Mission Index (Cancelled)

Alphabetical index of cancelled (or no longer considered) missions in the CEOS Database.

Current, future, and completed missions can be viewed here.
3D Winds (Three Dimensional Tropospheric Winds from Space Based Lidar), 2030 - 2033, NASA

ACE (Aerosol Clouds and Ecosystem Mission), 2022 - 2023, NASA
AOS-Inclined see: AOS-Storm (Atmosphere Observing System - Storm), 2029 - 2034, NASA / JAXA / CNES
AOS-Polar see: AOS-Sky (Atmosphere Observing System - Sky), 2032 - 2035, NASA / ECCC / USask / UQAM / CSA
AOS-Sky (Atmosphere Observing System - Sky [aka AOS-Polar]), 2032 - 2035, NASA / ECCC / USask / UQAM / CSA
AOS-Sky (Atmosphere Observing System - Sky [aka Atmosphere Observing System-Polar (AOS-P)]), 2032 - 2035, NASA / ECCC / USask / UQAM / CSA
AOS-Storm (Atmosphere Observing System - Storm [aka AOS-Inclined]), 2029 - 2034, NASA / JAXA / CNES
Arkon-2M (Arkon-2M), 2015 - 2020, ROSKOSMOS
ASCENDS (Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons), 2022 - 2025, NASA
ATHENA FIDUS (Access on THeaters and European Nations for Allied forces opportunities - French Italian Dual Use Satellite), 2012 - 2027, CNES / ASI
Atmosphere Observing System-Polar (AOS-P) see: AOS-Sky (Atmosphere Observing System - Sky), 2032 - 2035, NASA / ECCC / USask / UQAM / CSA
ATMSAT-1 (Atmospheric Satellite-1), 2025 - 2029, ISRO
AWiFSSAT (Advance Wide Field Sensor Satellite), 2012 - 2016, ISRO

None.

CARTOSAT-1A (Cartography Satellite -1A), 2014 - 2019, ISRO
CARTOSAT-1B (Cartosat -1B), 2017 - 2022, ISRO
CBERS-3 (China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite - 3 [aka ZY-01-3]), 2013 - 2013, INPE / CRESDA
CDARS (CDARS [aka Cooperative Data and Rescue Services]), 2022 - 2025, NOAA / USAF
CLARREO-1 (Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory), 2017 - 2020, NASA / NOAA
CLARREO-2 (Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory), 2019 - 2022, NASA / NOAA
CLARREO-3 (Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory), 2020 - 2023, NASA / NOAA
CLARREO-4 (Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory), 2020 - 2023, NASA / NOAA
Cooperative Data and Rescue Services see: CDARS (CDARS), 2022 - 2025, NOAA / USAF
COSMIC-2B (Polar) (COSMIC-2B (Polar) [aka FORMOSAT-7B]), NOAA / UCAR
CubeMAP (Earth System Processes Monitored in the Atmosphere by a Constellation of CubeSats [aka ESP-MACCS]), 2025 - 2028, ESA / UKSA
CubeMAP (Earth System Processes Monitored in the Atmosphere by a Constellation of CubeSats [aka Scout-1]), 2025 - 2028, ESA / UKSA

DMSAR (Disaster Management SAR), 2011 - 2016, ISRO
DMSP F-20 (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-20), 2020 - 2025, NOAA / USAF
DWSS (Defense Weather Satellite System), USAF

EARTHPROBE (EARTHPROBE), ESA
Environsat-1 (Environmental Satellite - 1), 2015 - 2019, ISRO
Environsat-2 (Environmental Satellite - 2), 2018 - 2022, ISRO
ESA Future Missions (ESA Future Missions), 2008 - 2018, ESA
ESPERIA (Earthquake investigations by Satellite and Physics of the Environment Related to the Ionosphere and Atmosphere), 2006 - 1900, ASI
ESP-MACCS see: CubeMAP (Earth System Processes Monitored in the Atmosphere by a Constellation of CubeSats), 2025 - 2028, ESA / UKSA

FORMOSAT-7B see: COSMIC-2B (Polar) (COSMIC-2B (Polar)), NOAA / UCAR
FOURIER (FOURIER), 2006 - 1900, ASI
Free Flyer-2 (JPSS Free Flyer-2), 2021 - 2026, NOAA / NASA
FY-4 M/A (FY-4A Microwave Geostationary Meteorological Satellite), 2015 - 2020, NRSCC / NSMC-CMA
FY-4 M/B (FY-4B Microwave Geostationary Meteorological Satellite), 2018 - 2023, NRSCC / NSMC-CMA
FY-4 M/C (FY-4C Microwave Geostationary Meteorological Satellite), 2022 - 2027, NRSCC / NSMC-CMA

GACM (Global Atmospheric Composition Mission), 2030 - 2033, NASA
GCOM-C2 (Global Change Observation Mission-Climate2), 2021 - 2026, JAXA
GCOM-C3 (Global Change Observation Mission-Climate3), 2025 - 2030, JAXA
GCOM-W2 (Global Change Observation Mission - Water2), JAXA
GCOM-W3 (Global Change Observation Mission - Water3), JAXA
GEO-CAPE (Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events), 2023 - 2026, NASA
GeoCarb (Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory), 2025 - 2028, NASA
Geo-S1 (Geostationary Extended Observations Sounder 1), 2035 - 2055, NOAA
Geo-S2 (Geostationary Extended Observations Sounder 2), 2040 - 2055, NOAA
GOMS/Electro N3 (Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite - 3), 2010 - 1900, ROSHYDROMET / ROSKOSMOS
GPM Constellation (Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Constellation spacecraft), 2014 - 2019, NASA / JAXA
GPM-Br (Global Precipitation Measurement Satellite), 2016 - 2020, INPE / CNES
GRACE-II (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment II), 2030 - 2033, NASA

HRSAT (High Resolution Satellite Constellation), 2023 - 2027, ISRO
HY-2G (Ocean dynamics satellite G), 2025 - 2030, NSOAS / CAST
HY-2H (Ocean dynamics satellite H), 2025 - 2028, NSOAS / CAST
HYDROS (Hydrosphere State), 2010 - 2014, NASA
HyS-OP (Hyperspectral Operational Satellite), 2014 - 2018, ISRO
HyspIRI (Hyperspectral Infrared Imager), 2023 - 2026, NASA

IGPM (IGPM), 2006 - 2008, ASI
INS-2TD (INS-2TD), 2022 - 2032, ISRO
ISS (International Space Station), 2005 - 2015, NASA
ISTAG (Indian Satellite for Aerosol and Gases), 2015 - 2020, ISRO

None.

Kanopus-VO N1 (Environmental Satellite Kanopus-VO N1), 2025 - 2030, ROSKOSMOS / ROSHYDROMET
Kanopus-VO N2 (Environmental Satellite Kanopus-VO N2), 2025 - 2030, ROSKOSMOS / ROSHYDROMET
Kanopus-Vulkan (Kanopus-Vulkan), 2007 - 2012, ROSKOSMOS

LIST (Lidar Surface Topography), 2030 - 2033, NASA
LOTUSat 2 (LOTUSat 2), 2023 - 2028, VAST

MAPSAR (Multi-purpose SAR), 2015 - 2019, INPE
MC-C (Mass Change - Continuity), 2027 - 2032, NASA / DLR
MC-S (Mass Change - Sustaining), 2031 - 2039, ESA / NASA
Meteor-M N3 (Oceanographical Satellite Meteor-M N3), 2021 - 2026, ROSKOSMOS / ROSHYDROMET
MIOSAT (Piccola MIssione Ottica basata su microSATellite), 2014 - 2016, ASI
MTSAT-3 (Multi-functional Transport Satellite), 2013 - 2018, JMA

NMP EO-3 GIFTS (New Millenium Program EO-3 - Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer - (GIFTS)), 2006 - 2008, NASA
NPOESS-1 (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 1), 2013 - 2020, NOAA
NPOESS-2 (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 2), 2016 - 2022, NOAA
NPOESS-3 (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 3), 2018 - 2025, NOAA
NPOESS-4 (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4), 2020 - 2027, NOAA
NPOESS-5 (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4), 2018 - 2023, NOAA
NPOESS-6 (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4), 2019 - 2024, NOAA

Obzor-O N1 (Operative Monitoring Satellite Obzor-O N1), 2023 - 2030, ROSKOSMOS
Obzor-O N2 (Operative Monitoring Satellite Obzor-O N2), 2025 - 2032, ROSKOSMOS
Obzor-O N3 (Operative Monitoring Satellite Obzor-O N3), 2024 - 2031, ROSKOSMOS
Obzor-O N4 (Operative Monitoring Satellite Obzor-O N4), 2026 - 2033, ROSKOSMOS
Obzor-R N2 (SAR Operative Monitoring Satellite Obzor-R N2), 2026 - 2030, ROSKOSMOS
Obzor-R N3 (SAR Operative Monitoring SatelliteObzor-R N3), 2024 - 2030, ROSKOSMOS
Obzor-R N4 (SAR Operative Monitoring SatelliteObzor-R N4), 2024 - 2027, ROSKOSMOS
OPSIS (OPtical System for Imagery and Surveillance), 2017 - 2022, ASI

PATH (Precipitation and All-weather Temperature and Humidity), 2030 - 2033, NASA
PCW-1 (Polar Communications and Weather-1), 2021 - 2036, CSA / DND / ECCC
PCW-2 (Polar Communications and Weather-2), 2021 - 2036, CSA / DND / ECCC
Post-EPS (Post EUMETSAT Polar System), 2018 - 2023, EUMETSAT / DLR

None.

REFIR (Radiation Explorer in the Far IR), 2006 - 1900, ASI
Resurs-01 N5 (Resource satellite first series number 5), 2005 - 2008, ROSKOSMOS
Resurs-PM N3 (Environmental Satellite Resurs-PM N3), 2025 - 2029, ROSKOSMOS
Resurs-PM N4 (Environmental Satellite Resurs-PM N4), 2026 - 2030, ROSKOSMOS
RISAT-2F (Radar Imaging Satellite), 2013 - 2017, ISRO
RISAT-3L (Radar Imaging Satellite), 2014 - 2020, ISRO

SABIA-Mar (SABIA-Mar), 2017 - 2021, INPE / CONAE
SABRINA (SAr Bissat Radar for INterferometric Applications), 2012 - 2016, ASI
SAOCOM-2B (Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas 2B), 2030 - 2035, CONAE / ASI
Satellite Vu MWIR Imaging Constellation (Mid-Wave Infrared Imaging Constellation), 2025 - 2030, SatVu
SBG Constellation Pathfinder (Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) Constellation Pathfinder [aka VSWIR SmallSat]), 2028 - 2033, NASA
SCATSAT-1A (SCATSAT-1A), 2021 - 2026, ISRO
SCD-3 (Data Collecting Satellite 3), 2006 - 2010, INPE
SCLP (Snow and Cold Land Processes), 2030 - 2033, NASA
Scout-1 see: CubeMAP (Earth System Processes Monitored in the Atmosphere by a Constellation of CubeSats), 2025 - 2028, ESA / UKSA
Sentinel-6 C (Sentinel-6 C), 2030 - 2037, EUMETSAT / NASA / NOAA / COM / ESA
SR SAR (SR Synthetic Aperture Radar), 2027 - 2032, SR Space
SSR-2 (Remote Sensing Satellite 2), 2012 - 2015, INPE

TanDEM-L (TanDEM-L), 2028 - 2040, DLR / HRC
TerraSAR-L (TerraSAR L band), 2006 - 2011, UKSA
TES-HYS (Technology Experimental Satellite on Hyperspectral), 2013 - 2014, ISRO
TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics mission), 2001 - 2010, NASA
TRUTHS (Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio- Studies (TRUTHS)), 2031 - 2035, ESA / UKSA
TSX-NG (TerraSAR Next Generation), 2018 - 2025, DLR

None.

VISIR (VISible-to-thermal IR micro-SATellite), 2006 - 1900, ASI
VNREDSat 1b (VNREDSat 1b), 2017 - 2020, VAST
VSWIR SmallSat see: SBG Constellation Pathfinder (Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) Constellation Pathfinder), 2028 - 2033, NASA

None.

None.

None.

ZY-01-3 see: CBERS-3 (China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite - 3), 2013 - 2013, INPE / CRESDA
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