CEOS EO HANDBOOK – AGENCY SUMMARY
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Agency Name Full
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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CEOS Member
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yes
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Agency Country
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U.S.A.
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Agency Website
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http://www.nasa.gov
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Agency Mission Timeline
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Agency Series
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Series | Missions |
ESSA | ESSA-1 , ESSA-2 , ESSA-3 , ESSA-4 , ESSA-5 , ESSA-6 , ESSA-7 , ESSA-8 , ESSA-9 |
Jason | Jason-1 , OSTM (Jason-2) , Jason-3 , Sentinel-6 A Michael Freilich , Sentinel-6 B |
Landsat | Landsat 1 , Landsat 2 , Landsat 3 , Landsat 4 , Landsat 5 , Landsat 7 , Landsat 8 , Landsat 9 |
NASA A-Train | Aqua , CloudSat , CALIPSO , OCO-2 , Aura |
NIMBUS | NIMBUS-1 , NIMBUS-2 , NIMBUS-3 , NIMBUS-4 , NIMBUS-5 , NIMBUS-6 , NIMBUS-7 |
TIROS | TIROS-1 , TIROS-2 , TIROS-3 , TIROS-4 , TIROS-5 , TIROS-6 , TIROS-7 , TIROS-8 , TIROS-9 , TIROS-10 |
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Current Missions
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Mission | Launch | EOL | | Instrument(s) |
LAGEOS-1 | 04 May 1976 | May 2052 | | LRA (LAGEOS) |
LAGEOS-2 | 22 Oct 1992 | Oct 2052 | | LRA (LAGEOS) |
Landsat 7 | 15 Apr 1999 | Sep 2025 | | ETM+ |
Terra | 18 Dec 1999 | Sep 2023 | | ASTER , CERES , MISR , MODIS , MOPITT |
Aqua | 04 May 2002 | Sep 2023 | | AIRS , AMSR-E , AMSU-A , CERES , HSB , MODIS |
SCISAT-1 | 12 Aug 2003 | Mar 2024 | | ACE-FTS , MAESTRO |
Aura | 15 Jul 2004 | Sep 2023 | | HiRDLS , MLS (EOS-Aura) , OMI , TES |
CloudSat | 28 Apr 2006 | Sep 2023 | | CPR (CloudSat) |
CALIPSO | 28 Apr 2006 | Sep 2023 | | CALIOP , IIR , WFC |
Suomi NPP | 28 Oct 2011 | Oct 2026 | | ATMS , CERES , CrIS , OMPS , OMPS-L , VIIRS |
Landsat 8 | 11 Feb 2013 | May 2023 | | OLI , TIRS |
GPM Core | 27 Feb 2014 | Sep 2026 | | DPR , GMI |
OCO-2 | 02 Jul 2014 | Sep 2023 | | Spectrometer (OCO-2) |
SMAP | 31 Jan 2015 | Sep 2023 | | L-band Radar (SMAP) , L-band Radiometer (SMAP) |
DSCOVR | 11 Feb 2015 | Dec 2023 | | EPIC , ES , FC , NISTAR , PHA , PlasMag |
Jason-3 | 17 Jan 2016 | Oct 2025 | | AMR , DORIS-NG , GPSP , LRA , POSEIDON-3B Altimeter |
GOES-16 | 19 Nov 2016 | Jan 2034 | | ABI , DCS (GOES-R Series) , EXIS , GLM , Magnetometer (NOAA) , SEISS , SUVI |
CYGNSS | 15 Dec 2016 | Sep 2023 | | DDMI (CYGNSS) |
LIS-on-ISS | 19 Feb 2017 | Sep 2023 | | LIS |
SAGE-III-on-ISS | 19 Feb 2017 | Sep 2026 | | SAGE-III |
JPSS-1  | 18 Nov 2017 | Jun 2027 | | ATMS , CERES , CrIS , OMPS , VIIRS |
TSIS-1-on-ISS | 17 Dec 2017 | Dec 2023 | | TSIS-1/SIM , TSIS-1/TIM |
GOES-17 | 01 Mar 2018 | Oct 2028 | | ABI , DCS (GOES-R Series) , EXIS , GLM , Magnetometer (NOAA) , SEISS , SUVI |
GRACE-FO | 22 May 2018 | May 2023 | | LRI , MWI |
ECOSTRESS-on-ISS | 29 Jun 2018 | Sep 2023 | | PHyTIR |
ICESat-2 | 15 Sep 2018 | May 2034 | | ATLAS |
GEDI-on-ISS | 05 Dec 2018 | Jan 2031 | | GEDI |
OCO-3-on-ISS | 04 May 2019 | Dec 2023 | | Spectrometer (OCO-3) |
Sentinel-6 A Michael Freilich | 21 Nov 2020 | Jun 2026 | | AMR-C , DORIS-NG , GNSS POD Receiver , GNSS-RO Receiver , LRA (Sentinel-6) , Poseidon-4 Altimeter |
TROPICS Pathfinder | 30 Jun 2021 | Dec 2023 | | TROPICS |
Landsat 9 | 27 Sep 2021 | Sep 2026 | | OLI-2 , TIRS-2 |
NACHOS | 19 Feb 2022 | Jul 2025 | | NACHOS Hyperspectral Imager |
GOES-18 | 01 Mar 2022 | 01 Oct 2035 | | ABI , DCS (GOES-R Series) , EXIS , GLM , Magnetometer (NOAA) , SEISS , SUVI |
EMIT-on-ISS | 14 Jul 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | | EMIT |
JPSS-2 | 10 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2028 | | ATMS , CrIS , OMPS , OMPS-L , VIIRS |
SWOT | 16 Dec 2022 | 30 Nov 2025 | | AMR-S , DORIS-NG , GPSP , Ka-band Radar INterferometer (KaRIN) , LRA , POSEIDON-3C Altimeter |
TEMPO | 07 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2029 | | Spectrometer (TEMPO) |
LLITED | 15 Apr 2023 | Apr 2024 | | - |
TROPICS | 08 May 2023 | 02 Oct 2025 | | TROPICS |
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Approved Missions
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Planned Missions
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Mission | Launch | EOL | | Instrument(s) |
GOES-U | 2023 | 2034 | | ABI , CCOR , DCS (GOES-R Series) , EXIS , GLM , Magnetometer (NOAA) , SEISS , SUVI |
SWFO-L1 | 2024 | 2029 | | CCOR , MAG , STIS , SWiPS |
Sentinel-6 B | 2025 | 2031 | | AMR-C , DORIS-NG , GNSS POD Receiver , GNSS-RO Receiver , LRA (Sentinel-6) , Poseidon-4 Altimeter |
JPSS-3 | 2026 | 2033 | | ATMS , CrIS , Libera , OMPS , OMPS-L , VIIRS |
SBG-TIR | 2026 | 2031 | | SBG TIR Instrument , VNIR Camera (SBG-TIR) |
SBG-VSWIR | 2028 | 2033 | | SBG VSWIR Instrument |
Landsat-Next | 2030 | 2035 | | LandIS |
JPSS-4 | 2031 | 2038 | | ATMS , CrIS , OMPS , OMPS-L , VIIRS |
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Considered Missions
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None.
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Completed Missions
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Mission | Launch | EOL | | Instrument(s) |
TIROS-1 | 01 Apr 1960 | 15 Jun 1960 | | VCS-NA , VCS-WA |
TIROS-2 | 23 Nov 1960 | 22 Jan 1961 | | FPR , MRIR , VCS-NA , VCS-WA |
TIROS-3 | 12 Jul 1961 | 28 Feb 1962 | | FPR , MRIR , VCS-WA |
TIROS-4 | 08 Feb 1962 | 30 Jun 1962 | | FPR , MRIR , VCS-MA , VCS-WA |
TIROS-5 | 19 Jun 1962 | 13 May 1963 | | VCS-MA , VCS-WA |
TIROS-6 | 18 Sep 1962 | 21 Oct 1963 | | VCS-MA , VCS-WA |
TIROS-7 | 19 Jun 1963 | 03 Jun 1968 | | FPR , MRIR , VCS-WA |
TIROS-8 | 23 Dec 1963 | 01 Jul 1967 | | APT , VCS-WA |
NIMBUS-1 | 28 Aug 1964 | 23 Sep 1964 | | APT , AVCS , HRIR |
TIROS-9 | 22 Jan 1965 | 12 Jun 1968 | | VCS-WA |
TIROS-10 | 02 Jul 1965 | 01 Jul 1967 | | VCS-WA |
ESSA-1 | 03 Feb 1966 | 12 Jun 1968 | | FPR , VCS-WA |
ESSA-2 | 28 Feb 1966 | 16 Oct 1970 | | APT |
NIMBUS-2 | 15 May 1966 | 17 Jan 1969 | | APT , AVCS , HRIR , MRIR |
ESSA-3 | 02 Oct 1966 | 02 Dec 1968 | | AVCS , FPR |
ESSA-4 | 26 Jan 1967 | 05 May 1968 | | APT |
ESSA-5 | 20 Apr 1967 | 20 Feb 1970 | | AVCS , FPR |
ESSA-6 | 10 Nov 1967 | 03 Dec 1969 | | APT |
ESSA-7 | 16 Aug 1968 | 10 Mar 1970 | | AVCS , FPR |
ESSA-8 | 15 Dec 1968 | 12 Mar 1976 | | APT |
ESSA-9 | 26 Feb 1969 | 12 Nov 1972 | | AVCS , FPR |
NIMBUS-3 | 14 Apr 1969 | 22 Jan 1972 | | IRIS |
NIMBUS-4 | 15 Apr 1970 | 30 Sep 1980 | | BUV , IRIS |
Landsat 1 | 23 Jul 1972 | 02 Jan 1978 | | - |
NIMBUS-5 | 11 Dec 1972 | 29 Mar 1983 | | ESMR (Nimbus-5) , ITPR , NEMS , SCMR , SCR (Nimbus-5)
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Landsat 2 | 22 Jan 1975 | 25 Feb 1982 | | - |
NIMBUS-6 | 12 Jun 1975 | 29 Mar 1983 | | LRIR |
Landsat 3 | 05 Mar 1978 | 21 Mar 1983 | | - |
SeaSat | 26 Jun 1978 | 08 Oct 1978 | | ALT (SeaSat) , L-Band SAR , LRR (SeaSat) , SASS , SMEI , SMMR , VIRR (SeaSat) |
NIMBUS-7 | 24 Oct 1978 | 01 Oct 1994 | | CZCS , LIMS , SAGE II , SAMS , SBUV/1 , SMMR , TOMS |
SAGE/AEM-2 | 18 Feb 1979 | 19 Nov 1981 | | SAGE I |
Landsat 5 | 01 Mar 1984 | 05 Jun 2013 | | MSS (Landsat) , TM |
ERBS | 05 Oct 1984 | 14 Oct 2005 | | ERBE , SAGE II |
UARS | 15 Sep 1991 | 14 Dec 2005 | | ACRIM II , CLAES , HALOE , HRDI , ISAMS , MLS , PEM , SOLSTICE , SUSIM (UARS) , WINDII |
Topex-Poseidon | 10 Aug 1992 | 18 Jan 2006 | | DORIS , LRA , POSEIDON-1 (SSALT-1) , TMR , TOPEX |
TOMS-EP | 02 Jul 1996 | 18 Jan 2006 | | TOMS |
ADEOS | 17 Aug 1996 | 30 Jun 1997 | | ADEOS Comms , AVNIR , ILAS , IMG , NSCAT , OCTS , POLDER , RIS , SEM (JAXA) , TOMS |
TRMM | 27 Nov 1997 | 08 Apr 2015 | | CERES , LIS , PR , TMI , VIRS |
GFO | 10 Feb 1998 | 22 Oct 2008 | | GFO-RA , LRA , TRSR , WVR |
QuikSCAT | 19 Jun 1999 | 02 Oct 2018 | | SeaWinds |
ACRIMSAT | 20 Dec 1999 | 14 Dec 2013 | | ACRIM III |
NMP EO-1 | 21 Nov 2000 | 30 Mar 2017 | | ALI , Hyperion , LEISA AC |
QuikTOMS | 21 Sep 2001 | 21 Sep 2001 | | TOMS |
Jason-1 | 09 Dec 2001 | 03 Jul 2013 | | DORIS-NG , JMR , LRA , POSEIDON-2 (SSALT-2) , TRSR |
GRACE | 17 Mar 2002 | 27 Oct 2017 | | GRACE instrument |
ADEOS-II | 14 Dec 2002 | 25 Oct 2003 | | ADEOS Comms , AMSR , GLI , ILAS-II , POLDER-2 , SeaWinds |
ICESat | 12 Jan 2003 | 14 Aug 2010 | | GLAS |
SORCE | 25 Jan 2003 | 25 Feb 2020 | | SIM , SOLSTICE , TIM , XPS |
OSTM (Jason-2) | 20 Jun 2008 | 10 Oct 2019 | | AMR , DORIS-NG , GPSP , LRA , POSEIDON-3 |
OCO | 24 Feb 2009 | 24 Feb 2009 | | Spectrometer (OCO) |
HICO-on-ISS | 25 Sep 2009 | 25 Sep 2014 | | HICO |
SAC-D/Aquarius | 10 Jun 2011 | 08 Jun 2015 | | Aquarius L-Band radiometer , Aquarius L-Band Scatterometer , CARMEN-1 (ICARE) , CARMEN-1 (SODAD) , DCS (SAC-D) , HSC (SAC-D/Aquarius) , Lagrange , MWR , NIRST , ROSA , TDP |
TCTE | 19 Nov 2013 | 30 Jun 2019 | | TIM |
RapidScat-on-ISS | 20 Sep 2014 | 19 Aug 2016 | | RapidScat |
CATS-on-ISS | 10 Jan 2015 | 30 Sep 2018 | | CATS |
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Operational Instruments
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Instrument | Mission(s) |
A-DCS3 | NOAA-19 , Metop-B , Metop-C , NOAA-9 , NOAA-10 , NOAA-11 , NOAA-13 , NOAA-16 , NOAA-17 , NOAA-12 , NOAA-14 , NOAA-15 , Metop-A , NOAA-18 , SARAL |
AIRS | Aqua |
AMR | OSTM (Jason-2) , Jason-3 |
AMR-C | Sentinel-6 A Michael Freilich , Sentinel-6 B , Sentinel CRISTAL-A , Sentinel CRISTAL-B |
AMSU-A | Aqua |
ASTER | Terra |
ATLAS | ICESat-2 |
ATMS | JPSS-1 , JPSS-3 , JPSS-4 , NPOESS-1 , NPOESS-3 , NPOESS-5 , JPSS-2 , Suomi NPP |
CALIOP | CALIPSO |
CERES | JPSS-1 , NPOESS-1 , NPOESS-5 , TRMM , Terra , Aqua , Suomi NPP |
COWVR | STP-H8-on-ISS |
CPR (CloudSat) | CloudSat |
DDMI (CYGNSS) | CYGNSS |
EPIC | DSCOVR |
ES | DSCOVR |
ETM+ | Landsat 7 |
FC | DSCOVR |
GMI | GPM Constellation , GPM Core |
GNSS-RO Receiver | Sentinel-6 A Michael Freilich , Sentinel-6 B |
GPSP | OSTM (Jason-2) , SWOT , Jason-3 |
GPSRO (Terra-SAR) | TerraSAR-X |
L-band Radiometer (SMAP) | SMAP |
LIS | LIS-on-ISS |
LRA | Topex-Poseidon , Jason-1 , OSTM (Jason-2) , GFO , SWOT , Jason-3 |
LRA (Sentinel-6) | Sentinel-6 A Michael Freilich , Sentinel-6 B |
LRI | GRACE-FO , MC-C , MC-S |
MISR | Terra |
MLS (EOS-Aura) | Aura |
MODIS | Terra , Aqua |
MOPITT | Terra |
MWI | GRACE-FO |
NACHOS Hyperspectral Imager | NACHOS |
NISTAR | DSCOVR |
OLI | Landsat 8 |
OLI-2 | Landsat 9 |
OMI | Aura |
OMPS-L | JPSS-3 , JPSS-4 , JPSS-2 , Suomi NPP |
PHA | DSCOVR |
PHyTIR | ECOSTRESS-on-ISS |
PlasMag | DSCOVR |
SAGE-III | SAGE-III-on-ISS |
Spectrometer (OCO-2) | OCO-2 |
Spectrometer (OCO-3) | OCO-3-on-ISS |
TEMPEST | STP-H8-on-ISS |
TIRS | Landsat 8 |
TIRS-2 | Landsat 9 |
TROPICS | TROPICS Pathfinder , TROPICS |
TSIS-1/SIM | NPOESS-1 , NPOESS-6 , Free Flyer-2 , TSIS-1-on-ISS |
TSIS-1/TIM | TSIS-1-on-ISS |
VIIRS | JPSS-1 , JPSS-3 , JPSS-4 , NPOESS-2 , NPOESS-1 , NPOESS-3 , NPOESS-4 , NPOESS-5 , NPOESS-6 , DWSS , JPSS-2 , Suomi NPP |
WindSat | CORIOLIS |
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Prototype Instruments
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None.
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Instruments Being Developed
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Approved Instruments
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Proposed Instruments
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TBD Instruments
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None.
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No Longer Operational Instruments
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Instrument | Mission(s) |
ACRIM II | UARS |
ACRIM III | ACRIMSAT |
ALI | NMP EO-1 |
ALT (SeaSat) | SeaSat |
AMSR-E | Aqua |
APS | Glory |
Aquarius L-Band radiometer | SAC-D/Aquarius |
Aquarius L-Band Scatterometer | SAC-D/Aquarius |
BUV | NIMBUS-4 |
CATS | CATS-on-ISS |
CHAMP GPS Sounder | CHAMP |
CLAES | UARS |
CZCS | NIMBUS-7 |
ERBE | NOAA-9 , NOAA-10 , ERBS |
ESMR (Nimbus-5) | NIMBUS-5 |
FPR | NOAA-1 , TIROS M (ITOS-1) , ESSA-1 , ESSA-3 , ESSA-5 , ESSA-7 , ESSA-9 , TIROS-2 , TIROS-3 , TIROS-4 , TIROS-7 |
GEDI | GEDI-on-ISS |
GFO-RA | GFO |
GLAS | ICESat |
GOLPE | SAC-C |
GOX | COSMIC-1 FM1 , COSMIC-1 FM2 , COSMIC-1 FM3 , COSMIC-1 FM4 , COSMIC-1 FM5 , COSMIC-1 FM6 |
GPSDR | SAC-A |
GPSRO (Oersted) | Oersted |
GRACE instrument | GRACE-II , GRACE |
HALOE | UARS |
HICO | HICO-on-ISS |
HiRDLS | Aura |
HRDI | UARS |
HRIR | NIMBUS-1 , NIMBUS-2 |
HSB | Aqua |
Hyperion | NMP EO-1 |
IRIS | NIMBUS-3 , NIMBUS-4 |
ISAMS | UARS |
ITPR | NIMBUS-5 |
JMR | Jason-1 |
L-band Radar (SMAP) | SMAP |
L-Band SAR | SeaSat |
LEISA AC | NMP EO-1 |
LIMS | NIMBUS-7 |
LIS | TRMM |
LRIR | NIMBUS-6 |
LRR (SeaSat) | SeaSat |
MLS | UARS |
MRIR | NIMBUS-2 , TIROS-2 , TIROS-3 , TIROS-4 , TIROS-7 |
MSS (Landsat) | Landsat 4 , Landsat 5 |
NEMS | NIMBUS-5 |
NSCAT | ADEOS |
PEM | UARS |
PR | TRMM |
RapidScat | RapidScat-on-ISS |
SAGE I | SAGE/AEM-2 |
SAGE II | ERBS , NIMBUS-7 |
SAGE III | Meteor-3M |
SAMS | NIMBUS-7 |
SASS | SeaSat |
SBUV/1 | NIMBUS-7 |
SCMR | NIMBUS-5 |
SCR (Nimbus-5)
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SeaWinds | ADEOS-II , QuikSCAT |
SIM | SORCE |
SMEI | SeaSat |
SMMR | NIMBUS-7 , SeaSat |
SOLSTICE | UARS , SORCE |
Spectrometer (OCO) | OCO |
SUSIM (UARS) | UARS |
TES | Aura |
THIR | NIMBUS-5 |
TIM | Glory , SORCE , TCTE |
TM | Landsat 4 , Landsat 5 |
TMI | TRMM |
TMR | Topex-Poseidon |
TOMS | Meteor-3 N5 , TOMS-EP , ADEOS , NIMBUS-7 , QuikTOMS |
TOPEX | Topex-Poseidon |
TRSR | Jason-1 , GFO |
VCS-MA | TIROS-4 , TIROS-5 , TIROS-6 |
VCS-NA | TIROS-1 , TIROS-2 |
VCS-WA | ESSA-1 , TIROS-9 , TIROS-8 , TIROS-1 , TIROS-2 , TIROS-3 , TIROS-4 , TIROS-5 , TIROS-6 , TIROS-7 , TIROS-10 |
VIRR (SeaSat) | SeaSat |
VIRS | TRMM |
WFC | CALIPSO |
WINDII | UARS |
WVR | GFO |
XPS | SORCE |
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