CEOS EO HANDBOOK – CATALOGUE OF SATELLITE MISSIONS
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Status Mission Name
Launch Year Instrument Name
EOL Year Applications
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MissionAgencyStatusLaunch dateEOL dateApplicationsInstrumentsOrbit details & URL
Aeolus
Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (Earth Explorer Core Mission)

ESAOperational (nominal)22 Aug 2018Dec 2023Will provide wind profile measurements for global 3D wind field products used for study of atmospheric dynamics, including global transport of energy, water, aerosols, and chemicals.ALADINType: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 320 km
Period: 92.5 mins
Inclination: 97.01 deg
Repeat cycle: 7 days
LST: 18:00
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
Links: mission site
AMAZONIA-1
Amazonia 1

INPEOperational (nominal)28 Feb 2021Feb 2025Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land surface.WFI (Amazonia-1)Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 752 km
Period: 99.9 mins
Inclination: 98.4 deg
Repeat cycle: 26 days
LST: 10:30
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: mission site | data access
Arctica-M N1
Hydro-meteorological Satellite Arctica-M N1

ROSKOSMOS / ROSHYDROMETOperational (nominal)28 Feb 2021Feb 2028Meteorology, oceanography, including ice cover monitoring, enviromental climate and disaster monitoring in the Arctic region.GGAK-VE, MSU-GS/VEType: Highly elliptical
Altitude:
Period: 720 mins
Inclination: 63.4 deg
Repeat cycle: 1 day
LST:
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
Links: mission site
CARTOSAT-2E
Cartography Satellite - 2E

ISROOperational (nominal)23 Jun 2017Dec 2023High precision large-scale cartographic mapping and thematic applications with MX data at 1:4000 scales.HRMX, PAN (Cartosat-2E)Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 500 km
Period: 97.4 mins
Inclination: 97.87 deg
Repeat cycle: 5 days
LST: 9:30
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links:
CARTOSAT-3
Cartography Satellite - 3

ISROOperational (nominal)27 Nov 2019Nov 2024Suitable for cadastral and infrastructure mapping and analysis.MX (Cartosat-3), PAN (Cartosat-3)Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 450 km
Period:
Inclination: 97.9 deg
Repeat cycle:
LST: 10:30
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: mission site
CAS500-1
Compact Advanced Satellite 500 -1

KARI / KAI / NGIIOperational (nominal)22 Mar 2021Mar 2025Cartography, land use and planningHigh Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-1)Type: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 528 km
Period: 98.5 mins
Inclination: 98.1 deg
Repeat cycle: 28 days
LST: 10:50
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
Links:
CBERS-4A
China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite - 4

INPE / CRESDAOperational (nominal)20 Dec 2019Dec 2024Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land surface.DCS, MUX (CBERS-4A), WFI (CBERS-4A), WPMType: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 629 km
Period: 97.3 mins
Inclination: 97.9 deg
Repeat cycle: 31 days
LST: 10:30
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links: mission site | data access
CFOSAT
Chinese-French Oceanic SATellite

CNES / CNSAOperational (nominal)29 Oct 2018Oct 2023The primary objective of CFOSAT is to monitor at the global scale the wind and waves at the ocean surface.SCAT, SWIMType: Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 519 km
Period: 94.7 mins
Inclination: 97.5 deg
Repeat cycle:
LST: 7am
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Descending
Links:
COSMIC-2 FM1
COSMIC-2 FM1

NOAA / NSPO / UCAROperational (nominal)25 Jun 2019Jan 2026This is a radio occultation mission supporting meteorology and ionosphere & climate measurements. 6-satellite constellation (equatorial). IVM, RF Beacon, TGRSType:
Altitude: 520 km
Period:
Inclination: 24 deg
Repeat cycle:
LST:
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
Links: mission site
COSMIC-2 FM2
COSMIC-2 FM2

NOAA / UCAROperational (nominal)25 Jun 2019Jan 2026This is a radio occultation mission supporting meteorology and ionosphere & climate measurements. 6-satellite constellation (equatorial). IVM, RF Beacon, TGRSType:
Altitude: 520 km
Period:
Inclination: 24 deg
Repeat cycle:
LST:
Longitude (if geo):
Asc/desc: Ascending
Links: mission site
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