| Instrument | Status/
Accuracy | Instrument Description | Measurement Technology | Timeline |
AEISS
Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System | Operational
| High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring. | High resolution optical imager |  |
AEISS-A
Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-A | Operational
| High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring. | High resolution optical imager | |
ASTER
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer | 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 | |
ATLAS
Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System | Operational
| Provide date on ice sheet height and sea ice thickness, land altitude, aerosol height distributions, cloud height and boundary layer height. | n/a | |
AWiFS
Advanced Wide Field Sensor | Operational
| Vegetation and crop monitoring, resource assessment (regional scale), forest mapping, land cover/ land use mapping, and change detection. | n/a | |
C-Band SAR
C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar | 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) | |
CCD (ZY Series)
CCD and multispectral imager | Operational
| Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use. | n/a | |
COSI
Corea SAR Instrument | Operational
| SAR for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
C-SAR
C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar | Operational
| Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use, urban studies. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
CSG SAR
COSMO-SkyMed di Seconda Generazione 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) | |
Geoton-L1 (2)
Geoton-L1 | Operational
| Multispectral images of land surfaces and Oceans. | High resolution optical imager | |
High Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-1)
High Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-1) | Operational
| Cartography, land use and planning | High resolution optical imager | |
HiRI
High-Resolution Imager | Operational
| Cartography, land use, risk, agriculture and forestry, civil planning and mapping, digital terrain models, defence. | High resolution optical imager | |
HRMX
High Resolution Multi Spectral | Operational
| For crops and vegetation dynamics, natural resources census, disaster management and large scale mapping of themes. | High resolution optical imager | |
Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn)
Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn) | Operational
| Swath mapping radar altimeter that provides measurements for surface water. | n/a | |
LISS-III (Resourcesat)
Linear Imaging Self Scanner - 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
Linear Imaging Self Scanner - IV | Operational
| Vegetation monitoring, improved crop discrimination, crop yield, disaster monitoring and rapid assessment of natural resources. | High resolution optical imager | |
MSC
Multi-Spectral Camera | Operational
| High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring. | High resolution optical imager | |
NAOMI (PAN)
New Astrosat Optical Modular Imager (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 | |
PALSAR-2
Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar-2 | Operational
| Disaster monitoring, land monitoring, agricultural monitoring, natural resource exploration, global forest monitoring, potential use and interferometry. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
PAN (Cartosat-2A/2B)
Panchromatic Camera | Operational
| High resolution stereo images for large scale (better than 1:0000) mapping applications, urban applications, GIS ingest. | High resolution optical imager | |
PAN (Cartosat-2E)
Panchromatic Camera | Operational
| High resolution stereo images for large scale (better than 1:0000) mapping applications, urban applications, GIS ingest. | High resolution optical imager | |
PAN (GF-1)
Panchromatic and multispectral imager | Operational
| Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use, urban studies. | High resolution optical imager | |
PAN (GF-2)
Panchromatic and multispectral imager | Operational
| Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use, urban studies. | High resolution optical imager | |
POSEIDON-3B Altimeter
Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter) | Operational
| Nadir viewing sounding radar for provision of real-time high precision sea surface topography, ocean circulation and wave height data. | n/a | |
POSEIDON-3C Altimeter
Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter) | Operational
| Nadir viewing sounding radar for provision of real-time high precision sea surface topography, ocean circulation and wave height data. | n/a | |
Poseidon-4 Altimeter
Poseidon-4 SAR Radar Altimeter | Operational
| Nadir viewing sounding radar for provision of real-time high-precision sea surface topography, ocean circulation and wave height data. | n/a | |
SAR (RADARSAT-2)
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) C band | 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)
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) C band | Operational
| All-weather, C-band data to support ecosystem monitoring, maritime surveillance and disaster management. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
SAR 2000
Synthetic Aperture Radar - 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
L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar | Operational
| Land, ocean, emergencies, soil moisture, interferometry, others. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
SIRAL
SAR Interferometer Radar Altimeter | Operational
| Marine ice and terrestrial ice sheet thickness measurement. | n/a | |
SRAL
SAR Radar Altimeter | Operational
| Marine and land services. | n/a | |
TOP (PAN)
THEOS Optical Payload (PAN) | Operational
| THEOS Optical Payload - PAN (2m GSD, 22km Swath) is a cassegrain type 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 | |
WFV
Wide Field View | Operational
| Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use. | n/a | |
WPM
Wide Swath Panchromatic and Multispectral Camera | 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
WSAR | Operational
| High resolution radar measurements of land and ocean features. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
X-Band SAR
X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar | Operational
| High resolution images for monitoring of land surface and coastal processes and for agricultural, geological and hydrological applications. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
AEISS-HR
Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-High Resolution | Being developed
| High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring | High resolution optical imager | |
AEISS-HR-A
Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-High Resolution-A | Being developed
| High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring | High resolution optical imager | |
ALISS III
Advanced LISS III | Being developed
| For crops and vegetation dynamics, natural resources census, disaster management and large scale mapping of themes. | High resolution optical imager | |
LISS-V
Linear Imaging Self Scanner-V | Being developed
| Vegetation monitoring, improved crop discrimination, crop yield, disaster monitoring and rapid assessment of natural resources. | High resolution optical imager | |
Optical Instrument (CO3D)
Optical Instrument (CO3D) | Being developed
| 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-3
Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar-3 | Being developed
| Disaster monitoring, land monitoring, agricultural monitoring, natural resource exploration, global forest monitoring, potential use and interferometry. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
Poseidon-5 Altimeter
Poseidon-5 SAR Radar Altimeter | Being developed
| | n/a | |
SAR (KOMPSAT-6)
SAR (KOMPSAT-6) | Being developed
| High resolution radar for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
CAR
High Resolution Camera | 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 | |
High Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-2)
High Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-2) | Approved
| Cartography, land use and planning | High resolution optical imager | |
L-band SAR (NISAR)
L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) (NISAR) | Approved
| 3-year mission to study solid earth deformation (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides), changes in ice (glaciers, sea ice) and changes in vegetation biomass | Imaging radar (SAR) | |
OEK VR
Multispectral optoelectronic high resolution module | Approved
| Multispectral images of land surfaces and Oceans. | High resolution optical imager | |
L-Band SAR
L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar | Proposed
| Global observation of dynamic processes in the bio-, cryo-, geo- and hydrosphere. | Imaging radar (SAR) | |