| Instrument Name |
Agencies | Missions | Instrument Status |
Instrument Type |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 174-K Temperature and Humidity Profiler |
ROSKOSMOS ROSHYDROMET |
Meteor-2 N24 - Mission complete Meteor-3 N5 - Mission complete Meteor-3 N7 - Mission complete Meteor-3 N8 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Narrow-band channel IR radiometer | |
| 3MI | EUMETSAT | EPS-SG-a - Planned | Proposed | ||
| A-DCS4 ARGOS-Data Collection System |
NOAA | NOAA-19 - Currently being flown Metop-C - Currently being flown NPOESS-2 - Currently being flown GOES-14 - Currently being flown NPOESS-1 - Currently being flown GOES-15 - Currently being flown NPOESS-3 - Currently being flown NPOESS-4 - Currently being flown NPOESS-5 - Currently being flown NPOESS-6 - Currently being flown GOES-13 - Currently being flown JPSS-2 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Data collection system | |
| AATSR Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer |
UKSA | Envisat - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer | |
| ABI Advanced Baseline Imager |
NOAA | GOES-R - Approved GOES-S - Approved |
Being developed | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| ACC Accelerometer |
ESA | Swarm - Approved | Being developed | Gradiometer/accelerometer | |
| ACE-FTS Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
CSA | SCISAT-1 - Currently being flown | Operational | Limb-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| ACRIM II Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor |
NASA | UARS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| ACRIM III Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor |
NASA | ACRIMSAT - Currently being flown | Operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| ADEOS Comms Communications package for ADEOS |
JAXA | ADEOS - Mission complete ADEOS-II - Mission complete |
No longer operational | ||
| Advanced DCS Advanced Data Collection System |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-MP N1 - Planned Meteor-MP N2 - Planned Meteor-MP N3 - Planned |
Proposed | Data collection system | |
| Advanced GGAK-M Advanced Module for Geophysical Measurements (SEM) |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-MP N1 - Planned Meteor-MP N2 - Planned Meteor-MP N3 - Planned |
Proposed | Space environment monitor | |
| Advanced GOCI Advanced Geostationary Ocean Colour Imager |
KARI KORDI |
GeoKOMPSAT-2B - Approved | Proposed | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Advanced IKFS-2 Advanced Fourier spectrometer |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-MP N1 - Planned Meteor-MP N2 - Planned Meteor-MP N3 - Planned |
Proposed | High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| Advanced KMSS Advanced Multispectral Imager (VIS) |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-MP N1 - Planned Meteor-MP N2 - Planned Meteor-MP N3 - Planned |
Proposed | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Advanced MI Advanced Meteorological Imager |
KARI KMA |
GeoKOMPSAT-2A - Approved | Proposed | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Advanced MSU-MR Advanced Multispectral scanning imager-radiometer |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-MP N1 - Planned Meteor-MP N2 - Planned Meteor-MP N3 - Planned |
Proposed | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Advanced MTVZA Advanced Scanning microwave imager-sounder |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-MP N1 - Planned Meteor-MP N2 - Planned Meteor-MP N3 - Planned |
Proposed | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| Advanced Radiomet Advanced Radio-occultation receiver |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-MP N1 - Planned Meteor-MP N2 - Planned Meteor-MP N3 - Planned |
Proposed | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| Advanced SAR Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar X band |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-MP N1 - Planned Meteor-MP N2 - Planned Meteor-MP N3 - Planned |
Proposed | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| Advanced Scatterometer | ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-MP N1 - Planned Meteor-MP N2 - Planned Meteor-MP N3 - Planned |
Proposed | Radar scatterometer | |
| AEISS Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System |
KARI ASTRIUM DLR |
KOMPSAT-3 - Approved | Being developed | High resolution optical imager | |
| AEISS-A Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-A |
KARI ASTRIUM DLR |
KOMPSAT-3A - Approved | Being developed | High resolution optical imager | |
| AIRS Atmospheric Infra-red Sounder |
NASA | Aqua - Currently being flown | Operational | Medium-resolution IR spectrometer | |
| AIS (RCM) Automated Identification System (RADARSAT Constellation) |
CSA | RADARSAT C-1 - Approved RADARSAT C-2 - Approved RADARSAT C-3 - Approved |
Being developed | Data collection system | |
| ALADIN Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument |
ESA | ADM-Aeolus - Approved | Being developed | Doppler lidar | |
| ALI Advanced Land Imager |
NASA | NMP EO-1 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| ALISEO SAGNAC imaging spectrometer |
ASI | MIOSAT - Approved | Approved | Medium-resolution IR spectrometer | |
| ALISSA Backscatter lidar |
ROSKOSMOS | PRIRODA - Mission complete | No longer operational | Atmospheric lidar | |
| ALT Radar Altimeter |
NSOAS CAST |
HY-2A - Currently being flown | Operational | Radar altimeter | |
| AltiKa Ka-band Altimeter |
CNES | SARAL - Approved | Being developed | Radar altimeter | |
| AMI/SAR/Image Active Microwave Instrumentation. Image Mode |
ESA | ERS-1 - Mission complete ERS-2 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| AMI/SAR/Wave Active Microwave Instrumentation. Wave mode |
ESA | ERS-1 - Mission complete ERS-2 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| AMI/Scatterometer Active Microwave Instrumentation. Wind mode |
ESA | ERS-1 - Mission complete ERS-2 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Radar scatterometer | |
| AMR Advanced Microwave Radiometer |
NASA | OSTM (Jason-2) - Currently being flown Jason-3 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Non-scanning MW radiometer | |
| AMSR Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer |
JAXA | ADEOS-II - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| AMSR-2 Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer -2 |
JAXA | GCOM-W1 - Approved GCOM-W2 - Approved GCOM-W3 - Approved |
Approved | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| AMSR-E Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS |
JAXA NASA |
Aqua - Currently being flown | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| AMSU-A Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A |
NASA | Aqua - Currently being flown | Operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| AMSU-A Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A |
NOAA UKSA |
NOAA-16 - Currently being flown NOAA-17 - Currently being flown NOAA-18 - Currently being flown NOAA-15 - Currently being flown Metop-B - Currently being flown Metop-C - Currently being flown Metop-A - Currently being flown |
Operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| AMSU-B Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B |
NOAA UKSA |
NOAA-16 - Currently being flown NOAA-17 - Currently being flown NOAA-15 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| APS Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor |
NASA | Glory - N/A | No longer operational | Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer | |
| Aquarius L-Band radiometer Aquarius L-Band Radiometer |
NASA CONAE |
SAC-D/Aquarius - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| Aquarius L-Band Scatterometer | NASA CONAE |
SAC-D/Aquarius - Currently being flown | Operational | Radar scatterometer | |
| ARGOS | CNES NASA |
NOAA-9 - Mission complete NOAA-10 - Mission complete NOAA-11 - Mission complete NOAA-13 - Mission complete NOAA-16 - Mission complete NOAA-17 - Mission complete NOAA-18 - Mission complete NOAA-19 - Mission complete NOAA-12 - Mission complete NOAA-14 - Mission complete NOAA-15 - Mission complete Metop-B - Mission complete Metop-C - Mission complete Metop-A - Mission complete SARAL - Mission complete |
Operational | Data collection system | |
| Arina | ROSKOSMOS | Resurs DK 1 - Currently being flown Resurs P N1 - Currently being flown Resurs P N2 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| Arkon-2M SAR | ROSKOSMOS | Arkon-2M - Planned | Proposed | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| ASAR Advanced Synthetic-Aperture Radar |
ESA | Envisat - Currently being flown | Operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| ASAR (image mode) Advanced Syntetic Aperture Radar (Image mode) |
ESA | Envisat - Currently being flown | Operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| ASAR (wave mode) Advanced Syntetic Aperture Radar (Wave mode) |
ESA | Envisat - Currently being flown | Operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| ASCAT Advanced Scatterometer |
EUMETSAT ESA |
Metop-B - Approved Metop-C - Approved Metop-A - Approved |
Operational | Radar scatterometer | |
| ASI Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer |
CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3D - Approved FY-3E - Approved FY-3F - Approved FY-3G - Approved |
Prototype | ||
| ASM Absolute Scalar Magnetometer |
CNES | Swarm - Approved | Being developed | Magnetometer | |
| ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer |
METI NASA |
Terra - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| ATCOR Atmospheric correction |
ISRO | RESOURCESAT-3 - Considered RESOURCESAT-3A - Considered |
Proposed | High resolution optical imager | |
| ATLAS Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System |
NASA | ICESat-II - Planned | Proposed | Lidar altimeter | |
| ATLID ATmospheric LIDar |
ESA | ESA Future Missions - Cancelled EarthCARE - Cancelled |
Approved | Atmospheric lidar | |
| ATMS Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder |
NASA NOAA |
NPOESS-1 - N/A NPOESS-3 - N/A NPOESS-5 - N/A NPP - N/A EPS-SG-a - N/A JPSS-1 - N/A JPSS-2 - N/A |
Operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| ATOVS (HIRS/3 + AMSU + AVHRR/3) Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
NOAA | NOAA-16 - Currently being flown NOAA-15 - Currently being flown |
Operational | ||
| ATSR Along Track Scanning Radiometer |
UKSA CSIRO |
ERS-1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer | |
| ATSR-2 Along Track Scanning Radiometer - 2 |
UKSA CSIRO |
ERS-2 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer | |
| ATSR/M | CNES | ERS-1 - Mission complete ERS-2 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Non-scanning MW radiometer | |
| AVHRR/2 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/2 |
NOAA | NOAA-9 - Mission complete NOAA-10 - Mission complete NOAA-11 - Mission complete NOAA-13 - Mission complete NOAA-12 - Mission complete NOAA-14 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| AVHRR/3 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3 |
NOAA | NOAA-16 - Currently being flown NOAA-17 - Currently being flown NOAA-18 - Currently being flown NOAA-19 - Currently being flown NOAA-15 - Currently being flown Metop-B - Currently being flown Metop-C - Currently being flown Metop-A - Currently being flown |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| AVNIR Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometor |
JAXA | ADEOS - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| AVNIR-2 Advanced Visible and Near Infra-red Radiometer type 2 |
JAXA | ALOS - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| AWFI Advanced Wide Field Imager |
INPE | SSR-1 - Mission complete SSR-2 - Mission complete AMAZÔNIA-1 - Mission complete |
Approved | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| AWiFS Advanced Wide Field Sensor |
ISRO | RESOURCESAT-1 - Currently being flown RESOURCESAT-2 - Currently being flown AWiFSSAT - Currently being flown RESOURCESAT-2A - Currently being flown |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Balkan-2 lidar | ROSKOSMOS | ALMAZ-1B - Mission complete | No longer operational | Atmospheric lidar | |
| BBR (EarthCARE) BroadBand Radiometer (EarthCARE) |
ESA | EarthCARE - Approved | Approved | Broad-band radiometer | |
| BGIS 2000 Ball Global Imaging System 2000 |
Digital Globe | QuickBird-2 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| BILSAT VNIR Multispectral BILSAT VNIR Multispectral camera |
TUBITAK | BILSAT - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| BILSAT VNIR Panchromatic BILSAT VNIR Panchromatic camera |
TUBITAK | BILSAT - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| BRK On board retransmission complex |
ROSKOSMOS | Meteor-3M N2 - N/A GOMS/Electro N1 - N/A |
No longer operational | Communications system | |
| BTVK Scanning television radiometer |
ROSHYDROMET | GOMS/Electro N1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | ||
| BUFS-2 Backscatter spectrometer/2 |
ROSKOSMOS | Meteor-3 N5 - Mission complete | No longer operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| BUV Backscatter Ultraviolet instrument |
NASA | NIMBUS-4 - Mission complete | No longer operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| C-Band SAR C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar |
ESA | Sentinel-1 A - Approved Sentinel-1 B - Approved Sentinel-1 C - Approved |
Being developed | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| C/X SAR SAR |
ISRO | DMSAR - N/A | No longer considered | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| CALIOP Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization |
NASA | CALIPSO - Currently being flown | Operational | Atmospheric lidar | |
| CARMEN-1 | CNES CONAE |
SAC-D/Aquarius - Currently being flown | Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| CCD High Resolution CCD Camera |
CAST INPE |
CBERS-1 - Mission complete CBERS-2 - Mission complete CBERS-2B - Mission complete |
No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| CCD (HJ) CCD camera |
CAST | HJ-1A - Mission complete HJ-1B - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| CCD camera Charged Coupled Device Camera |
ISRO | INSAT-2E - Mission complete INSAT-3A - Mission complete |
Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| CERES Cloud and the Earth's Radiant Energy System |
NASA | Terra - Currently being flown Aqua - Currently being flown TRMM - Currently being flown NPOESS-1 - Currently being flown NPOESS-5 - Currently being flown NPP - Currently being flown JPSS-1 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Broad-band radiometer | |
| Chaika Scanning IR radiometer |
ROSKOSMOS | Meteor-2 N24 - Mission complete Meteor-3 N5 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | ||
| CHAMP GPS Sounder GPS TurboRogue Space Receiver (TRSR) |
NASA DLR |
CHAMP - Mission complete | No longer operational | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| CHAMP Gravity Package (Accelerometer+GPS) STAR Accelerometer |
CNES | CHAMP - Mission complete | No longer operational | Gradiometer/accelerometer | |
| CHAMP Magnetometry Package (1 Scalar + 2 Vector Magnetometer) Overhauser Magnetometer and Fluxgate Magnetometer |
DLR | CHAMP - Mission complete | No longer operational | Magnetometer | |
| CHRIS Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
ESA UKSA |
PROBA - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| CLAES Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer instrument |
NASA | UARS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Limb-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| Cloud radar (ACE) | NASA | ACE - Considered | Proposed | Cloud and precipitation radar | |
| CMIS Conical-scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder |
NOAA | NPOESS-5 - Cancelled NPOESS-6 - Cancelled |
No longer considered | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| CO Sensor (ASCENDS) | NASA | SWOT - Considered | Proposed | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| CO2 LIDAR (ASCENDS) | NASA | ASCENDS - Considered | Proposed | Atmospheric lidar | |
| COBAN COBAN 8 Band multispectral camera |
TUBITAK | BILSAT - Mission complete | No longer operational | ||
| COCTS China Ocean Colour & Temperature Scanner |
CAST | HY-1A - Mission complete HY-1B - Mission complete HY-1C - Mission complete HY-1D - Mission complete |
Operational | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| Communications payload (Ka and UHF band) | CSIRO | FedSat - Mission complete | No longer operational | ||
| COSI Corea SAR Instrument |
KARI TAS-i |
KOMPSAT-5 - Approved | Being developed | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| CPR (CloudSat) Cloud Profiling Radar |
NASA | CloudSat - Currently being flown | Operational | Cloud and precipitation radar | |
| CPR (EarthCARE) Cloud Profiling Radar (EarthCARE) |
JAXA NICT |
ESA Future Missions - Cancelled EarthCARE - Cancelled |
Approved | Cloud and precipitation radar | |
| CrIS Cross-track Infrared Sounder |
NOAA | NPOESS-1 - N/A NPOESS-3 - N/A NPOESS-5 - N/A NPP - N/A JPSS-1 - N/A JPSS-2 - N/A |
Operational | Medium-resolution IR spectrometer | |
| CSC FVM CSC fluxgate vector magnetometer |
DNSC | Ørsted (Oersted) - Currently being flown | Operational | Magnetometer | |
| CZI Coastal Zone Imager |
CAST | HY-1A - Mission complete HY-1B - Mission complete HY-1C - Mission complete HY-1D - Mission complete |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| CZS Coastal Zone Scanner |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-M N3 - Planned | Approved | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| DCS Data Collecting Plataform Transponder |
INPE | SCD-1 - Currently being flown SCD-2 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Data collection system | |
| DCS Data Collecting System |
INPE | GPM-Br - Cancelled | No longer considered | Data collection system | |
| DCS Data Collecting System |
INPE | MAPSAR - Cancelled | No longer considered | Data collection system | |
| DCS Data Collection System |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-3M N2 - N/A Elektro-L N1 - N/A Meteor-M N1 - N/A Meteor-M N2 - N/A Elektro-L N2 - N/A Elektro-L N3 - N/A Meteor-M N3 - N/A |
Operational | Data collection system | |
| DCS (CAST) Data Collecting System Transponder (CAST) |
CAST | CBERS-1 - Mission complete CBERS-2 - Mission complete CBERS-3 - Mission complete CBERS-2B - Mission complete |
Operational | Data collection system | |
| DCS (GOES-R) Data Collection System (NOAA, GOES-R) |
NOAA | GOES-R - Approved GOES-S - Approved |
Approved | Data collection system | |
| DCS (JAXA) Data Collection System (JAXA) |
JAXA | GMS-4 - Mission complete MOS-1B - Mission complete GMS-5 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Data collection system | |
| DCS (NOAA) Data Collection System (NOAA) |
NOAA | GOES-7 - Mission complete GOES-10 - Mission complete GOES-11 - Mission complete GOES-12 - Mission complete GOES-8 - Mission complete GOES-9 - Mission complete |
Operational | Data collection system | |
| DCS (SAC-C) Data Collection System |
CONAE | SAC-C - Currently being flown | Operational | Data collection system | |
| DCS (SAC-D) Data Collection System |
CONAE | SAC-D/Aquarius - Currently being flown | Operational | Data collection system | |
| DELTA-2D Multispectral microwave scanning radiometer |
ROSHYDROMET | OKEAN-O - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| DOPI | ROSKOSMOS | PRIRODA - Mission complete | No longer operational | ||
| DORIS Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite |
CNES | Topex-Poseidon - Mission complete | No longer operational | Radio-positioning system | |
| DORIS (SPOT) Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite (on SPOT) |
CNES | SPOT-3 - Mission complete SPOT-4 - Mission complete SPOT-2 - Mission complete |
Operational | Radio-positioning system | |
| DORIS-NG Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-NG |
CNES | Envisat - Currently being flown Jason-1 - Currently being flown CryoSat - Currently being flown OSTM (Jason-2) - Currently being flown CryoSat-2 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Radio-positioning system | |
| DORIS-NG (SPOT) Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-NG (on SPOT) |
CNES | SPOT-5 - Currently being flown | Operational | Radio-positioning system | |
| DPR Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar |
JAXA | GPM Core - Approved | Being developed | Cloud and precipitation radar | |
| DRF | ROSKOSMOS | Vulkan-Kompas-2 - Mission complete | No longer operational | ||
| DRT-S&R | ISRO | KALPANA-1 - Currently being flown INSAT-3A - Currently being flown |
Operational | Data collection system | |
| ECHO-V | ROSKOSMOS | Kanopus-Vulkan - N/A | No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| EFI Electric Field Instrument |
ESA CSA |
Swarm - Approved | Being developed | Space environment monitor | |
| EGG 3-Axis Electrostatic Gravity Gradiometer |
ESA | GOCE - Currently being flown | Operational | Gradiometer/accelerometer | |
| EHIC Energetic Heavy Ion Composition Experiment |
NOAA USAF |
NOAA-13 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| ENVISAT Comms Communications package on ENVISAT |
ESA | Envisat - Currently being flown | Operational | ||
| EOC Electro-Optical Camera |
KARI | KOMPSAT-1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| EPIC Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera |
NASA NOAA |
DSCOVR - Planned | Being developed | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| ERBE Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
NASA | NOAA-9 - Mission complete NOAA-10 - Mission complete ERBS - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Broad-band radiometer | |
| ERBS Earth Radiation Budget Sensor |
NOAA NASA |
JPSS-2 - Approved | No longer considered | Broad-band radiometer | |
| ERM Earth Radiation Measurement |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3A - Currently being flown FY-3B - Currently being flown FY-3C - Currently being flown |
Operational | Broad-band radiometer | |
| ERM-2 Improved Earth Radiation Measurement |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3E - Planned FY-3G - Planned |
Approved | Broad-band radiometer | |
| ERS Comms Communication package for ERS |
ESA | ERS-1 - Mission complete ERS-2 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | ||
| ETM+ Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus |
USGS NASA |
Landsat-7 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| Event Imaging Spectrometer from GEO (GeoCape) | NASA | GEO-CAPE - Considered | Proposed | High resolution optical imager | |
| EXIS Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors |
NOAA | GOES-R - Approved GOES-S - Approved |
Being developed | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| FCI Flexible Combined Imager |
EUMETSAT ESA |
MTG-I1 (imaging) - Approved MTG-I2 (imaging) - Approved MTG-I3 (imaging) - Approved MTG-I4 (imaging) - Approved |
Being developed | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Fluxgate magnetometer | CRCSS | FedSat - Mission complete | No longer operational | Magnetometer | |
| GAMI Greenhouse Gases monitoring Instrument |
CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3D - Approved FY-3F - Approved |
TBD | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| GEMS Geostationary Environmental Monitoring Spectrometer |
KARI NIER |
GeoKOMPSAT-2B - Approved | Proposed | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| GeoSTAR MW Array Spectrometer (PATH) |
NASA | PATH - Considered | Proposed | ||
| Geoton-L1 | ROSKOSMOS ROSHYDROMET |
Resurs DK 1 - Currently being flown Resurs P N1 - Currently being flown Resurs P N2 - Currently being flown |
Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| GERB Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget |
EUMETSAT ESA RAL |
Meteosat-8 - Currently being flown Meteosat-9 - Currently being flown Meteosat-10 - Currently being flown Meteosat-11 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Broad-band radiometer | |
| GGAK-E Module for Geophysical Measurements |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Elektro-L N1 - Currently being flown Elektro-L N2 - Currently being flown Elektro-L N3 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| GGAK-M Module for Geophysical Measurements (SEM) |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-M N1 - Currently being flown Meteor-M N2 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| GID-12T | ROSKOSMOS | Vulkan-Kompas-2 - Mission complete Kanopus-Vulkan - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| GIFTS Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
NASA | NMP EO-3 GIFTS - Cancelled | No longer considered | Medium-resolution IR spectrometer | |
| GLAS Geoscience Laser Altimeter System |
NASA | ICESat - Mission complete | No longer operational | Lidar altimeter | |
| GLI Global Imager |
JAXA | ADEOS-II - Mission complete | No longer operational | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| GLM GEO Lightning Mapper |
NOAA | GOES-R - Approved GOES-S - Approved |
Being developed | Lightning imager | |
| GMI GPM Microwave Imager |
NASA | GPM Constellation - Cancelled GPM Core - Cancelled |
Being developed | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| GMS Comms Communications package on GMS |
JAXA JMA |
GMS-4 - Mission complete GMS-5 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | ||
| GNOS GNSS Occultation Sounder |
CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3D - Approved FY-3E - Approved FY-3F - Approved FY-3G - Approved |
Approved | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| GOCI Geostationary Ocean Colour Imager |
KARI ASTRIUM KORDI |
COMS - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| GOES Comms Communications package on GOES |
NOAA | GOES-7 - Mission complete GOES-10 - Mission complete GOES-11 - Mission complete GOES-12 - Mission complete GOES-8 - Mission complete GOES-9 - Mission complete GOES-14 - Mission complete GOES-15 - Mission complete GOES-13 - Mission complete |
Operational | ||
| GOLPE GPS Occultation and Passive reflection Experiment |
NASA CONAE |
SAC-C - Currently being flown | Operational | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| GOME Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment |
ESA | ERS-2 - Mission complete | No longer operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| GOME-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment - 2 |
EUMETSAT ESA |
Metop-B - Approved Metop-C - Approved Metop-A - Approved |
Operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| GOMOS Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars |
ESA | Envisat - Currently being flown | Operational | Limb-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| GOX Global Positioning Satellite Occultation Experiment (GOX) |
NASA NSPO JPL |
COSMIC-1/FORMOSAT-3 FM1 - Currently being flown COSMIC-2/FORMOSAT-3 FM2 - Currently being flown COSMIC-3/FORMOSAT-3 FM3 - Currently being flown COSMIC-4/FORMOSAT-3 FM4 - Currently being flown COSMIC-5/FORMOSAT-3 FM5 - Currently being flown COSMIC-6/FORMOSAT-3 FM6 - Currently being flown |
Operational | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| GPS (ESA) GPS Receiver |
ESA | GOCE - Currently being flown | Operational | GNSS receiver | |
| GPS receiver | CRCSS | FedSat - Mission complete | No longer operational | GNSS receiver | |
| GPS Receiver (Swarm) GPSR (Swarm) |
ESA | Swarm - Approved | Being developed | GNSS receiver | |
| GPSDR GPS Demonstration Receiver |
CONAE NASA |
SAC-A - Mission complete | No longer operational | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| GPSP Global Positioning System Payload |
NASA | OSTM (Jason-2) - Currently being flown | Operational | GNSS receiver | |
| GPSRO (Oersted) GPS Radio Occultation System |
NASA | Ørsted (Oersted) - Currently being flown | Operational | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| GPSRO (Terra-SAR) GPS Radio Occultation System |
NASA | TerraSAR-X - Currently being flown | Operational | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| GRACE instrument | NASA DLR |
GRACE - Currently being flown GRACE-II - Currently being flown GRACE FO - Currently being flown |
Operational | Satellite-to-satellite ranging system | |
| GRAS GNSS Receiver for Atmospheric Sounding |
EUMETSAT ESA |
Metop-B - Approved Metop-C - Approved Metop-A - Approved |
Operational | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| Greben Radar altimeter |
ROSKOSMOS | PRIRODA - Mission complete | No longer operational | Radar altimeter | |
| HALOE Halogen Occultation Experiment |
NASA | UARS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Limb-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| HDWL (3D Winds) | NASA | 3D Winds - Considered | Proposed | Doppler lidar | |
| High Resolution Panchromatic Camera | CONAE | SARE-1 - Planned | TBD | High resolution optical imager | |
| HiRDLS High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder |
NASA UKSA |
Aura - Currently being flown | No longer operational | Limb-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| HiRI High-Resolution Imager |
CNES | Pleiades 1 - Approved Pleiades 2 - Approved |
Being developed | High resolution optical imager | |
| HIRS/2 High Resolution Infra-red Sounder/2 |
NOAA | NOAA-9 - Mission complete NOAA-10 - Mission complete NOAA-11 - Mission complete NOAA-13 - Mission complete NOAA-12 - Mission complete NOAA-14 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Narrow-band channel IR radiometer | |
| HIRS/3 High Resolution Infra-red Sounder/3 |
NOAA | NOAA-16 - Currently being flown NOAA-17 - Currently being flown NOAA-15 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Narrow-band channel IR radiometer | |
| HIRS/4 High Resolution Infra-red Sounder/4 |
NOAA | NOAA-18 - Currently being flown NOAA-19 - Currently being flown Metop-B - Currently being flown Metop-A - Currently being flown |
Operational | Narrow-band channel IR radiometer | |
| HRC High Resolution Camera |
CAST INPE |
CBERS-2B - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| HRDI High Resolution Doppler Imager |
NASA | UARS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Limb-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| HRG | CNES | SPOT-5 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| HRMX High Resolution Multi Spectral |
ISRO | CARTOSAT-2C - Considered CARTOSAT-2D - Considered |
Proposed | High resolution optical imager | |
| HRMX-TIR High Resolution TIR |
ISRO | GISAT - Approved | Proposed | ||
| HRMX-VNIR High Resolution MX-VNIR |
ISRO | GISAT - Approved | Proposed | High resolution optical imager | |
| HRS High Resolution Stereoscope |
CNES | SPOT-5 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| HRSS-1 High Resolution SWIR Spectrometer |
ISRO | Environsat-1 - Considered Environsat-2 - Considered |
Proposed | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| HRTC High Resolution Panchromatic Camera |
CONAE | SAC-C - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| HRV High Resolution Visible |
CNES | SPOT-1 - Mission complete SPOT-3 - Mission complete SPOT-2 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| HRVIR High Resolution Visible and Infra-red |
CNES SNSB |
SPOT-4 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| HRVS-1A/-1B High Resolution VNIR Spectrometer |
ISRO | Environsat-1 - Considered Environsat-2 - Considered |
Proposed | High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| HSB Humidity Sounder/Brazil |
INPE NASA |
Aqua - Currently being flown | No longer operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| HSC High Sensitivity Camera |
CONAE | SAC-D/Aquarius - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| HSI Hyperspectral Imager |
DLR | EnMAP - Approved | Approved | High resolution optical imager | |
| HSI (HJ-1A) Hyper Spectrum Imager |
CAST | HJ-1A - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| HSRL (ACE) | NASA | ACE - Considered | Proposed | Atmospheric lidar | |
| HSRS Hot Spot Recognition System |
DLR | BIRD - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| HSTC High Sensitivity Technological Camera |
CONAE | SAC-C - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| HYC HYperspectral Camera |
ASI | PRISMA - Approved | Approved | Medium-resolution IR spectrometer | |
| HYDROS | NASA | HYDROS - Cancelled | No longer considered | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| Hyperion Hyperspectral Imager |
NASA | NMP EO-1 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| HySI (IMS-1) Hyperspectral Imager (IMS-1) |
ISRO | IMS-1 - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| HYSI (RS-1A)-SWIR Hyperspectral SWIR |
ISRO | CARTOSAT-1A - Considered CARTOSAT-1B - Considered |
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| HYSI (RS-1A)-VNIR Hyperspectral VNIR |
ISRO | CARTOSAT-1A - Considered CARTOSAT-1B - Considered |
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| HySI (TES-HYS) Hyperspectral Imager (TES-HYS) |
ISRO | TES-HYS - N/A | No longer considered | High resolution optical imager | |
| HYSI-SWIR Hyperspectral SWIR |
ISRO | GISAT - Approved | Proposed | ||
| HYSI-VNIR Hyperspectral VNIR |
ISRO | GISAT - Approved | Proposed | ||
| IAP Instrument for plasma analysis |
CNES | DEMETER - Mission complete | No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| IASI Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer |
CNES EUMETSAT |
Metop-B - Approved Metop-C - Approved Metop-A - Approved |
Operational | Medium-resolution IR spectrometer | |
| IASI-NG Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer - Next Generation |
EUMETSAT | EPS-SG-a - Planned | Proposed | Medium-resolution IR spectrometer | |
| ICARE Influence of Space Radiation on Advanced Components |
CNES CONAE |
SAC-C - Currently being flown | Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| ICE Instrument for Electric Field |
CNES | DEMETER - Mission complete | No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| IDP Instrument For Plasma Detection |
CNES | DEMETER - Mission complete | No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| IGPM IGPM microwave radiometer |
ASI | IGPM - N/A | No longer considered | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| IGPM rain radar | ASI | IGPM - N/A | No longer considered | Cloud and precipitation radar | |
| IIR Imaging Infrared Radiometer |
CNES | CALIPSO - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| IKAR-D Multispectral microwave scanner |
ROSKOSMOS | PRIRODA - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| IKAR-N Multispectral microwave scanner |
ROSKOSMOS | PRIRODA - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| IKAR-P Multispectral microwave scanner |
ROSKOSMOS | PRIRODA - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| IKFS-2 Fourier spectrometer |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-3M N2 - N/A Meteor-M N2 - N/A |
Prototype | High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| ILAS Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer |
MOE (Japan) JAXA |
ADEOS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Limb-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| ILAS-II Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer-II |
MOE (Japan) JAXA |
ADEOS-II - Mission complete | No longer operational | Limb-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| Imager | NOAA | GOES-10 - Mission complete GOES-11 - Mission complete GOES-12 - Mission complete GOES-8 - Mission complete GOES-9 - Mission complete GOES-14 - Mission complete GOES-15 - Mission complete GOES-13 - Mission complete |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Imager (INSAT) Very High Resolution Radiometer |
ISRO | INSAT-3D - Approved INSAT-3DR - Approved INSAT-3DS - Approved |
Being developed | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| IMAGER/MTSAT-2 Imager/MTSAT |
JMA | MTSAT-1 - Mission complete MTSAT-2 - Mission complete MTSAT-3 - Mission complete |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| IMG Inferometric Monitor of Greenhouse gases |
MITI (Japan) JAXA |
ADEOS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Medium-resolution IR spectrometer | |
| IMSC Instrument Search Coil Magnetometer |
CNES | DEMETER - Mission complete | No longer operational | Magnetometer | |
| IMWAS Improved MicroWave Atmospheric Sounder |
NRSCC CAST |
FY-3C - Approved FY-3D - Approved FY-3E - Approved FY-3F - Approved FY-3G - Approved |
Operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| INES Italian Navigation Experiment |
ASI CONAE |
SAC-C - Currently being flown | Operational | GNSS receiver | |
| IPDA LIDAR Integrated Path Differential Absorption Light Detection and Ranging Instrument |
DLR CNES |
D/F Climate Mission - Planned | Proposed | Atmospheric lidar | |
| IR (HJ-1B) Infrared Camera |
CAST | HJ-1B - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| IR Correlation Radiometer (GeoCape) | NASA | GEO-CAPE - Considered | Proposed | Narrow-band channel IR radiometer | |
| IR spectrometer (CLARREO) | NASA | CLARREO-1 - Cancelled CLARREO-3 - Cancelled |
No longer considered | High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| IR Spectrometer(GACM) | NASA | GACM - Considered | Proposed | High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| IR-MSS Infrared Multispectral Scanner |
CAST INPE |
CBERS-1 - Mission complete CBERS-2 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| IRAS InfraRed Atmospheric Sounder |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3A - Currently being flown FY-3B - Currently being flown FY-3C - Currently being flown |
Operational | Narrow-band channel IR radiometer | |
| IRIS Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer instrument |
NASA | NIMBUS-3 - Mission complete NIMBUS-4 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Medium-resolution IR spectrometer | |
| IRS Infrared scanner |
CAST INPE |
CBERS-3 - Approved CBERS-4 - Approved |
Prototype | High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| IRS Infra-Red Sounder |
EUMETSAT ESA |
Meteosat Third Generation-S1 (sounding) - Planned MTG-S1 - Planned MTG-S2 - Planned Meteosat Third Generation-S2 (sounding) - Planned Sentinel-4 A - Planned Sentinel-4 B - Planned Sentinel-5 - Planned |
Being developed | Medium-resolution IR spectrometer | |
| IRS Infrared scanner |
CAST INPE |
CBERS-3 - Approved CBERS-4 - Approved |
Prototype | High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| ISAMS Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder instrument |
NASA | UARS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Limb-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| ISL Langmuir probes |
CNES | DEMETER - Mission complete | No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| ISP | ROSKOSMOS | Meteor-3 N7 - Mission complete Meteor-3 N8 - Mission complete Resurs-01 N4 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| IST Italian Star Tracker |
ASI CONAE |
SAC-C - Currently being flown | Operational | Star tracker | |
| ISTOK-1 Infra-red Spectrometer |
ROSKOSMOS | PRIRODA - Mission complete | No longer operational | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| IVISSR (FY-2) Improved Multispectral Visible and Infra-red Scan Radiometer (5 channels) |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-2C - Mission complete FY-2D - Mission complete FY-2E - Mission complete FY-2F - Mission complete |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| JAMI/MTSAT-1R Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager |
JMA | MTSAT-1R - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| JERS-1 Comms Communications package for JERS-1 |
JAXA | JERS-1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | ||
| JMR JASON Microwave Radiometer |
NASA | Jason-1 - Currently being flown OSTM (Jason-2) - Currently being flown |
Operational | Non-scanning MW radiometer | |
| K band radiometers (SCLP) | NASA | SCLP - Considered | Proposed | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| Ka-band Radar INterferometer (KaRIN) | NASA CNES |
SWOT - Considered | Proposed | Radar altimeter | |
| KFA-1000 Photographic camera |
ROSKOSMOS | Resurs-F1M series - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| KFA-200 Photographic camera |
ROSKOSMOS | Resurs-F1M series - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| KFA-3000 Photographic camera |
ROSKOSMOS | Resurs-F3 series - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| KGI-4C Module for Geophysical Measurements |
ROSHYDROMET | Meteor-3M N1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| Klimat Scanning IR radiometer |
ROSHYDROMET | Meteor-3 N7 - Mission complete Meteor-3 N8 - Mission complete Meteor-3M N1 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| KMSS Multispectral Imager (VIS) |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-3M N2 - N/A Meteor-M N1 - N/A Meteor-M N2 - N/A |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| KONDOR-2 Data collection and transmission system |
ROSHYDROMET | Sich-1 - Mission complete OKEAN-O - Mission complete OCEAN-01 - Mission complete OKEAN-01 N7 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Data collection system | |
| Ku and X-band radars (SCLP) | NASA | SCLP - Considered | Proposed | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| L-band INSAR (DESdynI) | NASA | DESDynI - Cancelled | No longer considered | Radar altimeter | |
| L-band Radar (SMAP) | NASA | SMAP - Approved | Proposed | ||
| L-band Radiometer (SMAP) | NASA | SMAP - Approved | Proposed | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| L-band SAR | INPE | SSR-2 - N/A | No longer considered | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| L-band SAR L-band Synthetic Apature Radar |
JAXA METI |
JERS-1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| L-Band SAR (ALOS-2) L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (ALOS-2) |
JAXA | ALOS-2 - Approved | Operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| L-SAR L-Band SAR |
UKSA | TerraSAR-L - Cancelled | No longer considered | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| Lagrange LABEN GNSS Receiver for Advanced Navigation, Geodesy and Experiments |
ASI | SAC-D/Aquarius - Currently being flown | Operational | GNSS receiver | |
| Laser altimeter (LIST) | NASA | LIST - Considered | Proposed | Lidar altimeter | |
| Laser Reflectors | CNES | STELLA - Currently being flown STARLETTE - Currently being flown |
Operational | Laser retroreflector | |
| Laser Reflectors (ESA) Laser Reflectors |
ESA | GOCE - Currently being flown CryoSat - Currently being flown Swarm - Currently being flown CryoSat-2 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Laser retroreflector | |
| LCCRA Laser Corner Cube Reflector Assembly |
ASI | LARES - Approved | Being developed | Laser retroreflector | |
| LEISA AC LEISA Atmospheric Corrector |
NASA | NMP EO-1 - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| LI Lightning Imager |
EUMETSAT ESA |
MTG-I1 (imaging) - Approved MTG-I2 (imaging) - Approved MTG-I3 (imaging) - Approved MTG-I4 (imaging) - Approved |
Being developed | Lightning imager | |
| LIMS Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere |
NASA | NIMBUS-7 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Limb-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| LIS Lightning Imaging Sensor |
NASA | TRMM - Currently being flown | Operational | Lightning imager | |
| LISS-I Linear imaging Self Scanner - I |
ISRO | IRS-1A - Mission complete IRS-1B - Mission complete |
No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| LISS-II Linear Imaging Self Scanner - II |
ISRO | IRS-1A - Mission complete IRS-P2 - Mission complete IRS-1B - Mission complete |
No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| LISS-III (IRS) Linear Imaging Self Scanner - III (IRS) |
ISRO | IRS-1C - Mission complete IRS-1D - Mission complete |
No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| LISS-III (Resourcesat) Linear Imaging Self Scanner - III (Resourcesat) |
ISRO | RESOURCESAT-1 - Currently being flown RESOURCESAT-2 - Currently being flown RESOURCESAT-2A - Currently being flown |
Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| LISS-IV Linear Imaging Self Scanner - IV |
ISRO | RESOURCESAT-1 - Currently being flown RESOURCESAT-2 - Currently being flown RESOURCESAT-2A - Currently being flown |
Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| LM Lightning Mapper |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-4A - Approved FY-4B - Approved FY-4C - Approved FY-4D - Approved FY-4E - Approved |
Approved | Lightning imager | |
| LRA Laser Retroreflector Array |
NASA ASI |
Topex-Poseidon - Mission complete Jason-1 - Mission complete OSTM (Jason-2) - Mission complete |
Operational | Laser retroreflector | |
| LRA (LAGEOS) Laser Retroreflector Array |
ASI | LAGEOS-1 - Currently being flown LAGEOS-2 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Laser retroreflector | |
| LRIR Limb Radiance Inversion Radiometer instrument |
NASA | NIMBUS-6 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Limb-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| LRIT Low-Rate Information Transmission |
NOAA | GOES-11 - Currently being flown GOES-12 - Currently being flown NOAA-19 - Currently being flown GOES-14 - Currently being flown GOES-15 - Currently being flown GOES-13 - Currently being flown |
Operational | ||
| LRR Laser retro-Reflector |
ESA | GOCE - Currently being flown | Operational | Laser retroreflector | |
| Mach-Zehnder Micro-interferometer | ASI | MIOSAT - Approved | Approved | Medium-resolution IR spectrometer | |
| MADRAS Microwave Analysis and Detection of Rain and Atmospheric Structures |
ISRO CNES |
MEGHA-TROPIQUES - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| MAESTRO Measurements of Aerosol Extinction in the Stratosphere and Troposphere Retrieved by Occultation |
CSA | SCISAT-1 - Currently being flown | Operational | Limb-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| MAGIS Measurement of Atmospheric Gases using Infrared Sp |
ISRO | ISTAG - N/A | No longer considered | High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| Magnetometer (NOAA) Magnetometer |
NOAA | GOES-R - Approved GOES-S - Approved |
Approved | Magnetometer | |
| MAPI Multi-Angle Polarisation Imager |
ISRO | ISTAG - N/A | No longer considered | Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer | |
| MASTER | ESA | ESA Future Missions - Cancelled | TBD | ||
| MAVELI Measurements of Aerosols by Viewing Earth's Limb |
ISRO | ISTAG - N/A | No longer considered | Limb-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| MAXIE Magnetospheric Atmospheric X-ray Imaging Experiment |
NOAA USAF |
NOAA-13 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| MCSI Multiple Channel Scanning Imager |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-4A - Approved FY-4B - Approved FY-4C - Approved FY-4D - Approved FY-4E - Approved |
Approved | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MERIS Medium-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
ESA | Envisat - Currently being flown | Operational | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| MERSI Medium Resolution Spectral Imager |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3A - Currently being flown FY-3B - Currently being flown FY-3C - Currently being flown |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MERSI-2 Improved Medium Resolution Spectral Imager |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3D - Approved FY-3E - Approved FY-3F - Approved FY-3G - Approved |
Approved | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MESSR Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer |
JAXA | MOS-1B - Mission complete MOS-1 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Meteosat Comms Communications package for Meteosat |
EUMETSAT | Meteosat-5 - Mission complete Meteosat-3 - Mission complete Meteosat-4 - Mission complete Meteosat-6 - Mission complete Meteosat-7 - Mission complete |
Operational | Communications system | |
| METimage Multi Spectral Imager |
EUMETSAT DLR |
EPS-SG-a - Planned Post-EPS - Planned Sentinel-5 - Planned |
Proposed | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MHS Microwave Humidity Sounder |
EUMETSAT | NOAA-18 - Currently being flown NOAA-19 - Currently being flown Metop-B - Currently being flown Metop-C - Currently being flown Metop-A - Currently being flown |
Operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| MI Meteorological Imager |
KARI ITT |
COMS - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Microwave limb sounder (GACM) | NASA | GACM - Considered | Proposed | Limb-scanning MW spectrometer | |
| MIPAS Michelson Interferometric Passive Atmosphere Sounder |
ESA | Envisat - Currently being flown | Operational | Limb-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| MIRAS Multichannel Infrared Atmospheric Sounder |
NRSCC CAST |
FY-3C - Approved FY-3D - Approved FY-3E - Approved FY-3F - Approved FY-3G - Approved |
Prototype | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| MIRAS (SMOS) Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS) |
ESA | SMOS - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| MIRS Middle IR Scanner |
NSAU | Sich-2 - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MISR Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer |
NASA | Terra - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer | |
| MIVZA Microwave scanning radiometer |
ROSHYDROMET | Meteor-3 N8 - Mission complete Meteor-3M N1 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| MIVZA-M Microwave scanning radiometer |
ROSKOSMOS | Resurs-02 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| MK-4 | ROSKOSMOS | Resurs-F2 series - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| MK-4M | ROSKOSMOS | Resurs-F2M series - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| MLS Microwave Limb Sounder (UARS) |
NASA | UARS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Limb-scanning MW spectrometer | |
| MLS (EOS-Aura) Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS-Aura) |
NASA | Aura - Currently being flown | Operational | Limb-scanning MW spectrometer | |
| MMP Magnetic Mapping Payload |
JPL DNSC CONAE |
SAC-C - Currently being flown | Operational | Magnetometer | |
| MMRS Multispectral Medium Resolution Scanner |
CONAE | SAC-C - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MOC Multi-spectral Optical Camera |
CONAE | SABIA-Mar - Planned | Approved | High resolution optical imager | |
| MODIS MODerate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
NASA | Terra - Currently being flown Aqua - Currently being flown |
Operational | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| MOPITT Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere |
CSA NASA |
Terra - Currently being flown | Operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| MOS Modular Opto-electronic Scanner |
ISRO DARA |
PRIRODA - Mission complete IRS-P3 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MR-2000 | ROSKOSMOS | Meteor-2 N24 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MR-2000M1 Scanning visible radiometer |
ROSHYDROMET | Meteor-3 N5 - Mission complete Meteor-3 N7 - Mission complete Meteor-3 N8 - Mission complete Meteor-3M N1 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MR-900 Scanning telephotometer |
ROSKOSMOS | Meteor-2 N24 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MR-900B Scanning visual band telephotometer |
ROSKOSMOS | Meteor-3 N5 - Mission complete Meteor-3 N7 - Mission complete Meteor-3 N8 - Mission complete Resurs-01 N4 - Mission complete Meteor-2 N21 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MS Multispectral Imager |
DMI | Deimos-1 - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MS Multispectral Imager |
GeoEye | Ikonos-2 - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MS Multispectral Imager |
NSPO | FORMOSAT-2 - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MS (GISTDA) Multi spectral imager |
GISTDA | THEOS - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSC Multi-Spectral Camera |
KARI E-LOP |
KOMPSAT-2 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSG Comms Communications package for MSG |
EUMETSAT | Meteosat-8 - Currently being flown Meteosat-9 - Currently being flown Meteosat-10 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Communications system | |
| MSGI-5EI Multichannel System for Geoactive Emission Measurements |
ROSHYDROMET | Meteor-3M N1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| MSGI-MKA Spectrometer |
ROSHYDROMET | Meteor-3M N2 - N/A | No longer considered | Space environment monitor | |
| MSI Multi Spectral Imager |
DLR | RapidEye - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSI (BJ-1) Multispectral Imager |
NRSCC CAST |
BJ-1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSI (EarthCARE) Multi-Spectral Imager (EarthCARE) |
ESA | EarthCARE - Approved | Approved | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MSI (Sentinel-2) Multi-Spectral Instrument (Sentinel-2) |
ESA EC |
Sentinel-2 A - Approved Sentinel-2 B - Approved Sentinel-2 C - Approved |
Being developed | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSMR Multifrequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
ISRO | IRS-P4 - Mission complete OCEANSAT-1 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| MSR Microwave Scanning Radiometer |
JAXA | MOS-1B - Mission complete MOS-1 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| MSS Multispectral Scanner |
USGS NASA |
Landsat-4 - Mission complete Landsat-5 - Mission complete |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MSS Multispectral Scanner |
NSAU | Sich-2 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSS Multispectral imaging system |
ROSKOSMOS ROSHYDROMET |
BelKA - Mission complete Kanopus-V N1 - Mission complete Kanopus-V N2 - Mission complete |
Prototype | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSS Multispectral Scanner |
USGS NASA |
Landsat-4 - Mission complete Landsat-5 - Mission complete |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MSTE-5E Multichannel system of geoactive measurements |
ROSHYDROMET | Meteor-3M N1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| MSU Microwave Sounding Unit |
NOAA | NOAA-9 - Mission complete NOAA-10 - Mission complete NOAA-11 - Mission complete NOAA-13 - Mission complete NOAA-12 - Mission complete NOAA-14 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| MSU-200 Multispectral high resolution scanner (VIS) |
ROSKOSMOS ROSHYDROMET |
Kanopus-V N1 - Approved Kanopus-V N2 - Approved |
Prototype | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSU-E Multispectral high resolution electronic scanner |
ROSHYDROMET | Meteor-3M N1 - Mission complete Resurs-01 N2 - Mission complete Resurs-01 N3 - Mission complete Resurs-01 N4 - Mission complete Sich-1M - Mission complete |
No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSU-E1 Multispectral high resolution electronic scanner |
ROSKOSMOS | Resurs-02 - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSU-E2 Multispectral high resolution electronic scanner |
ROSKOSMOS | PRIRODA - Mission complete ALMAZ-1B - Mission complete |
No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSU-EU Multi-Spectral Radiometer with High Resolution |
NSAU | Sich-1M - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSU-GS Multispectral scanning imager-radiometer |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Elektro-L N1 - Currently being flown Elektro-L N2 - Currently being flown Elektro-L N3 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MSU-M Multi-Spectral Low Resolution Scanning System |
ROSKOSMOS NSAU |
Sich-1 - Mission complete OKEAN-O - Mission complete OCEAN-01 - Mission complete Sich-1M - Mission complete OKEAN-01 N7 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MSU-MR Multispectral scanning imager-radiometer |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-3M N2 - N/A Meteor-M N1 - N/A Meteor-M N2 - N/A |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MSU-S Multi-Spectral Medium Resolution Scanning System |
ROSKOSMOS NSAU |
Sich-1 - Mission complete OCEAN-01 - Mission complete OKEAN-01 N7 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSU-SK Multispectral medium resolution conical scanner |
ROSKOSMOS | OKEAN-O - Mission complete Resurs-01 N2 - Mission complete Resurs-01 N3 - Mission complete Resurs-02 - Mission complete PRIRODA - Mission complete ALMAZ-1B - Mission complete Resurs-01 N4 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MSU-SM Multi-Spectral Medium Resolution Scanning System |
ROSHYDROMET | Meteor-3M N1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MSU-V Multispectral high resolution conical scanner |
ROSKOSMOS | OKEAN-O - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| MTSAT Comms Communications package for MTSAT |
JMA | MTSAT-1 - Mission complete MTSAT-2 - Mission complete MTSAT-1R - Mission complete |
Operational | Communications system | |
| MTSAT DCS Data Collection System for MTSAT |
JMA | MTSAT-2 - Currently being flown MTSAT-1R - Currently being flown |
Operational | Data collection system | |
| MTVZA Scanning microwave imager-sounder |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-3M N1 - Mission complete Meteor-3M N2 - Mission complete Meteor-M N1 - Mission complete Meteor-M N2 - Mission complete |
Operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| MTVZA-OK Scanning microwave radiometer |
ROSHYDROMET | Sich-1M - Mission complete Kanopus-Vulkan - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| Multi-band UV/VIS Spectrometer (ACE) | NASA | ACE - Considered | Proposed | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| Multi-beam LIDAR (Desdyni) | NASA | DESDynI - Cancelled | No longer considered | Lidar altimeter | |
| Multi-spectral thermal infrared imager (HyspIRI) | NASA | HyspIRI - Considered | Proposed | Medium-resolution IR spectrometer | |
| MUX Multispectral CCD Camera |
INPE CAST |
CBERS-3 - Approved CBERS-4 - Approved |
Prototype | High resolution optical imager | |
| MVIRI METEOSAT Visible and Infra-Red Imager |
EUMETSAT ESA |
Meteosat-5 - Mission complete Meteosat-3 - Mission complete Meteosat-4 - Mission complete Meteosat-6 - Mission complete Meteosat-7 - Mission complete |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MVIRS Moderate Resolution Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectroradiometer |
NRSCC CAST |
FY-3F - Planned FY-3G - Planned |
Approved | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MVISR (10 channels) Multispectral Visible and Infra-red Scan Radiometer (10 channels) |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-1C - Mission complete FY-1D - Mission complete |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MVISR (5 channels) Multispectral Visible and Infra-red Scan Radiometer (5 channels) |
CAST NRSCC |
FY-1A - Mission complete FY-1B - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MWAS MicroWave Atmospheric Sounder |
NRSCC CAST |
FY-3A - Currently being flown FY-3B - Currently being flown |
Operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| MWHS MicroWave Humidity Sounder |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3A - Currently being flown FY-3B - Currently being flown |
Operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| MWHS-2 Improved MicroWave Humidity Sounder |
CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3C - Approved FY-3D - Approved FY-3E - Approved FY-3F - Approved FY-3G - Approved |
Prototype | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| MWI-Cloud | EUMETSAT | EPS-SG-b - Planned | Proposed | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| MWI-Precip | EUMETSAT | EPS-SG-b - Planned | Proposed | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| MWR MicroWave Radiometer |
CONAE | SAC-D/Aquarius - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| MWR Microwave Radiometer |
ESA | Envisat - Currently being flown ERS-1 - Currently being flown ERS-2 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Non-scanning MW radiometer | |
| MWRI MicroWave Radiation Imager |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3A - Currently being flown FY-3B - Currently being flown FY-3C - Currently being flown FY-3D - Currently being flown FY-3F - Currently being flown |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| MWTS Microwave Temperature Sounder |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3A - Currently being flown FY-3B - Currently being flown |
Operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| MWTS-2 Improved Microwave Temperature Sounder |
CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3C - Approved FY-3D - Approved FY-3E - Approved FY-3F - Approved FY-3G - Approved |
Prototype | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| MX (RS-1A)-VNIR Multispectral VNIR |
ISRO | CARTOSAT-1A - Considered CARTOSAT-1B - Considered |
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| MxT Multi-spectral CCD Camera |
ISRO | IMS-1 - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Next Gen APS (ACE) | NASA | ACE - Considered PACE - Considered |
Proposed | Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer | |
| NigeriaSat Medium and High Resolution NigeriaSat Remote Sensing (Medium and High Resolution) |
NASRDA | NigeriaSat-2 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| NigeriaSat Medium Resolution NigeriaSat Remote Sensing (medium resolution) |
NASRDA | NigeriaSat-1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| NigeriaSat Medium Resolution NigeriaSat Remote Sensing (Medium Resolution) |
NASRDA | NigeriaSat-X - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| NIRST New Infrared Sensor Technology |
CONAE CSA |
SAC-D/Aquarius - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| NISTAR NIST active Cavity Radiometer |
NASA NOAA |
DSCOVR - Planned | Being developed | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| NOAA Comms Communications package for NOAA |
NOAA | NOAA-9 - Mission complete NOAA-10 - Mission complete NOAA-11 - Mission complete NOAA-13 - Mission complete NOAA-16 - Mission complete NOAA-17 - Mission complete NOAA-18 - Mission complete NOAA-19 - Mission complete NOAA-12 - Mission complete NOAA-14 - Mission complete NOAA-15 - Mission complete |
Operational | ||
| NSCAT NASA Scatterometer |
NASA | ADEOS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Radar scatterometer | |
| NVK Low-frequency wave complex |
ROSKOSMOS | Vulkan-Kompas-2 - Mission complete Kanopus-Vulkan - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Magnetometer | |
| Occultation GNSS Receiver (CLARREO) | NASA | CLARREO-1 - Cancelled CLARREO-2 - Cancelled CLARREO-3 - Cancelled CLARREO-4 - Cancelled |
No longer considered | GNSS receiver | |
| OCM Ocean Colour Monitor |
ISRO | IRS-P4 - Mission complete OCEANSAT-2 - Mission complete OCEANSAT-1 - Mission complete |
Operational | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| OCM (Oceansat-3/3A) Ocean Colour Monitor (Oceansat-3/3A) |
ISRO | OCEANSAT-3 - Considered OCEANSAT-3A - Considered |
Proposed | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| OCS Ocean colour scanner |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-M N3 - Planned | Being developed | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| OCTS Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner |
JAXA | ADEOS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| OEA Optical-electronic equipment |
ROSKOSMOS | Baumanets - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| OEK DZZ WR High resolution electron-High resolution electron-optical complex for Earth remote sensing |
ROSKOSMOS | Resurs-01 N5 - N/A | No longer considered | High resolution optical imager | |
| OES Ocean Ecosystem Spectrometer |
NASA | PACE - Considered | Proposed | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| OLCI Ocean and Land Colour Imager |
ESA EC |
Sentinel-3 A - Approved Sentinel-3 B - Approved Sentinel-3 C - Approved |
Approved | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| OLI Operational Land Imager |
NASA USGS |
LDCM - Approved | Being developed | High resolution optical imager | |
| OLS Operational Linescan System |
NOAA DoD (USA) |
DMSP F-8 - Mission complete DMSP F-9 - Mission complete DMSP F-10 - Mission complete DMSP F-11 - Mission complete DMSP F-12 - Mission complete DMSP F-13 - Mission complete DMSP F-14 - Mission complete DMSP F-15 - Mission complete DMSP F-16 - Mission complete DMSP F-17 - Mission complete DMSP F-18 - Mission complete DMSP F-19 - Mission complete DMSP F-20 - Mission complete |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| OMI Ozone Measuring Instrument |
NSO NASA |
Aura - Currently being flown | Operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| OMPS Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite |
NOAA | NPOESS-1 - N/A NPOESS-3 - N/A NPOESS-5 - N/A NPP - N/A JPSS-1 - N/A JPSS-2 - N/A |
Operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| OMS Ozone Monitoring Suite |
CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3E - Planned FY-3G - Planned |
TBD | ||
| OPS Optical Sensor |
JAXA | JERS-1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| Optical or HyperSpectral (TBD) | JAXA | ALOS-3 - Planned | Proposed | ||
| OSIRIS Optical Spectrograph and Infra-Red Imaging System |
CSA SNSB |
Odin - Currently being flown | Operational | Limb-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| OSMI Ocean Scanning Multispectral Imager |
KARI | KOMPSAT-1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| Overhauser Magnetometer OM |
CNES | Ørsted (Oersted) - Currently being flown | Operational | Magnetometer | |
| Ozon-M | ROSKOSMOS | PRIRODA - Mission complete | No longer operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| PALSAR Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar |
JAXA METI |
ALOS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| Pamela | ROSKOSMOS | Resurs DK 1 - Currently being flown Resurs P N1 - Currently being flown Resurs P N2 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| PAN Panchromatic and multispectral imager |
CAST INPE |
CBERS-3 - Approved CBERS-4 - Approved |
Prototype | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN Panchromatic Imager |
GeoEye | Ikonos-2 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN Panchromatic and multispectral imager |
CAST INPE |
CBERS-3 - Approved CBERS-4 - Approved |
Prototype | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN Panchromatic Imager |
NSPO | FORMOSAT-2 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN (BJ-1) Panchromatic Imager |
NRSCC CAST |
BJ-1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN (Cartosat-1) Panchromatic Camera |
ISRO | CARTOSAT-1 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN (Cartosat-2) Panchromatic Camera |
ISRO | CARTOSAT-2 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN (Cartosat-2A/2B) Panchromatic Camera |
ISRO | CARTOSAT-2B - Currently being flown CARTOSAT-2A - Currently being flown |
Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN (Cartosat-3/3A) Panchromatic sensor |
ISRO | CARTOSAT-3 - Planned CARTOSAT-3A - Planned |
Being developed | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN (GISTDA) Panchromatic imager |
GISTDA | THEOS - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN (IRS-1C/1D) Panchromatic sensor |
ISRO | IRS-1C - Mission complete IRS-1D - Mission complete |
No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN (RS-1A)-MX PAN Fore and Aft |
ISRO | CARTOSAT-1A - Considered CARTOSAT-1B - Considered |
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| PAN CAM Panchromatic Camera |
ASI | MIOSAT - Approved | Approved | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN CAMERA Pancromatic camera |
ASI | PRISMA - Approved | Approved | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN+MS (RGB+NIR) Ingenio PAN+MS (RGB+NIR) |
CDTI ESA |
Ingenio - Approved | Being developed | High resolution optical imager | |
| Panchromatic High Sensitivity Camera | CONAE | SARE-1 - Planned | TBD | High resolution optical imager | |
| Paz SAR-X X Band Synthetic Aperture Radar |
CDTI | PAZ - Approved | Being developed | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| PCW PHEMOS - Solar-Terrestrial Polar Highly Elliptical Molniya Orbit Science, Solar-Terrestrial Mission |
CSA | PCW-1 - Planned PCW-2 - Planned |
Proposed | Space environment monitor | |
| PCW PHEMOS-Atmospheric Polar Highly Elliptical Molniya Orbit Science Weather, Climate & Air Quality Mission |
CSA | PCW-1 - Planned PCW-2 - Planned |
Proposed | High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| PCWMP PCW Meteorological Payload (1 on each PCW S/C) |
CSA | PCW-1 - Planned PCW-2 - Planned |
Proposed | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| PEM Particle Environment Monitor |
NASA | UARS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| POLDER POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances |
CNES JAXA |
ADEOS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer | |
| POLDER-2 POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances |
CNES JAXA |
ADEOS-II - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer | |
| POLDER-P POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances (PARASOL version) |
CNES | PARASOL - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer | |
| POSEIDON-1 (SSALT-1) Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter) |
CNES | Topex-Poseidon - Mission complete | No longer operational | Radar altimeter | |
| POSEIDON-2 (SSALT-2) Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter) |
CNES | Jason-1 - Currently being flown | Operational | Radar altimeter | |
| POSEIDON-3 Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter) |
CNES | OSTM (Jason-2) - Currently being flown | Operational | Radar altimeter | |
| POSEIDON-3B Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter) |
CNES | Jason-3 - Approved | Operational | Radar altimeter | |
| PR Precipitation Radar |
JAXA NASA |
TRMM - Currently being flown ADEOS - Currently being flown |
Operational | Cloud and precipitation radar | |
| PREMOS PREcision Monitoring of Solar Variability |
CNES | PICARD - Currently being flown | Operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| PRISM Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping |
JAXA | ALOS - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| PSA Panchromatic imaging system |
ROSKOSMOS | Monitor-E - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| PSS Panchromatic imaging system |
ROSKOSMOS ROSHYDROMET |
BelKA - Mission complete Kanopus-V N1 - Mission complete Kanopus-V N2 - Mission complete |
Prototype | High resolution optical imager | |
| R-225 Single channel microwave radiometer |
ROSKOSMOS | OKEAN-O - Mission complete | No longer operational | Non-scanning MW radiometer | |
| R-400 | ROSKOSMOS | PRIRODA - Mission complete | No longer operational | Non-scanning MW radiometer | |
| R-600 Single channel microwave radiometer |
ROSKOSMOS | OKEAN-O - Mission complete | No longer operational | Non-scanning MW radiometer | |
| RA Radar Altimeter |
ESA | ERS-1 - Mission complete ERS-2 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Radar altimeter | |
| RA-2 Radar Altimeter - 2 |
ESA | Envisat - Currently being flown | Operational | Radar altimeter | |
| RAD Microwave radiometer |
NSOAS | HY-2A - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| Radiomet Radio-occultation receiver |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-M N3 - Planned | Approved | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| RADIOMETRO Scanning Radiometer |
INPE | GPM-Br - Cancelled | No longer considered | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| RASAT VIS Multispectral RASAT VIS Multispectral camera |
TUBITAK | RASAT - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| RASAT VIS Panchromatic RASAR VIS Panchromatic camera |
TUBITAK | RASAT - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| RBE | ROSKOSMOS | Vulkan-Kompas-2 - Mission complete Kanopus-Vulkan - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| RCHA | ROSKOSMOS | Vulkan-Kompas-2 - Mission complete Kanopus-Vulkan - Mission complete |
No longer operational | ||
| RDSA Multispectral Imager |
ROSKOSMOS | Monitor-E - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| RIS Retroreflector in Space |
JAXA | ADEOS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Laser retroreflector | |
| RLSBO Side looking microwave radar |
ROSKOSMOS NIIRI |
Sich-1 - Mission complete OKEAN-O - Mission complete OCEAN-01 - Mission complete Sich-1M - Mission complete OKEAN-01 N7 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| RM-08 Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
ROSHYDROMET NSAU |
Sich-1 - Mission complete OCEAN-01 - Mission complete Sich-1M - Mission complete OKEAN-01 N7 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| RMK-2 Radiation Measurement Complex |
ROSKOSMOS | Meteor-2 N24 - Mission complete Meteor-3 N5 - Mission complete Meteor-3 N7 - Mission complete Meteor-3 N8 - Mission complete Resurs-01 N4 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| RMS Radiation measurement system |
ROSKOSMOS | GOMS/Electro N1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| RO | EUMETSAT | EPS-SG-a - Planned EPS-SG-b - Planned |
Proposed | ||
| ROSA Radio Occultation Sounder for the Atmosphere |
ASI ISRO |
OCEANSAT-2 - Currently being flown | Operational | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| ROSA Radio Occultation Sounder for the Atmosphere |
ASI CONAE |
SAC-D/Aquarius - Currently being flown | Operational | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| ROSA Radio Occultation Sounder for the Atmosphere |
ASI ISRO |
OCEANSAT-2 - Currently being flown | Operational | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| ROSA Radio Occultation Sensor for Atmosphere |
ISRO | MEGHA-TROPIQUES - Currently being flown | Operational | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| RRA Retroreflector Array |
CNES | Diademe 1&2 - Currently being flown | Operational | Laser retroreflector | |
| RTT Regenerative Transponder and Transparent |
CNES ASI |
ATHENA FIDUS - N/A | No longer considered | ||
| S&R Search and Rescue |
ROSKOSMOS | Elektro-L N1 - Currently being flown Elektro-L N2 - Currently being flown Elektro-L N3 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Communications system | |
| S&R (GOES) Search and Rescue |
NOAA | GOES-7 - Mission complete GOES-10 - Mission complete GOES-11 - Mission complete GOES-12 - Mission complete GOES-8 - Mission complete GOES-9 - Mission complete GOES-14 - Mission complete GOES-15 - Mission complete GOES-13 - Mission complete |
Operational | Communications system | |
| S&R (NOAA) Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking |
NOAA | NOAA-9 - Mission complete NOAA-10 - Mission complete NOAA-11 - Mission complete NOAA-13 - Mission complete NOAA-16 - Mission complete NOAA-17 - Mission complete NOAA-18 - Mission complete NOAA-19 - Mission complete NOAA-14 - Mission complete NOAA-15 - Mission complete Metop-B - Mission complete Metop-A - Mission complete NPOESS-5 - Mission complete NPOESS-6 - Mission complete |
Operational | Communications system | |
| S-Band SAR S-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar |
CAST | HJ-1C - Approved | Being developed | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SABER Sounding of the Atmosphere usingBroadband Emission Radiometry |
NASA | TIMED - N/A | No longer considered | Limb-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| SAGE I Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment I instrument |
NASA | SAGE/AEM-2 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Limb-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| SAGE II Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment-II |
NASA ROSKOSMOS |
ERBS - Mission complete NIMBUS-7 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Limb-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| SAGE III Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment-III |
NASA ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-3M N1 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Limb-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| SAGE-III Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment |
NASA | SAGE-III - Planned | Being developed | Limb-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| SAMS Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder instrument |
NASA | NIMBUS-7 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Limb-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| SAPHIR Sondeur Atmospherique du Profil'd’Humidite Intertropicale par Radiometrie |
CNES | MEGHA-TROPIQUES - Currently being flown | Operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar X band |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-3M N2 - N/A Meteor-M N3 - N/A |
Being developed | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR (MAPSAR) Synthetic Aperture Radar (MAPSAR) |
INPE | MAPSAR - Cancelled | No longer considered | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR (RADARSAT) Synthetic Aperture Radar (CSA) C band |
CSA | RADARSAT-1 - Currently being flown | Operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR (RADARSAT-2) Synthetic Aperture Radar (CSA) C band |
CSA | RADARSAT-2 - Currently being flown | Operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR (RCM) Synthetic Aperture Radar (CSA) C band |
CSA | RADARSAT C-1 - Approved RADARSAT C-2 - Approved RADARSAT C-3 - Approved |
Being developed | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR (RISAT) Synthetic Aperature Radiometer (RISAT) |
ISRO | RISAT-1 - Approved RISAT-1A - Approved |
Being developed | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR (SABRINA) Synthetic Aperature Radar (SABRINA) |
ASI | SABRINA - Cancelled | No longer considered | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR 2000 Synthetic Aperture Radar - 2000 |
ASI MiD (Italy) |
COSMO-SkyMed 1 - Currently being flown COSMO-SkyMed 2 - Currently being flown COSMO-SkyMed 3 - Currently being flown COSMO-SkyMed 4 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR components testing | CONAE | SARE-1 - Planned | TBD | ||
| SAR-10 Synthetic Aperture Radar |
ROSKOSMOS NPO PLANETA |
ALMAZ-1B - Mission complete | No longer operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR-2000 S.G. SAR-2000 Second Generation |
ASI MiD (Italy) |
CSG-1 - Approved CSG-2 - Approved |
Approved | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR-3 Synthetic Aperture Radar |
ROSKOSMOS | ALMAZ-1B - Mission complete | No longer operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR-70 Synthetic Aperture Radar |
ROSKOSMOS NPO PLANETA |
ALMAZ-1B - Mission complete | No longer operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR-L L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar |
CONAE | SAOCOM 1A - Approved SAOCOM 1B - Approved SAOCOM-2B - Approved SAOCOM-2A - Approved |
Being developed | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR-L Synthetic Aperture Radiometer (L band) |
ISRO | RISAT-3 - Considered RISAT-3L - Considered |
Proposed | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR-X Synthetic Aperature Radiometer (RISAT-2) |
ISRO | RISAT-2 - Currently being flown RISAT-2F - Currently being flown |
Operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SARSAT Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking |
NOAA | NPOESS-2 - N/A NPOESS-1 - N/A NPOESS-3 - N/A NPOESS-4 - N/A NPOESS-5 - N/A NPOESS-6 - N/A JPSS-2 - N/A |
Operational | ||
| SBUV/1 Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet 2 instrument |
NASA | NIMBUS-7 - Mission complete | No longer operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| SBUV/2 Solar Backscattter Ultra-Violet Instrument/2 |
NOAA | NOAA-9 - Mission complete NOAA-10 - Mission complete NOAA-11 - Mission complete NOAA-13 - Mission complete NOAA-16 - Mission complete NOAA-17 - Mission complete NOAA-18 - Mission complete NOAA-19 - Mission complete NOAA-14 - Mission complete |
Operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| SCA | EUMETSAT | EPS-SG-b - Planned | Proposed | ||
| ScaRaB Scanner for Earth's Radiation Budget |
CNES | Meteor-3 N7 - Mission complete Resurs-01 N4 - Mission complete MEGHA-TROPIQUES - Mission complete |
Operational | Broad-band radiometer | |
| SCAT Scatterometer |
NSOAS | HY-2A - Currently being flown | Operational | Radar scatterometer | |
| Scatterometer | ISRO | OCEANSAT-2 - Currently being flown Scatterometer Satellite-1 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Radar scatterometer | |
| Scatterometer | ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-M N3 - Planned | Approved | Radar scatterometer | |
| SCIAMACHY Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography |
ESA DLR |
Envisat - Currently being flown | Operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| SDR Software Defined Radio |
NSC | AISSat-1 - Currently being flown | Operational | Communications system | |
| SeaWiFS Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor |
Orbital NASA |
OrbView-2 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| SeaWinds | NASA | ADEOS-II - Mission complete QuikSCAT - Mission complete |
Operational | Radar scatterometer | |
| SEISS Space Environment In Situ Suite |
NOAA | GOES-R - Approved GOES-S - Approved |
Being developed | Space environment monitor | |
| SEM Space Environment Monitor |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3A - Currently being flown FY-3B - Currently being flown |
Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| SEM (GOES) Space Environment Monitor |
NOAA | GOES-10 - Mission complete GOES-11 - Mission complete GOES-12 - Mission complete GOES-8 - Mission complete GOES-9 - Mission complete GOES-14 - Mission complete GOES-15 - Mission complete GOES-13 - Mission complete |
Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| SEM (JAXA) Space Environment Monitor (JAXA) |
JAXA | ADEOS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Space environment monitor | |
| SEM (POES) Space Environment Monitor |
NOAA | GOES-7 - Mission complete NOAA-9 - Mission complete NOAA-10 - Mission complete NOAA-13 - Mission complete NOAA-16 - Mission complete NOAA-17 - Mission complete NOAA-18 - Mission complete NOAA-19 - Mission complete NOAA-12 - Mission complete NOAA-14 - Mission complete Metop-B - Mission complete Metop-C - Mission complete Metop-A - Mission complete |
Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| SEM-N Space Environment Monitor - NPOESS |
USAF | NPOESS-1 - N/A NPOESS-3 - N/A DWSS - N/A |
Being developed | Space environment monitor | |
| SES Space Environment Suite, improved SEM |
CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3C - Approved FY-3D - Approved FY-3E - Approved FY-3F - Approved |
Prototype | Space environment monitor | |
| SESS Space Environmental Sensor Suite |
NOAA | NPOESS-5 - Cancelled NPOESS-6 - Cancelled |
No longer considered | Space environment monitor | |
| Severjanin X-band Synthetic Aperature Radar |
ROSHYDROMET | Meteor-M N1 - Currently being flown Meteor-M N2 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SEVIRI Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-Red Imager |
EUMETSAT ESA |
Meteosat-8 - Currently being flown Meteosat-9 - Currently being flown Meteosat-10 - Currently being flown Meteosat-11 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| SFM-2 UV limb spectrometer |
ROSHYDROMET | Meteor-3 N5 - Mission complete Meteor-3M N1 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Limb-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| SGLI Second-generation Global Imager |
JAXA | GCOM-C1 - Approved GCOM-C2 - Approved GCOM-C3 - Approved - Approved |
Approved | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| SI Star Imager |
DNSC | Ørsted (Oersted) - Currently being flown | Operational | Star tracker | |
| SILVA | ROSKOSMOS | ALMAZ-1B - Mission complete | No longer operational | ||
| SIM Solar Irradiation Monitor |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3A - Currently being flown FY-3B - Currently being flown FY-3C - Currently being flown FY-3E - Currently being flown |
Operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| SIM Spectral Irradiance Monitor |
NASA | SORCE - Currently being flown | Operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| SIM Solar Irradiation Monitor |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3A - Currently being flown FY-3B - Currently being flown FY-3C - Currently being flown FY-3E - Currently being flown |
Operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| SIM-2 Solar Irradiation Monitor-2 |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3C - Approved FY-3E - Approved FY-3G - Approved |
Operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| SIRAL SAR Interferometer Radar Altimeter |
ESA | CryoSat - Mission complete CryoSat-2 - Mission complete |
Operational | Radar altimeter | |
| SLIM-6 Surrey Linear Imager - 6 channel |
UKSA | UK-DMC - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| SLIM-6-22 Surrey Linear Imager - 6 channel - 22m resolution |
UKSA | UK-DMC2 - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| SLR-3 Side looking Radar |
ROSKOSMOS NPO PLANETA |
ALMAZ-1B - Mission complete | No longer operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SLSTR Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer |
ESA EC |
Sentinel-3 A - Approved Sentinel-3 B - Approved Sentinel-3 C - Approved |
Approved | Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer | |
| SMILES Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder |
JAXA NICT |
ISS/JEM - Currently being flown | No longer operational | Limb-scanning MW spectrometer | |
| SMR Submillimetre Radiometer |
SNSB | Odin - Currently being flown | Operational | Limb-scanning MW spectrometer | |
| SODAD/CARMEN-1 Orbital System for an Active Detection of Debris |
CNES CONAE |
SAC-D/Aquarius - Currently being flown | Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| SODISM SOlar Diameter Imager and Surface Mapper |
CNES | PICARD - Currently being flown | Operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| Solar reflected spectrometer (CLARREO) | NASA | CLARREO-2 - Cancelled CLARREO-4 - Cancelled |
No longer considered | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| SOLSTICE SOLar STellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment |
NASA | UARS - Mission complete SORCE - Mission complete |
Operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| Sounder | NOAA | GOES-10 - Mission complete GOES-11 - Mission complete GOES-12 - Mission complete GOES-8 - Mission complete GOES-9 - Mission complete GOES-14 - Mission complete GOES-15 - Mission complete GOES-13 - Mission complete |
Operational | Narrow-band channel IR radiometer | |
| Sounder (INSAT) IR Sounder |
ISRO | INSAT-3D - Approved INSAT-3DR - Approved INSAT-3DS - Approved |
Being developed | Narrow-band channel IR radiometer | |
| SOVAP SOlar Variability Picard radiometer |
CNES | PICARD - Currently being flown | Operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| SPECTRA Surface Processes and Ecosystem Changes Through Response Analysis |
ESA | ESA Future Missions - Cancelled | TBD | High resolution optical imager | |
| Spectrometer (OCO) | NASA | OCO - Mission complete | No longer operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| Spectrometer (OCO-2) | NASA | OCO-2 - Planned | Being developed | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| SRAL SAR Radar Altimeter |
ESA EC |
Sentinel-3 A - Approved Sentinel-3 B - Approved Sentinel-3 C - Approved |
Approved | Radar altimeter | |
| SROSMO Spectroradiometer for ocean monitoring |
ROSKOSMOS | ALMAZ-1B - Mission complete | No longer operational | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| SSB/X Special Sensor Gamma Ray Particle Detector |
NOAA DoD (USA) |
DMSP F-8 - Mission complete | No longer considered | Space environment monitor | |
| SSB/X-2 Special Sensor Gamma Ray Particle Detector |
NOAA DoD (USA) |
DMSP F-11 - Mission complete DMSP F-12 - Mission complete DMSP F-14 - Mission complete |
Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| SSI/ES-2 Special Sensor Ionospheric Plasma Drift/Scintillation Meter |
NOAA DoD (USA) |
DMSP F-11 - Mission complete DMSP F-12 - Mission complete DMSP F-13 - Mission complete DMSP F-14 - Mission complete DMSP F-15 - Mission complete |
Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| SSI/ES-3 Special Sensor Ionospheric Plasma Drift/Scintillation Meter |
NOAA DoD (USA) |
DMSP F-16 - Currently being flown DMSP F-17 - Currently being flown DMSP F-18 - Currently being flown DMSP F-19 - Currently being flown DMSP F-20 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| SSJ/4 Special Sensor Precipitating Plasma Monitor |
NOAA DoD (USA) |
DMSP F-11 - Mission complete DMSP F-12 - Mission complete DMSP F-13 - Mission complete DMSP F-14 - Mission complete DMSP F-15 - Mission complete |
Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| SSJ/5 Special Sensor Precipitating Plasma Monitor |
NOAA DoD (USA) |
DMSP F-16 - Currently being flown | Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| SSM Special Sensor Magnetometer |
NOAA DoD (USA) |
DMSP F-12 - Mission complete DMSP F-13 - Mission complete DMSP F-14 - Mission complete DMSP F-15 - Mission complete DMSP F-16 - Mission complete DMSP F-17 - Mission complete DMSP F-18 - Mission complete DMSP F-19 - Mission complete DMSP F-20 - Mission complete |
Operational | Magnetometer | |
| SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave Imager |
NOAA DoD (USA) |
DMSP F-8 - Mission complete DMSP F-10 - Mission complete DMSP F-11 - Mission complete DMSP F-12 - Mission complete DMSP F-13 - Mission complete DMSP F-14 - Mission complete DMSP F-15 - Mission complete |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| SSM/IS Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder |
NOAA DoD (USA) |
DMSP F-16 - Currently being flown DMSP F-17 - Currently being flown DMSP F-18 - Currently being flown DMSP F-19 - Currently being flown DMSP F-20 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| SSM/T-1 Special Sensor Microwave Temperature Sounder |
NOAA DoD (USA) |
DMSP F-8 - Mission complete DMSP F-9 - Mission complete DMSP F-10 - Mission complete DMSP F-11 - Mission complete DMSP F-12 - Mission complete DMSP F-13 - Mission complete DMSP F-14 - Mission complete DMSP F-15 - Mission complete |
Operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| SSM/T-2 Special Sensor Microwave Water Vapor Sounder |
NOAA DoD (USA) |
DMSP F-11 - Mission complete DMSP F-12 - Mission complete DMSP F-14 - Mission complete DMSP F-15 - Mission complete |
Operational | Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer | |
| SSTI Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking Instrument |
ESA | GOCE - Currently being flown | Operational | GNSS receiver | |
| SSU Stratospheric Sounding Unit |
NOAA | NOAA-9 - Mission complete NOAA-11 - Mission complete NOAA-13 - Mission complete NOAA-12 - Mission complete NOAA-14 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Narrow-band channel IR radiometer | |
| SSULI Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager |
NOAA | DMSP F-16 - Currently being flown DMSP F-17 - Currently being flown DMSP F-18 - Currently being flown DMSP F-19 - Currently being flown DMSP F-20 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| SSUSI Special Sensor Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imager |
NOAA | DMSP F-16 - Currently being flown DMSP F-17 - Currently being flown DMSP F-18 - Currently being flown DMSP F-19 - Currently being flown DMSP F-20 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| STR Star Tracker Set (3) |
ESA | Swarm - Approved | Being developed | Star tracker | |
| SumbandilaSat Imager | SANSA Uni of Stellenbosh |
SumbandilaSat - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| SUSIM (UARS) Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance Monitor |
NASA | UARS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| SUVI Solar Ultraviolet Imager |
NOAA | GOES-R - Approved GOES-S - Approved |
Being developed | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| SXI Solar X-ray Imager |
NOAA USAF |
GOES-12 - Currently being flown GOES-15 - Currently being flown GOES-13 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Space environment monitor | |
| TANSO-CAI Thermal And Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observation - Cloud and Aerosol Imager |
JAXA MOE (Japan) NIES (Japan) |
GOSAT - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| TANSO-FTS Thermal And Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observation - Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
JAXA MOE (Japan) NIES (Japan) |
GOSAT - Currently being flown | Operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| TBD |
NRSCC CAST |
FY-4 M/A - N/A FY-4 M/B - N/A FY-4 M/C - N/A |
No longer considered | ||
| TDP Technological Development Package |
CONAE | SAC-D/Aquarius - Currently being flown | Operational | GNSS receiver | |
| TES Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer |
NASA | Aura - Currently being flown | Operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer | |
| TES PAN Panchromatic Camera |
ISRO | TES - Currently being flown | Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| TGSP Trace Gas Spectrometer |
ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS |
Meteor-MP N1 - Planned Meteor-MP N2 - Planned Meteor-MP N3 - Planned |
Proposed | Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer | |
| TIM Total Irradiance Monitor |
NASA | SORCE - Currently being flown Glory - Currently being flown |
Operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| TIR (Oceansat-3/3A) Thermal Infrared Radiometer (Oceansat-3/3A) |
ISRO | OCEANSAT-3 - Considered OCEANSAT-3A - Considered |
Being developed | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| TIRS Thermal Infrared Sensor |
NASA USGS |
LDCM - Approved | Being developed | Narrow-band channel IR radiometer | |
| TM Thematic Mapper |
USGS NASA |
Landsat-4 - Mission complete Landsat-5 - Mission complete |
Operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| TMI TRMM Microwave Imager |
NASA | TRMM - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer | |
| TMR TOPEX Microwave Radiometer |
NASA | Topex-Poseidon - Mission complete | No longer operational | Non-scanning MW radiometer | |
| TOMS Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer |
NASA JAXA |
Meteor-3 N5 - Mission complete TOMS-EP - Mission complete ADEOS - Mission complete NIMBUS-7 - Mission complete QuikTOMS - Mission complete |
No longer operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| TOPEX TOPEX NASA Radar Altimeter |
NASA | Topex-Poseidon - Mission complete | No longer operational | Radar altimeter | |
| TOPSAT Telescope | UKSA | TopSat - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| TOU/SBUS Total Ozone Unit & Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Sounder |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3A - Currently being flown FY-3B - Currently being flown FY-3C - Currently being flown |
Operational | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| TOVS (HIRS/2 + MSU + SSU) TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
NOAA | NOAA-9 - Mission complete NOAA-10 - Mission complete NOAA-11 - Mission complete NOAA-14 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | ||
| Travers SAR | ROSKOSMOS | PRIRODA - Mission complete | No longer operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| TRSR Turbo-Rogue Space Receiver |
NASA | Jason-1 - Currently being flown | Operational | GNSS radio-occultation receiver | |
| TSIS Total Solar and Spectral Irradiance Sensor |
NOAA | NPOESS-1 - N/A NPOESS-6 - N/A JPSS-2 - N/A |
Being developed | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| TSU Temperature Sounding Unit |
ISRO | Scatterometer Satellite-1 - Considered | Proposed | Data collection system | |
| TV camera | ROSKOSMOS | PRIRODA - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| UV Spectrometer (GACM) | NASA | GACM - Considered | Proposed | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| UV/Vis Near IR Wide Imaging Spectrometer (Geo-Cape) | NASA | GEO-CAPE - Considered | Proposed | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| UVAS UVAS (Ultraviolet Visible and near-infrared Atmospheric Sounder) |
CDTI | Ingenio - Approved | Approved | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| UVN UV-VIS-NIR Sounder |
EUMETSAT ESA |
MTG-S1 - N/A MTG-S2 - N/A |
No longer considered | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| UVN (Sentinel-4) UV-visible- near infrared imaging spectrometer (Sentinel-4) |
ESA EC |
Sentinel-4 A - Planned Sentinel-4 B - Planned |
Proposed | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| UVNS (Sentinel-5 precursor) Ultra-violet Visible Near-infrared Shortwave-infrared spectrometer |
ESA EC NSO |
Sentinel-5 precursor - Approved | Proposed | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| UVNS (Sentinel-5) Ultra-violet Visible Near-infrared Shortwave-infrared spectrometer |
ESA EC |
Sentinel-5 - Planned | Proposed | High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| Variant variant |
ROSKOSMOS | Sich-1M - Mission complete | No longer operational | ||
| VAS VISSR Atmospheric Sounder |
NOAA | GOES-7 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Narrow-band channel IR radiometer | |
| VEGETATION | CNES EC SNSB |
SPOT-4 - Currently being flown SPOT-5 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| VFM Vector Field Magnetometer |
ESA | Swarm - Approved | Being developed | Magnetometer | |
| VHRR Very High Resolution Radiometer |
ISRO | INSAT-2A - Mission complete INSAT-2B - Mission complete INSAT-2E - Mission complete KALPANA-1 - Mission complete INSAT-3A - Mission complete |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| VIIRS Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite |
NOAA NASA |
NPOESS-2 - N/A NPOESS-1 - N/A NPOESS-3 - N/A NPOESS-4 - N/A NPOESS-5 - N/A NPOESS-6 - N/A NPP - N/A JPSS-1 - N/A JPSS-2 - N/A DWSS - N/A |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| VIRR Multispectral Visible and Infra-red Scan Radiometer (10 channels) |
NRSCC CAST NSMC-CMA |
FY-3A - Currently being flown FY-3B - Currently being flown FY-3C - Currently being flown |
Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| VIRS Visible Infra-red Scanner |
NASA | TRMM - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Visible imaging spectrometer (HyspIRI) | NASA | HyspIRI - Considered | Proposed | High resolution optical imager | |
| VISSR (FY-2) Multispectral Visible and Infra-red Scan Radiometer (3 channels) |
NRSCC CAST |
FY-2B - Mission complete FY-2A - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| VISSR (GMS-4) Visible and Infra-red Spin Scan Radiometer (GMS-4) |
JAXA | GMS-4 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| VISSR (GMS-5) Visible and Infra-red Spin Scan Radiometer (GMS-5) |
JAXA JMA |
GMS-5 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| VSC Venus Superspectral Camera |
CNES ISA |
VENUS - Approved | Being developed | High resolution optical imager | |
| VTIR Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer |
JAXA | MOS-1B - Mission complete MOS-1 - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| WAOSS-B Wide-Angle Optoelectronic Stereo Scanner |
DLR | BIRD - Mission complete | No longer operational | High resolution optical imager | |
| WEFAX Weather Facsimile |
NOAA | GOES-7 - Mission complete GOES-10 - Mission complete GOES-11 - Mission complete GOES-12 - Mission complete GOES-8 - Mission complete GOES-9 - Mission complete |
Operational | ||
| WFC Wide Field Camera |
NASA | CALIPSO - Currently being flown | Operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| WFI Wide Field Imager |
CAST INPE |
CBERS-1 - Mission complete CBERS-2 - Mission complete CBERS-2B - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| WFI-2 Wide Field Imager-2 |
INPE CAST |
CBERS-3 - Approved CBERS-4 - Approved |
Prototype | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| WiFS Wide Field Sensor |
ISRO | IRS-1C - Mission complete IRS-P3 - Mission complete IRS-P4 - Mission complete IRS-1D - Mission complete |
No longer operational | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| WINDII | CNES NASA |
UARS - Mission complete | No longer operational | Limb-scanning SW spectrometer | |
| WindRAD Wind Radar |
NSMC-CMA | FY-3E - Planned FY-3G - Planned |
Prototype | Radar scatterometer | |
| WS LISS III Wide Scan LISS III |
ISRO | RESOURCESAT-3 - Considered RESOURCESAT-3A - Considered |
Proposed | High resolution optical imager | |
| WSAR | NSOAS CAST |
HY-3A - Planned HY-3B - Planned HY-3C - Planned |
Proposed | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| WTE Whale Tracker Experiment |
CONAE | SAC-C - Currently being flown | Operational | Data collection system | |
| X-Band SAR X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar |
DLR | TerraSAR-X - Currently being flown TanDEM-X - Currently being flown TerraSAR-X2 - Currently being flown |
Operational | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| X-ray astronomy payload | NOAA TIFR |
IRS-P3 - Mission complete | No longer operational | Solar irradiance monitor | |
| XPS XUV Photometer System |
NASA | SORCE - Currently being flown | Operational | Solar irradiance monitor |
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