| Mission | Status | Launch date | EOL date | Applications | Instruments | Orbit details & URL |
3D Winds
Three Dimensional Tropospheric Winds from Space Based Lidar
NASA | Considered | 2030 | 2033 | Phase-3 DS Mission, launch order unknown, 3-year nominal mission. Tropospheric winds for weather forecasting and pollution transport | HDWL (3D Winds) | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 400 km
Period:
Inclination: 97.03 deg
Repeat cycle: 12 days
LST: 6:00
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
Links: mission site | data access |
ACE
Aerosol Clouds and Ecosystem Mission
NASA | Considered | 2020 | 2023 | Phase-2 DS Mission, launch order unknown, 3-year nominal mission. Aerosol and cloud profiles for climate and water cycle; ocean color for open ocean biogeochemistry | Cloud radar (ACE), HSRL (ACE), Multi-band UV/VIS Spectrometer (ACE), Next Gen APS (ACE) | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 650 km
Period:
Inclination: 98.2 deg
Repeat cycle:
LST: 13:00
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
Links: mission site | data access |
ACRIMSAT
Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor
NASA | Currently being flown | 20 Dec 1999 | Sep 2013 | 5-year nominal mission life, currently in extended operations. Will sustain long-term solar luminosity database by providing measurements of total solar irradiance and the solar constant | ACRIM III | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 716 km
Period: 90 mins
Inclination: 98.13 deg
Repeat cycle:
LST: 10:50
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: mission site | data access |
ADM-Aeolus
Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (Earth Explorer Core Mission)
ESA | Approved | Nov 2013 | Feb 2017 | Will provide wind profile measurements for global 3D wind field products used for study of atmospheric dynamics, including global transport of energy, water, aerosols, and chemicals | ALADIN | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 405 km
Period: 92.5 mins
Inclination: 97.01 deg
Repeat cycle: 7 days
LST: 18:00
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
Links: mission site |
AISSat-1
Automatic Identification System Satellite-1
NSC | Currently being flown | 12 Jul 2010 | Aug 2013 | Demonstrate and extend access to AIS (Automatic Identification System) signals beyond the land-based AIS system operated by the Norwegian Coastal Administration today. Observe ship traffic in the High North. | SDR | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude:
Period:
Inclination:
Repeat cycle:
LST: TBD
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: |
ALOS-2
Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2
JAXA | Approved | Jan 2013 | Jan 2017 | environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring, civil planning, agriculture and forestry, Earth resources, land surface | L-Band SAR (ALOS-2) | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 628 km
Period: 100 mins
Inclination: 97.9 deg
Repeat cycle: 14 days
LST: 12:00
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: mission site |
ALOS-3
Advanced Land Observing Satellite-3
JAXA | Planned | 2014 | 2018 | Cartography, digital terrain models, environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring, civil planning, agriculture and forestry, Earth resources, land surface | Optical or HyperSpectral (TBD) | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude:
Period:
Inclination:
Repeat cycle:
LST: 13:30
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: |
AMAZÔNIA-1
Remote Sensing Satellite 1
INPE | Approved | Dec 2013 | Dec 2016 | Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land surface | AWFI | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 752 km
Period:
Inclination: 0 deg
Repeat cycle: 26 days
LST:
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: mission site |
Aqua
Aqua (formerly EOS PM-1)
NASA / JAXA / BNISS / INPE | Currently being flown | 04 May 2002 | Sep 2013 | 6-year nominal mission life, currently in extended operations. Atmosphericdynamics/water and energy cycles, cloudformation, precipitationand radiativeproperties, air/seafluxes of energy andmoisture, sea ice extentand heat exchange with the atmosphere. Option of 705km or 438km orbit altitude. | AIRS, AMSR-E, AMSU-A, CERES, HSB, MODIS | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 705 km
Period: 98.8 mins
Inclination: 98.2 deg
Repeat cycle: 16 days
LST: 13:30
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
Links: mission site | data access |
Arctica
Arctica
ROSHYDROMET | Considered | 2015 | 2018 | Meteorology, oceanography, including ice cover monitoring and disaster monitoring in the Arctic region. The payload and design of the satellites is similar to the ones in the Electro-L series. Molnya orbit. | | Type: Highly elliptical
Altitude:
Period: 718 mins
Inclination:
Repeat cycle: 1 day
LST:
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: N/A
Links: |
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