| Instrument | Agency | Missions | Status | Type | Measurements &
applications | Technical characteristics |
AEISS
Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System | KARI (ASTRIUM) | Current: KOMPSAT-3
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | 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: 0.7 m, VNIR: 2.8 m
Best resolution: 0.7 m |
| Swath width: | 15 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Very Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | GEOTIF |
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AEISS-A
Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-A | KARI (ASTRIUM) | Current: KOMPSAT-3A
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | 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, MWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | Pan: 0.7 m, VNIR: 2.8 m, IR: 5.5m
Best resolution: 0.7 m |
| Swath width: | 15 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Very Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | GEOTIF |
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AEISS-HR
Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-High Resolution | KARI (KAI) | Current: KOMPSAT-7
Future: -
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 |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | |
| Data Format: | |
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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 |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | |
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AMSI
Advanced Multi-Spectral Instrument | ESA (COM) | Current: -
Future: S2NG-A, S2NG-B
Complete: - | Proposed | High resolution optical imagers | Optical high spatial resolution imagery over land and coastal areas for Copernicus operational services. |
| Waveband: | 21 bands in the VNIR-SWIR
NIR, SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 5 m for 4 bands in VNIR, 60 m for 3 dedicated atmospheric correction bands, 10m or 20 m for remaining bands
Best resolution: 5 m |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | TBD |
| Data Access: | |
| Data Format: | |
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APAN
Advanced PAN | ISRO | Current: -
Future: RESOURCESAT-3S, RESOURCESAT-3SA
Complete: - | Being developed | High resolution optical imagers | High-resolution images for the study of topography, urban areas, development of DTM, run-off models etc., urban sprawl, forest cover/timber volume, land use change. |
| Waveband: | Panchromatic VIS: 0.45 - 0.90 µm
VIS |
| Spatial resolution: | 1.25 |
| Swath width: | 60 km |
| Accuracy: | 50m |
| Data Access: | Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | TBD |
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ASTER
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer | METI (NASA) | Current: Terra
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | High resolution optical imagers | Surface and cloud imaging with high spatial resolution, stereoscopic observation of local topography, cloud heights, volcanic plumes, and generation of local surface digital elevation maps. Surface temperature and emissivity. ASTER SWIR detectors are no longer functioning due to anomalously high SWIR detector temperatures. ASTER SWIR data acquired since April 2008 are not useable, and show saturation of values and severe striping. All attempts to bring the SWIR bands back to life have failed, and no further action is envisioned. |
| Waveband: | VIS and NIR: 3 bands in 0.52 - 0.86 µm, SWIR: 6 bands in 1.6 - 2.43 µm, TIR: 5 bands in 8.125 - 11.65 µm
VIS, NIR, SWIR, TIR |
| Spatial resolution: | VNIR: 15 m, stereo: 15 m horizontally and 25 m vertical, SWIR: 30 m, TIR: 90 m
Best resolution: 15 m |
| Swath width: | 60 km |
| Accuracy: | VNIR and SWIR: 4% (absolute), TIR: 4 K, Geolocation: 7 m |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | HDF-EOS or GeoTiff |
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ATCOR
Atmospheric correction | ISRO | Current: -
Future: RESOURCESAT-3, RESOURCESAT-3A
Complete: - | Proposed | High resolution optical imagers | Atmospheric correction. |
| Waveband: | VNIR Hyperspectral
VIS, NIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 240 m
Best resolution: 40 m |
| Swath width: | 925 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | TBD |
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Avrora-T
Opto-electronic equipment | ROSKOSMOS | Current: Aist-2T N1, Aist-2T N2
Future: -
Complete: - | Approved | High resolution optical imagers | Multispectral and panchromatic images of land & sea surfaces and ice cover. |
| Waveband: | 1 panchromatic band (0.58 - 0.8 µm). 0.45 - 0.52 µm; 0.53-0.6 µm; 0.63-0.69 µm
VIS |
| Spatial resolution: | 1.2m-3,6m
Best resolution: 1.2 m |
| Swath width: | 30km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | |
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