Earth Observation Satellites from UKSA

Agency Name Full

UK Space Agency

CEOS Member

yes

Agency Country

U.K.

Agency Website

www.bnsc.gov.uk

Agency Mission Timeline

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

Current Missions

timeline

Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
Aura	15 Jul 2004	Sep 2025	HiRDLS, MLS (EOS-Aura), OMI, TES
DMC3	10 Jul 2015	Dec 2025	MSI (BJ-2), PAN (BJ-2)
NovaSAR-1	16 Sep 2018	Dec 2026	AIS, S-band SAR
SSTL S1-4	16 Sep 2018	Dec 2026	MSI (BJ-2), PAN (BJ-2)
DoT-1	05 Jul 2019	Dec 2025	SGR-ReSI-CDHS
SWOT	16 Dec 2022	Nov 2025	AMR-S, DGXX-S, GPSP, Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn), LRA, POSEIDON-3C Altimeter

Approved Missions

timeline

Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
MicroCarb	Mar 2025	Dec 2027	Microcarb
HydroGNSS	Oct 2025	Dec 2031	SGR-ReSI-Z
Atlantic Constellation Pathfinder	Jul 2026	Jul 2031	MSI (Atlantic Constellation PF)
TRUTHS	Mar 2030	Sep 2035	CSAR, HIS

Planned Missions

None.

Considered Missions

None.

Completed Missions

Operational Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
AIS	NovaSAR-1
AMR-S	SWOT
AMSU-A	NOAA-19, Metop-B, Metop-C, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-15, Metop-A, NOAA-18
MSI (BJ-2)	SSTL S1-4, DMC3
PAN (BJ-2)	SSTL S1-4, DMC3
S-band SAR	NovaSAR-1
SGR-ReSI-CDHS	DoT-1
SLIM-6-22	GEOSAT-1, UK-DMC2

Prototype Instruments

None.

Instruments Being Developed

Approved Instruments

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

Proposed Instruments

None.

TBD Instruments

None.

No Longer Operational Instruments