Earth Observation Satellites from UKSA

IdentifieruksaNamesUK Space AgencyUKSA About identifiers

Agency Name Full

UK Space Agency

CEOS Member

yes

Agency Country

U.K.

Agency Website

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-space-agency

Agency Mission Timeline

click here

Series	Missions
DMC	UK-DMC, UK-DMC2, DMC3, SSTL S1-4

Current Missions

timeline

Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
Aura	15 Jul 2004	Aug 2028	HiRDLS, MLS (EOS-Aura), OMI, TES
DMC3	10 Jul 2015	Dec 2027	MSI (BJ-2), PAN (BJ-2)
SSTL S1-4	16 Sep 2018	Dec 2027	MSI (BJ-2), PAN (BJ-2)
SWOT	16 Dec 2022	Sep 2029	AMR-S, DGXX-S, GPSP, Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn), LRA, POSEIDON-3C Altimeter
MicroCarb	25 Jul 2025	Dec 2027	Microcarb
HydroGNSS	28 Nov 2025	Dec 2030	SGR-ReSI-Z

Approved Missions

timeline

Mission	Launch	EOL		Instrument(s)
Atlantic Constellation Pathfinder	Jun 2027	Dec 2032		MSI (Atlantic Constellation PF)

Planned Missions

None.

Considered Missions

None.

Completed Missions

Operational Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
AMR-S	SWOT
AMSU-A	Metop-B, Metop-C, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-19, NOAA-15, Metop-A
Microcarb	MicroCarb
MSI (BJ-2)	SSTL S1-4, DMC3
PAN (BJ-2)	SSTL S1-4, DMC3
SGR-ReSI-Z	HydroGNSS
SLIM-6-22	UK-DMC2, GEOSAT-1

Prototype Instruments

None.

Instruments Being Developed

None.

Approved Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
MSI (Atlantic Constellation PF)	Atlantic Constellation Pathfinder

Proposed Instruments

None.

TBD Instruments

None.

No Longer Operational Instruments