Earth Observation Satellites from DLR

Agency Name Full

German Aerospace Center

CEOS Member

yes

Agency Country

Germany

Agency Website

www.dlr.de

Agency Mission Timeline

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None.

Current Missions

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Approved Missions

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Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
METOP-SG A1	Oct 2025	Mar 2034	3MI, IASI-NG, METimage, MWS, RO, UVNS (Sentinel-5)
MERLIN	Feb 2029	Feb 2032	IPDA LIDAR
METOP-SG A2	Feb 2033	Aug 2042	3MI, IASI-NG, METimage, MWS, RO, UVNS (Sentinel-5)
METOP-SG A3	May 2039	Nov 2047	3MI, IASI-NG, METimage, MWS, RO, UVNS (Sentinel-5)

Planned Missions

None.

Considered Missions

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Completed Missions

Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
CHAMP	15 Jul 2000	19 Sep 2010	CHAMP GPS Sounder, CHAMP Gravity Package (Accelerometer+GPS), CHAMP Magnetometry Package (1 Scalar + 2 Vector Magnetometer)
BIRD	22 Oct 2001	31 Dec 2005	HSRS, WAOSS-B
GRACE	17 Mar 2002	27 Oct 2017	GRACE instrument
RapidEye	29 Aug 2008	30 Apr 2020	MSI
FireBIRD 1 (TET-1)	22 Jul 2012	30 Sep 2019	HSRS (FireBIRD 1 (TET-1))
Firebird-1 (TET-1)	22 Jul 2012	30 Sep 2019	-
Firebird-2 (BIROS)	22 Jun 2016	31 Dec 2020	-
FireBIRD 2 (BIROS)	22 Jun 2016	31 Dec 2020	-
DESIS-on-ISS	29 Jun 2018	31 Dec 2023	DESIS

Operational Instruments

Prototype Instruments

None.

Instruments Being Developed

Instrument	Mission(s)
METimage	METOP-SG A1, METOP-SG A2, METOP-SG A3, Post-EPS

Approved Instruments

Proposed Instruments

TBD Instruments

None.

No Longer Operational Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
CHAMP GPS Sounder	CHAMP
CHAMP Magnetometry Package (1 Scalar + 2 Vector Magnetometer)	CHAMP
DESIS	DESIS-on-ISS
GRACE instrument	GRACE-II, GRACE
HSRS	BIRD
HSRS	-
HSRS (FireBIRD 1 (TET-1))	FireBIRD 1 (TET-1)
MSI	RapidEye
SCIAMACHY	Envisat
WAOSS-B	BIRD