranian artificial satellite, launched at 6:52 UTC October 28, 2005 on board a Cosmos-3M Russian launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
RISAT-1
Radar Imaging Satellite 1, or RISAT-1, is an Indian remote sensing satellite which was built and is operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
CALIPSO
CALIPSO is a joint NASA (USA) and CNES (France) environmental satellite, built in the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center, which was launched atop a Delta II rocket on April 28, 2006.
Radarsat-2
RADARSAT-2 is an Earth observation satellite that was successfully launched December 14, 2007 for the Canadian Space Agency by Starsem, using a Soyuz FG launch vehicle, from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.
EROS B
The Earth Remote Observation System-B (EROS-B) is the second satellite launched in a series of the EROS family of Israeli commercial Earth observation satellites, designed and manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries.
Deimos-1
Deimos-1 is a Spanish Earth imaging satellite which is operated by Deimos Imaging who commercializes its imagery directly but also has distribution agreements with other entities like Astrium GEO and DMC International Imaging.
RapidEye
RapidEye AG was a German geospatial information provider focused on assisting in management decision-making through services based on their own Earth observation imagery.
WorldView-2
WorldView-2 is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe.
EgyptSat 1
EgyptSat 1 or MisrSat-1 is Egypt's first Earth remote sensing satellite.
Cartosat-1
Cartosat-1 or IRS-P5 is a stereoscopic Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit, and the first one of the Cartosat series of satellites.
GeoEye-1
GeoEye-1 is a high-resolution Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe, launched in September 2008.
DubaiSat-2
DubaiSat-2 is an electro-optical Earth observation satellite built by the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology under an agreement with Satrec Initiative, a satellite manufacturing company in South Korea.
TanDEM-X
TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement) is the name of TerraSAR-X's twin satellite, a German Earth observation satellite using SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) - a modern radar imaging technology.
Landsat 7
Landsat 7, launched on April 15, 1999, is the seventh satellite of the Landsat program.
Satellite temperature measurements
The temperature of the atmosphere at various altitudes as well as sea and land surface temperatures can be inferred from satellite measurements.
Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), encompassing the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) is a Dubai government organisation working on the UAE space program which includes various space satellite projects and the Emirates Mars Mission.
Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity
Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity, or SMOS, is a satellite which forms part of ESA's Living Planet Programme.
PicoSAT
PicoSAT, launched on September 30, 2001, is a real time tracking satellite.
Megha-Tropiques
Megha-Tropiques is a satellite mission to study the water cycle in the tropical atmosphere in the context of climate change A collaborative effort between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and French Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Megha-Tropiques was successfully deployed into orbit by a PSLV rocket in October 2011.
Deimos Imaging
Deimos Imaging is a Spanish company which operates a complete Remote Sensing system.
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