| Instrument | Agency | Missions | Status | Type | Measurements &
applications | Technical characteristics |
3MI
Multi-Viewing Multi-Channel Multi-Polarisation Imaging | EUMETSAT (ESA) | Current: METOP-SG A1
Future: METOP-SG A2, METOP-SG A3
Complete: - | Being developed | Atmospheric chemistry | Measure aerosol parameters, air quality index, surface albedo, cloud information |
| Waveband: | VIS-SWIR: 12 channels between 0.41 µm to 2.1 µm
VIS, NIR, SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 4km |
| Swath width: | 2200x2200 km for the VNIR channels
2200 x 1100 km for the SWIR channels
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| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | net-CDF4 |
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ACC
Accelerometer | NASA | Current: -
Future: GRACE-C
Complete: - | Being developed | Gravity instruments | |
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ACX
GeoXO Atmospheric Composition Instrument | NOAA | Current: -
Future: Geo-S1, Geo-S2
Complete: - | Being developed | Atmospheric chemistry | |
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ADS-B receiver
Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast receiver | GISTDA | Current: -
Future: THEOS-2 Small Satellite
Complete: - | Being developed | Data collection | Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast data log to assist aircraft identification and air-traffic management |
| Waveband: | ADS-B: 1090 MHz
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AEISS-HR
Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-High Resolution | KARI (KAI) | Current: -
Future: KOMPSAT-7
Complete: - | Being developed | High resolution optical imagers | High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring |
| Waveband: | Panchromatic VIS: 0.50 - 0.90 µm, VIS: 0.45 - 0.52 µm, 0.52 - 0.60 µm, 0.63 - 0.69 µm, NIR: 0.76 - 0.90 µm
VIS, NIR |
| Spatial resolution: | Pan:0.5 m, VNIR: 2m
Best resolution: 0.5 m |
| Swath width: | 15 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Very Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | GEOTIF |
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AEISS-HR-A
Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-High Resolution-A | KARI | Current: -
Future: KOMPSAT-7A
Complete: - | Being developed | High resolution optical imagers | High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring |
| Waveband: | Panchromatic VIS: 0.50 - 0.90 µm, VIS: 0.45 - 0.52 µm, 0.52 - 0.60 µm, 0.63 - 0.69 µm, NIR: 0.76 - 0.90 µm
VIS, NIR |
| Spatial resolution: | Pan:0.5 m, VNIR: 2m
Best resolution: 0.5 m |
| Swath width: | 15 km |
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AIRMO Spectrometer
AIRMO Spectrometer | AIRMO (ESA) | Current: -
Future: AIRMO Constellation
Complete: - | Being developed | Atmospheric chemistry | Precise and close to real-time data on CH4 and CO2 emissions |
| Waveband: | Central wavelength: 1.6 μm
SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 50 m x 50 m
Best resolution: 50 m |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | 8ppb |
| Data Access: | Constrained Access |
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AIS receiver
Automatic Identification System receiver | GISTDA | Current: -
Future: THEOS-2 Small Satellite
Complete: - | Being developed | Data collection | Automatic Identification System data log to assist vessel identification and maritime services |
| Waveband: | AIS: 161.975 - 162.025 MHz
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ALI
Aerosol Limb Imager | CSA (NASA) (ECCC) (USask) (UQAM) | Current: -
Future: HAWCSat
Complete: - | Being developed | High resolution optical imagers | Measures profiles of aerosol extinction and effective radius in the mid-upper troposphere and stratosphere in limb viewing geometry using scattered sunlight in narrow spectral bands in the visible and near infrared. |
| Waveband: | 10 bands in the 610 - 1560 nm wavelength range
VIS, NIR, SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 0.25 km vertical resolution |
| Swath width: | 200 km swath |
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| Data Access: | Open Access |
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ALISS III
Advanced LISS III | ISRO | Current: -
Future: RESOURCESAT-3, RESOURCESAT-3A
Complete: - | Being developed | Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) | For crops and vegetation dynamics, natural resources census, disaster management and large scale mapping of themes. |
| Waveband: | 4 bands in VNIR and 1 band in SWIR
VIS, NIR, SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 20 m, 10 m
Best resolution: 10 m |
| Swath width: | 925 km |
| Accuracy: | 200m |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | TBD |
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