| Instrument | Status/
Accuracy | Instrument Description | Measurement Technology | Timeline |
| AEISS | Operational | High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring. | High resolution optical imager |  |
| AEISS-A | Operational | High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring. | High resolution optical imager | |
| AEISS-HR | Operational | High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring | High resolution optical imager | |
| AGRI-I | Operational | A multiple-channel radiation imager, one of the primary instruments aboard FY-4. Technically featured by a precisely designed two-mirror structure, capable of accurate and flexible sensing in two dimensions, and minute-level fast regional scanning. Frequent Earth imaging over 14 bands with off-axis three reflections of the primary optic system. On-board black body available for IR calibrations at very short time intervals. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| AGRI-II | Operational | A multiple-channel radiation imager, one of the primary instruments aboard FY-4. Technically featured by a precisely designed two-mirror structure, capable of accurate and flexible sensing in two dimensions, and minute-level fast regional scanning. Frequent Earth imaging over 14 bands with off-axis three reflections of the primary optic system. On-board black body available for IR calibrations at very short time intervals. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| AGRI-III | Operational | A multiple-channel radiation imager, one of the primary instruments aboard FY-4. Technically featured by a precisely designed two-mirror structure, capable of accurate and flexible sensing in two dimensions, and minute-level fast regional scanning. Frequent Earth imaging over 14 bands with off-axis three reflections of the primary optic system. On-board black body available for IR calibrations at very short time intervals. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| AMI | Operational | Continuous monitoring capability for the near real-time generation of high-resolution meteorological products and long-term change analysis of land/sea surface temperature and cloud coverage. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| ASNARO-2 X-SAR | Operational | High resolution X-band SAR Imagery, for applications such as monitoring natural disasters, grasping the status of cities and agricultural lands, surveying mineral resources, and observing sea ice. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| ASTER | Operational | 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. | High resolution optical imager | |
| AVHRR/3 | Operational | Measurements of land and sea surface temperature, cloud cover, snow and ice cover, soil moisture and vegetation indices. Data also used for volcanic eruption monitoring. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| AWiFS | Operational | Vegetation and crop monitoring, resource assessment (regional scale), forest mapping, land cover/ land use mapping, and change detection. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Axis 1.2 X-Band SAR | Operational | Multi-purpose imagery (land) | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| Axis 2 VHR | Operational | Land & Forest monitoring, emergency response, security, and marine environment | High resolution optical imager | |
| C-Band SAR | Operational | Marine core services, land monitoring and emergency services. Monitoring sea ice zones and arctic environment. Surveillance of marine environment, monitoring land surface motion risks, mapping of land surfaces (forest, water and soil, agriculture), mapping in support of humanitarian aid in crisis situations. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| C-band SAR (Chaohu) | Operational | Day/night, all-weather imaging | n/a | |
| C-band SAR (GF-3C) | Operational | Addressing a range of needs including maritime rights defense, disaster prevention and mitigation, environmental monitoring, disaster relief, territorial control, environmental protection, water conservancy, agriculture, and meteorology | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| C-band SAR (Shenqi-2) | Operational | All-day, all-weather Earth observation and stable acquisition of high-resolution imagery under complex meteorological conditions. | n/a | |
| COSI | Operational | SAR for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| C-SAR | Operational | Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use, urban studies. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| CSG SAR | Operational | All-weather images of ocean, land and ice for monitoring of land surface processes, ice, environmental monitoring, risk management, environmental resources, maritime management, Earth topographic mapping. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| CZI | Operational | Imagery of coastal regions - estuaries, tidal regions, etc. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| DESIS | Operational | DESIS is a hyperspectral camera that records image data using an array of up to 240 closely spaced channels, covering the visible and near infrared portions of the spectrum (450 to 915 nanometres) with a ground resolution of approximately 90 metres. This multifaceted information allows scientists to detect changes in ecosystems and to make statements on the condition of forests and agricultural land. | n/a | |
| EarthDaily Imager | Operational | Agriculture, insurance, and disaster prevention and recovery. | n/a | |
| Geoton-L1 (2) | Operational | Multispectral images of land surfaces and Oceans. | High resolution optical imager | |
| GHI-1 | Operational | The primary objective of the Geosynchronous High-speed Imager (GHI) is to achieve imaging capabilities over a 2000 × 1800 km² area from geostationary orbit, with higher spatial resolution and a temporal resolution of less than 1 minute. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| High Resolution Imager (FORMOSAT-8) | Operational | | High resolution optical imager | |
| High resolution imager (PRSS-1) | Operational | PRSS-1 is tailored to meet Pakistan’s needs for high resolution imagery required by users for socio-economic development of the country, especially in the fields of land mapping, agriculture classification and assessment, urban and rural planning, environmental monitoring, natural disaster monitoring/management, water resource management and others. PRSS-1 imagery is also being used for monitoring and planning of mega infrastructure development carried out under CPEC. Moreover, the imagery colle | High resolution optical imager | |
| High Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-1) | Operational | Cartography, land use and planning | High resolution optical imager | |
| High Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-2) | Operational | Cartography, land use and planning | High resolution optical imager | |
| HiRI | Operational | Cartography, land use, risk, agriculture and forestry, civil planning and mapping, digital terrain models, defence. | High resolution optical imager | |
| HRC(HRMIS) | Operational | Acquire high resolution land surface images. | High resolution optical imager | |
| HSI | Operational | Detailed monitoring and characterization of rock and soil targets, vegetation, inland and coastal waters on a global scale. | High resolution optical imager | |
| HSI-2 (HJ-2A) | Operational | Hyperspectral measurements for environment and disaster management operations. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| HYC | Operational | Hyperspectral data for complex land ecosystem studies. | n/a | |
| Infrared Scanning Radiometer | Operational | Measurement of temperatures for meteorology purpose. | n/a | |
| IR Camera (ZY-1-02E) | Operational | | n/a | |
| IRIS Imager | Operational | Provide multispectral imagery in the visible and near-infrared wavelength range | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| IRMSS-2 (HJ-2) | Operational | Infrared measurements for environment and natural disaster monitoring. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| IRS | Operational | Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use. | n/a | |
| Kent Ridge 1 Hyperspectral Imager | Operational | Applications in the monitoring of land, water and vegetation and will contribute towards the effort to prevent and manage such disasters in this region | n/a | |
| KHCS | Operational | Biomass, FAPAR, fraction of vegetated land, land cover, LAI, NDVI, vegetation type. | High resolution optical imager | |
| KMSS | Operational | Multispectral images of land & sea surfaces and ice cover. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| KShMSA-VR | Operational | Land surface and ocean monitoring | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Ku-band SAR (Taijing-4 03) | Operational | | n/a | |
| LISS-III (Resourcesat) | Operational | Data used for vegetation type assessment, resource assessment, crop stress detection, crop production forecasting, forestry, land use and land cover change. | High resolution optical imager | |
| LISS-IV | Operational | Vegetation monitoring, improved crop discrimination, crop yield, disaster monitoring and rapid assessment of natural resources. | High resolution optical imager | |
| L-SAR (LT-1) | Operational | In phase I, two satellites fly in a formation with a variable baseline, and the bistatic InSAR stripmap mode is utilized to acquire the global digital elevation and terrain models with high accuracy and spatial resolution. In phase II, two satellites shall share the common reference orbit with a 180-degree orbital phasing difference. The repeat cycle will be decreased to 4 days and topographic variations with millimetre accuracy at large scale can be measured using the differential InSAR techniq | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| MBEI | Operational | Multispectral scanner images of land surface. | High resolution optical imager | |
| METimage | Operational | Operational multi spectral imager for meteorological EPS-SG VIS/IR Imaging Mission (VII): imagery data for global and regional NWP, NWC, and climate monitoring with information on LST, SST, clouds coverage, height and micro-physics, land surfaces (vegetation, snow/ice, fire), water vapour column, aerosol and atmospheric motion vectors. Provides collocated cloud mask, height & characterisation as well as intra-pixel heterogeneity to other EPS-SG missions (with larger footprint). | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MIRS | Operational | Scanner images of land surface in middle infra-red range. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MODIS | Operational | Data on biological and physical processes on the surface of the Earth and in the lower atmosphere, and on global dynamics. Surface temperatures of land and ocean, chlorophyll fluorescence, land cover measurements, cloud cover (day and night). | n/a | |
| MS | Operational | Vegetation and land cover, land cover change. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MSI (BJ-2) | Operational | SSTL-300 S1 Imager also known as VHRI 100 (Very High Resolution Imager 100). | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSI (LAPAN-A3) | Operational | land use classification and environmental observations | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MSI (Sentinel-2) | Operational | Optical high spatial resolution imagery over land and coastal areas for Copernicus operational services. | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSS | Operational | Multispectral images of land & sea surfaces and ice cover. | High resolution optical imager | |
| MSU-MR | Operational | Parameters of clouds, snow, ice and land cover, vegetation, surface temperature, fire detection. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Multi-Angle Multi-Spectral Camera | Operational | Detect and measure vegetation biomass, atmospheric aerosol and chlorophyll fluorescence, and can also obtain the remote-sensing information of global forest carbon sinks. | n/a | |
| MUX (CBERS-4) | Operational | Agriculture; Forestry; Geology; Natural disaster management; Cartography; Environment monitoring; Fire detection, localization and counting; Hydrology, coastal water mapping; Land use; Surveillance and law enforcement | High resolution optical imager | |
| MUX (CBERS-4A) | Operational | Agriculture; Forestry; Geology; Natural disaster management; Cartography; Environment monitoring; Fire detection, localization and counting; Hydrology, coastal water mapping; Land use; Surveillance and law enforcement | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MUX (GF-1) | Operational | Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use. | High resolution optical imager | |
| MUX (GF-2) | Operational | Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use. | High resolution optical imager | |
| MUX (ZY-3-02) | Operational | Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use. | High resolution optical imager | |
| MWIR (GF-4) | Operational | Infrared measurements for environmental and natural disaster monitoring. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MX | Operational | For crops and vegetation dynamics, natural resources census, disaster management and large scale mapping of themes. | High resolution optical imager | |
| MX (Cartosat-3) | Operational | High resolution land observation and cartography | High resolution optical imager | |
| NAOMI (MS) | Operational | NAOMI - MS (2m GSD, 10.3km Swath) is a TMA opto-mechanical instrument employing 24-stage TDI scanning. Data is used for various applications including cartography, land use planning and management, national security, etc. | High resolution optical imager | |
| NAOMI (PAN) | Operational | NAOMI - PAN (0.5m GSD, 10.3km Swath) is a TMA opto-mechanical instrument employing a line scanning technique. Data is used for various applications including cartography, land use planning and management, national security, etc. | High resolution optical imager | |
| OCI | Operational | Ocean color slit-grating imaging spectrometer/radiometer for measuring top of atmosphere reflectance which is used to estimate ocean leaving light that contains information on biological components plus aerosol and cloud propertiesl | n/a | |
| OLCI | Operational | Marine and land services. | n/a | |
| OLI | Operational | Measures surface radiance, land cover state, and change (e.g., vegetation type). Used as multi-purpose imagery for land applications. | High resolution optical imager | |
| OLI-2 | Operational | Measures surface radiance, land cover state, and change (e.g., vegetation type). Used as multi-purpose imagery for land applications. | High resolution optical imager | |
| Optical imager (Eaglet-II) | Operational | High-resolution optical images in RGB spectral channels with AIS information, developed by OHB Company. | High resolution optical imager | |
| Optical imager (HEO) | Operational | High-resolution optical images in PAN, MS and VNIR spectral channels, developed by ARGOTEC Company | High resolution optical imager | |
| Optical Instrument (CO3D) | Operational | Will provide global Digital Surface Models of landmasses between +- 70° latitudes with a resolution of 1 m and in 3D. | High resolution optical imager | |
| PALSAR-2 | Operational | Disaster monitoring, land monitoring, agricultural monitoring, natural resource exploration, global forest monitoring, potential use and interferometry. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| PALSAR-3 | Operational | Disaster monitoring, land monitoring, agricultural monitoring, natural resource exploration, global forest monitoring, potential use and interferometry. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| PAN (BJ-2) | Operational | SSTL-300 S1 Imager also known as VHRI 100 (Very High Resolution Imager 100). | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN (CBERS-4) | Operational | Agriculture; Forestry; Geology; Natural disaster management; Cartography; Environment monitoring; Fire detection, localization and counting; Hydrology, coastal water mapping; Land use; Surveillance and law enforcement | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN (GF-1) | Operational | Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use, urban studies. | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN (GF-2) | Operational | Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use, urban studies. | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN (ZY Series) | Operational | Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAZ SAR-X | Operational | High resolution X-band radar for security, land use, urban management, environmental monitoring, risk management. Spotlight, Scansar and Stripmap acquisition modes. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| Pelican | Operational | Very high resolution sensor which will replenish and improve upon the capabilities of the existing SkySat instruments. | High resolution optical imager | |
| PSS | Operational | Panchromatic data for environmental monitoring, agriculture and forestry. | High resolution optical imager | |
| QPS-SAR | Operational | X-band SAR multi-purpose imagery, supporting infrastructure management, emergency response, and recovery | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR (Eyecore-1) | Operational | High-resolution imaging of the Earth's surface regardless of weather conditions, cloud cover, or daylight | n/a | |
| SAR (NeuSAR) | Operational | The SAR instrument can image in two modes, strip imaging, which involves continuous observation across the orbital path, for coverage of large areas, and spot imaging, which involves repeated observation of a single point, for high resolution image generation. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR (RADARSAT-2) | Operational | All-weather images of ocean, ice and land surfaces. Used for monitoring of coastal zones, polar ice, sea ice, sea state, geological features, vegetation and land surface processes. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR (RCM) | Operational | All-weather, C-band data to support ecosystem monitoring, maritime surveillance and disaster management. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR 2000 | Operational | All-weather images of ocean, land and ice for monitoring of land surface processes, ice, environmental monitoring, risk management, environmental resources, maritime management, Earth topographic mapping. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR-L | Operational | Land, ocean, emergencies, soil moisture, interferometry, others. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SGLI | Operational | Medium resolution multi-spectral imaging of land, ocean and atmosphere. SGLI-VNR is an optical sensor capable of multi-channel nadir observation at wavelengths from near-UV to NIR and forward or backward polarization observation at red and near infrared wavelengths (Push-broom scanning). SGLI-IRS is an optical sensor capable of multi-channel nadir observation at wavelengths from SWIR to TIR wavelengths (Cross-track scanning). | n/a | |
| SLIM-6-22 | Operational | Visible and NIR imagery in support of disaster management - part of the Disaster Management constellation. | High resolution optical imager | |
| spaceCam c4000 (LAPAN-A2) | Operational | land use classification and environmental observations | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| SWIR Imager (Constellr) | Operational | Thermal imaging for activity, stress, anomalies, change over time | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| TeLEOS 2 SAR | Operational | TeLEOS-2 features an indigenously developed SAR payload and is claimed to be capable of capturing both day and night images under all-weather conditions in high resolutions, with full polarimetry for a wider range of satellite data applications. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| VIIRS | Operational | Global observations of land, ocean, and atmosphere parameters: cloud/weather imagery, sea-surface temperature, ocean colour, land surface vegetation indices. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| VISSR-II | Operational | Multispectral Visible and Infra-red Scan Radiometer. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| VNIR (GF-4) | Operational | Infrared measurements for environmental and natural disaster monitoring. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| WFI (Amazonia-1) | Operational | Used for fire extent detection measurement, coastal and vegetation monitoring, land cover and land use mapping. WFI (Amazonia-1) is the same instrument as WFI (CBERS), however due to differences in orbital altitude, they have different spatial resolution | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| WFI (CBERS-4) | Operational | Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use. WFI (Amazonia-1) is the same instrument as WFI (CBERS), however due to differences in orbital altitude, they have different spatial resolutions. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| WFI (CBERS-4A) | Operational | Agriculture; Forestry; Geology; Natural disaster management; Cartography; Environment monitoring; Fire detection, localization and counting; Hydrology, coastal water mapping; Land use; Surveillance and law enforcement | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| WFV | Operational | Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| WPM | Operational | Agriculture; Forestry; Geology; Natural disaster management; Cartography; Environment monitoring; Fire detection, localization and counting; Hydrology, coastal water mapping; Land use; Surveillance and law enforcement | High resolution optical imager | |
| WSAR | Operational | High resolution radar measurements of land and ocean features. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| WVC-2 | Operational | Multispectral measurements of Earth's surface for natural enviroment and disaster applications. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| X-Band SAR | Operational | High resolution images for monitoring of land surface and coastal processes and for agricultural, geological and hydrological applications. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| X-band SAR (Taijing) | Operational | Provides sub-metre imaging resolution and a maximum imaging swath exceeding 240 km. Supports spotlight, sliding spotlight, stripmap, TOPS and scan modes. | n/a | |
| X-SAR (PIESAT) | Operational | X-band interferometric synthetic aperture radars (InSAR) on each of the 4 satellites in the constellation. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| 3D-SAR | Being developed | Quantification of timber and carbon stock and its change with over 90% accuracy. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| AEISS-HR-A | Being developed | High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring | High resolution optical imager | |
| ALISS III | Being developed | For crops and vegetation dynamics, natural resources census, disaster management and large scale mapping of themes. | High resolution optical imager | |
| Axis 2 HR | Being developed | Land & Forest monitoring, emergency response, security, and marine environment | High resolution optical imager | |
| CERIA Camera (rebuild) | Being developed | RGB Bayer-type high-resolution optical imager (~1.18m GSD, 5.9km swath @550km altitude), intended for general monitoring and disaster-response imagery. THEOS-2A (host satellite) was lost in a launch failure on 12-Jan-2026 and this instrument never became operational. | High resolution optical imager | |
| ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) | Being developed | intercept and analyze electronic signals from various sources, providing important intelligence when combined with visual Earth observation data. | n/a | |
| GHI-2 | Being developed | The primary objective of the Geosynchronous High-speed Imager (GHI) is to achieve imaging capabilities over a 750×750 km² area from geostationary orbit, with higher spatial resolution and a temporal resolution of less than 1 minute. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| HYC2 | Being developed | Hyperspectral data for complex land ecosystem studies. | n/a | |
| HYPCAM | Being developed | HYPCAM is a push-broom hyperspectral imaging instrument covering wavelengths from 400 to 2,500 nm with approximately 10 nm spectral sampling. With a target ground sampling distance of 30 m and a swath of about 19 km, it supports agriculture and forestry monitoring, mineral mapping, greenhouse-gas assessment, and environmental monitoring. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| Imaging radar (NIMBUS-SAR) | Being developed | All-weather images of ocean, land and ice for monitoring of land surface processes, ice, environmental monitoring, risk management, environmental resources, maritime management, Earth topographic mapping. Developed by TAS-I company. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| Imaging radar (NOX-SAR) | Being developed | All-weather images of ocean, land and ice for monitoring of land surface processes, ice, environmental monitoring, risk management, environmental resources, maritime management, Earth topographic mapping. Developed by TAS-I company. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| LumirX SAR | Being developed | ultra-high-resolution images with a slope range of 0.125 m and a ground range of 0.3 m through a radar signal bandwidth of 1200 MHz | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| Optical and Infrared Imager | Being developed | he optical component provides high-resolution imagery, while the infrared sensors detect heat signatures, enabling early warning of missile launches and tracking of their trajectories. | n/a | |
| Optical Imager | Being developed | | High resolution optical imager | |
| Optical imager (NIMBUS-VHR) | Being developed | High-resolution optical images in PAN, MS and VNIR spectral channels with StripMap, Mosaic and N-Stereo acquisition modes, developed by TAS-I Company | High resolution optical imager | |
| Optical imager (PLATINO-Hyper) | Being developed | Hyperspectral imager developed by ASI. | High resolution optical imager | |
| Pan (AFT) | Being developed | Vegetation monitoring, improved crop discrimination, crop yield, disaster monitoring and rapid assessment of natural resources. | High resolution optical imager | |
| PAN (Fore) | Being developed | 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. | High resolution optical imager | |
| PLT SAR | Being developed | All-weather images of ocean, land and ice for monitoring of land surface processes, ice, environmental monitoring, risk management, environmental resources, maritime management, Earth topographic mapping. Bistatic mission | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR (KOMPSAT-6) | Being developed | High resolution radar for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| SAR (NIBE Space) | Being developed | All-weather, day-and-night Earth observation for monitoring India's vast coastlines, maritime surveillance, disaster monitoring, and change detection. | n/a | |
| SR SAR | Being developed | SAR imagery will include information about the phase and polarization of the reflected electromagnetic wave. | n/a | |
| SWIR Camera (NarSha) | Being developed | SWIR, with a spectral resolution smaller than 1 nm within the methane absorption band of 1625-1670 nm | n/a | |
| SWIR Imager (THEOS-3) | Being developed | A medium-resolution shortwave-infrared optical payload designed to complement the VNIR instrument and expand THEOS-3 applications for natural resource exploration and environmental monitoring. SWIR data would support vegetation and soil moisture assessment, burned-area and fire-related analysis, mineral and geological mapping, water/cloud/snow discrimination, disaster monitoring, and land surface condition assessment. | High resolution optical imager | |
| TrueColour (MULA) | Being developed | Applications in forestry and agriculture, maritime imagery, mapping and planning, as well as disaster support. | n/a | |
| VSWIR Instrument (EAGLE) | Being developed | Imaging spectrometer to provide information on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, hydrology, weather, climate, and solid Earth. | n/a | |
| WildFireSat Sensor | Being developed | Measurements are: Fire Radiative Power (FRP) for hotspot locations. Data products generated: 1) Fire maps showing location, extent, and timing of forest fire events; 2) Fire characteristics, such as fire line intensity and rate of spread; 3) Information enabling air quality modeling of wildland fire events; 4) Mass of carbon released into atmosphere due to biomass burning. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| XPAA | Being developed | XPAA provides Spotlight, Stripmap and ScanSAR data for applications of environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring, resource management, topographic mapping, and information gathering. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| Avrora-T | Approved | Multispectral and panchromatic images of land & sea surfaces and ice cover. | n/a | |
| CAR | Approved | Panchromatic and multispectral (Vis/IR) measurements with high spatial resolution, with stereo capability for DEM generation. Applications in emergencies in general, agriculture, land use/land cover, change detection, urban environment, cartography, topography. | High resolution optical imager | |
| GKMI | Approved | Continuous monitoring capability for the near real-time generation of high-resolution meteorological products and long-term change analysis of land/sea surface temperature and cloud coverage. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| MSI (Atlantic Constellation PF) | Approved | Multi-purpose optical imagery. Demonstrate the key technologies asociated with the project such as enhanced AI processesing and inter satellite links allowing tasking even when not above a ground station. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| NG C-Band SAR | Approved | Marine core services, land monitoring and emergency services. Monitoring sea ice zones and arctic environment. Surveillance of marine environment, monitoring land surface motion risks, mapping of land surfaces (forest, water and soil, agriculture), mapping in support of humanitarian aid in crisis situations. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| OEK VR | Approved | Multispectral images of land surfaces and Oceans. | High resolution optical imager | |
| Advanced MSU-MR | Proposed | Parameters of clouds, snow, ice and land cover, vegetation, surface temperature, fire detection. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| AGRI-IV | Proposed | A multiple-channel radiation imager, one of the primary instruments aboard FY-4. Technically featured by a precisely designed two-mirror structure, capable of accurate and flexible sensing in two dimensions, and minute-level fast regional scanning. Frequent Earth imaging over 14 bands with off-axis three reflections of the primary optic system. On-board black body available for IR calibrations at very short time intervals. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| AMSI | Proposed | Optical high spatial resolution imagery over land and coastal areas for Copernicus operational services. | High resolution optical imager | |
| AOLCI | Proposed | Visible and near-infrared hyperspectral radiometer supporting a wide range of Marine, Land, Atmosphere and Climate Services. Provides enhanced continutity of ocean colour and land colour measurements from OLCI and enhanced synergy with ASLSTR | n/a | |
| ASLSTR | Proposed | Dual-view conical scanner with channels in the VIS, NIR SWIR TIR, supporting a wide range of Marine, Land, Atmosphere and Climate Services. Provides enhanced continutity of SST and LST measurements from SLSTR and enhanced synergy with AOLCI | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| BIK-SD 1 | Proposed | Provides a simultaneous taking of images of an object in several spectral bands of thermal range with detection and registration of land-based, subsurface-based and space-based objects. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| GEO SAR | Proposed | Emergency services: monitoring of landslides, subsidence and ground deformation, seismic and volcanic phenomena, terrain and infrastructure stability, flood mapping.
Land: terrain stability, soil moisture and wetlands monitoring.
Atmosphere: 2D maps of water vapor concentration with high spatial and temporal resolution. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| LandIS | Proposed | Measures surface radiance, land cover state and change (e.g., vegetation type), and longwave termal infrared surface emittance. Used as multi-purpose imagery for land applications. | High resolution optical imager | |
| X-Band SAR | Proposed | SAR images for monitoring of land surface and coastal processes. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
| Advanced KMSS | No longer considered | Multispectral images of land & sea surfaces and ice cover. | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer | |
| CERIA Camera | No longer operational | THEOS-2 Small Satellite's optical payload consists of RGB bayer type sensors (5.9km x 5.9km). Data is used for general monitoring and disasters. | High resolution optical imager | |