| Mission | Agency | Status | Launch date | EOL date | Applications | Instruments | Orbit details & URL |
ALOS-3
Advanced Optical Satellite
| JAXA | Approved | Apr 2020 | Mar 2028 | Disaster monitoring, coastal and land environmental monitoring, the maintenance and updates of precise geospatial information. Mission instruments will be Optical Sensors (Pan, Multi). | | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 669 km
Period: 98 mins
Inclination: 98.1 deg
Repeat cycle: 35 days
LST: 10:30
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: mission site |
ALOS-4
Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4
| JAXA | Approved | Dec 2020 | Mar 2028 | Environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring, civil planning, agriculture and forestry, Earth resources, land surface. | ALOS-4 SAR (L-band) | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 628 km
Period: 97 mins
Inclination: 97.9 deg
Repeat cycle: 14 days
LST: 12:00
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: mission site |
BIOMASS
BIOMASS
| ESA | Approved | Jul 2022 | Jan 2028 | Will provide global maps of forest biomass and height (at 200 m resolution) and forest disturbance (at 50 m resolution) every 6 months | P-Band SAR | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 660 km
Period: 102.6 mins
Inclination: 97.97 deg
Repeat cycle:
LST: 06:00
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
Links: |
CAS500-1
Compact Advanced Satellite 500 -1
| KARI / KAI / NGII | Approved | May 2020 | May 2024 | Cartography, land use and planning | High Resolution Optical Sensor | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 528 km
Period: 98.5 mins
Inclination: 98.1 deg
Repeat cycle: 28 days
LST: 10:50
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
Links: |
CAS500-2
Compact Advanced Satellite 500 -2
| KARI / KAI / NGII | Approved | May 2021 | May 2025 | Cartography, land use and planning | High Resolution Optical Sensor | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 528 km
Period: 98.5 mins
Inclination: 98.1 deg
Repeat cycle: 28 days
LST: 10:50
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
Links: |
CSG-2
COSMO-SkyMed di Seconda Generazione - 2
| ASI / MoD (Italy) | Approved | Oct 2020 | Oct 2027 | Environmental monitoring, surveillance and risk management applications, environmental resources management, maritime management, earth topographic mapping, law enforcement, informative / science applications. | CSG SAR | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 620 km
Period: 97.1 mins
Inclination: 97.8 deg
Repeat cycle: 16 days
LST: 6:00
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
Links: mission site |
EarthCARE
EarthCARE
| ESA / JAXA | Approved | Jun 2022 | Jun 2025 | To Improve the understanding of atmospheric cloud–aerosol interactions and of the Earth's radiative balance towards enhancing climate and numerical weather prediction models. The 2 active and 2 passive instruments of EarthCARE make unique data product synergies possible. | ATLID, BBR (EarthCARE), CPR (EarthCARE), MSI (EarthCARE) | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 393 km
Period:
Inclination: 97 deg
Repeat cycle: 25 days
LST: 14:00
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: mission site |
Elektro-L N4
Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite
| ROSKOSMOS / ROSHYDROMET | Approved | Dec 2021 | Dec 2031 | Hydrometeorology, heliogeophysics, climatology, cloud information. | DCS, GGAK-E, MSU-GS | Type: Geostationary
Altitude: 35800 km
Period:
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Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: N/A
Links: |
Elektro-L N5
Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite
| ROSKOSMOS / ROSHYDROMET | Approved | Dec 2022 | Dec 2032 | Hydrometeorology, heliogeophysics, climatology, cloud information. | DCS, GGAK-E, MSU-GS | Type: Geostationary
Altitude: 35800 km
Period:
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Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: N/A
Links: |
EnMAP
Environmental Mapping & Analysis Program
| DLR | Approved | Apr 2021 | Nov 2025 | Hyperspectral imaging, land surface, geological and environmental investigation. | HSI | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 650 km
Period: 97.5 mins
Inclination:
Repeat cycle: 21 days
LST: 11:00
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: mission site |
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