| Mission | Agency | Status | Launch date | EOL date | Applications | Instruments | Orbit details & URL |
ADM-Aeolus
Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (Earth Explorer Core Mission)
| ESA | Approved | Jan 2018 | Jan 2022 | 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 | Jan 2018 | Mar 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. | AIS | Type: Sun-synchronous
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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-3
Cartography Satellite - 3
| ISRO | Approved | Apr 2018 | Apr 2023 | Suitable for cadastral and infrastructure mapping and analysis. | MX (Cartosat-3), PAN (Cartosat-3) | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 450 km
Period:
Inclination: 97.9 deg
Repeat cycle:
LST: 10:30
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: mission site |
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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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: |
COSMIC-2A (Equatorial)
COSMIC-2A (Equatorial)
| NOAA / NSPO / UCAR | Approved | Apr 2018 | Apr 2023 | This is a radio occultation mission supporting meteorology and ionosphere & climate measurements. The 12-satellite COSMIC-2A/2B constellation (6 equatorial and 6 polar) will produce over 4 times the daily total of occultation events as COSMIC-1 (3000 versus 12,000). This provides the capability to reconstruct the 3D ionospheric electron density structures for ionospheric space weather monitoring within a dramatically short data accumulation period. TGRS will receive signals from GPS, Galileo, and Glonass. The actual launch date in dependent upon the scheduling and success of the new Falcon Heavy launch vehicle. The April 2018 launch date is a "no earlier than" date.
| IVM, RF Beacon, TGRS | Type:
Altitude: 520 km
Period:
Inclination: 24 deg
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Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
Links: mission site |
CSES
China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite
| CNSA / ASI | Approved | Feb 2018 | Dec 2021 | Monitoring of electromagnetic field and waves, plasma and particle perturbations of the atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere; and the study of their correlations with the occurrence of seismic events. Study of solar-terrestrial interactions and phenomena of solar physics; study of cosmic ray solar modulation. | HEPD | Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 507 km
Period: 94.7 mins
Inclination: 97.4 deg
Repeat cycle: 5 days
LST: 14:00
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: mission site |
CSG-1
COSMO-SkyMed di Seconda Generazione - 1
| ASI / MoD (Italy) | Approved | Dec 2018 | Dec 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 | Dec 2019 | Dec 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 |
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