| Mission | Agency | Status | Launch date | EOL date | Applications | Instruments | Orbit details & URL |
ADM-Aeolus
Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (Earth Explorer Core Mission)
| ESA | Approved | Jul 2017 | Jul 2021 | 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-3
Automatic Identification System Satellite-3
| NSC | Approved | Oct 2017 | Jan 2021 | Extend performance and 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: |
AMAZONIA-1
Amazonia 1
| INPE | Approved | Nov 2018 | Dec 2020 | Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land surface. | WFI-2 (Amazonia-1) | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 752 km
Period: 99.9 mins
Inclination: 98.4 deg
Repeat cycle: 26 days
LST: 10:30
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: mission site | data access |
CARTOSAT-2E
Cartography Satellite - 2E
| ISRO | Approved | Jul 2017 | Jul 2022 | High precision large-scale cartographic mapping and thematic applications with MX data at 1:4000 scales. | HRMX, PAN (Cartosat-2C/2E) | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 500 km
Period: 97.4 mins
Inclination: 97.87 deg
Repeat cycle: 5 days
LST: 9:30
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: |
CAS500-1
Compact Advanced Satellite 500 -1
| KARI / KAI | Approved | May 2019 | May 2023 | Cartography, land use and planning | High Resolution Optical Sensor | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 528 km
Period: 98.5 mins
Inclination:
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LST:
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
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CFOSAT
Chinese-French Oceanic SATellite
| CNES / CNSA | Approved | Dec 2018 | Dec 2021 | The primary objective of CFOSAT is to monitor at the global scale the wind and waves at the ocean surface. | SCAT, SWIM | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 519 km
Period: 94.7 mins
Inclination: 97.5 deg
Repeat cycle:
LST: 7am
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: |
CSG-1
COSMO-SkyMed di Seconda Generazione - 1
| ASI / MoD (Italy) | Approved | Mar 2018 | Mar 2025 | 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 |
CSG-2
COSMO-SkyMed di Seconda Generazione - 2
| ASI / MoD (Italy) | Approved | Mar 2019 | Mar 2026 | 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 |
CYGNSS
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
| NASA / NOAA | Approved | Dec 2016 | Feb 2019 | To understand the coupling between ocean surface properties, moist atmospheric thermodynamics, radiation and convective dynamics in the inner core of a Tropical Cyclone (TC) | DDMI (CYGNSS) | Type: Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Altitude: 510 km
Period: 94 mins
Inclination: 35 deg
Repeat cycle:
LST:
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: TBD
Links: mission site |
EarthCARE
EarthCARE
| ESA / JAXA | Approved | Dec 2018 | Dec 2021 | 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 |
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