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Partial list of Earth observation satellites by series/program.

• See also: Timeline of Earth science satellites, unmanned space missions, satellites

Commercial

• Disaster Monitoring Constellation
• EROS
• FORMOSAT-2
• IKONOS
• QuickBird
• RapidEye
• SPOT
• TerraSAR-X
• WorldView-1
• GeoEye-1

Earth Observing System

• Aqua (EOS PM-1)
• Aura
• GRACE
• Jason 1
• Ocean Surface Topography Mission
• Orbview-2
• Orbiting Carbon Observatory
• Terra (EOS AM-1)

GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)

• GOES 9
• GOES 10
• GOES 12

National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)

• NOAA-15
• NOAA-16
• NOAA-17
• NOAA-18

GMS (Geostationary Meteorological Satellite) / Himawari

• GMS-1 / Himawari-1
• GMS-2 / Himawari-2
• GMS-3 / Himawari-3
• GMS-4 / Himawari-4
• GMS-5 / Himawari-5

Landsat program

• Landsat 1
• Landsat 2
• Landsat 3
• Landsat 4
• Landsat 5
• Landsat 6
• Landsat 7

Misc

Brazilian Space Agency (AEB)

• CBERS-1
• CBERS-2
• CBERS-2B

Argentina Space Agency (CONAE)

• SAC-A
• SAC-B
• SAC-C
• SAOCOM

Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)

• SPOT
• TOPEX/Poseidon

European Space Agency (ESA)

A full-size model of an Earth observation satellite from ESA, ERS 2.

• Envisat
• ERS

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

• IMS-1 28 April 2008
• Cartosat-2A 28 April 2008
• CARTOSAT-2 10 January 2007
• IRS P5 (CARTOSAT-1) 5 May 2005
• IRS P6 (Resourcesat 1) 17 October 2003
• IRS P4 (Oceansat 1) 27 May 1999
• IRS P3 21 March 1996
• IRS P2 15 October 1994
• IRS P1 (also IE)(Crashed, due to launch failure of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, 20 September 1993)
• IRS 1D 29 September 1997
• IRS 1C 28 December 1995
• IRS 1B 29 August 1991
• IRS 1A 17 March 1988

JAXA

• GOSAT
• ALOS PALSAR, AVNIR-2 and PRISM

NASA

• TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics)
• TOPEX/Poseidon
• Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

NOAA

• NOAA-4

Project Vanguard

• Vanguard 2

National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Belarus

• BelKA

Swedish National Space Board

• Munin

Meteosat

• MetOp
• Meteosat 5
• Meteosat 6
• Meteosat 7
• Meteosat 8
• Meteosat 9

RADARSAT series

• RADARSAT-1
• RADARSAT-2

South Korea

• Kompsat-2

THAILAND

• Theos-1

TIROS

• TIROS-1
• TIROS-2
• TIROS-3
• TIROS-4
• TIROS-5
• TIROS-6
• TIROS-7
• TIROS-8
• TIROS-9
• TIROS-10

Meteor series

• Meteor 1 series
• Meteor 2 series
• Meteor 3 series

Okean series

FY (Feng Yun) series

• FY-1 series
• FY-2 series

See also

External links

• — Commission Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (Argentina Space Agency)

• --- Commission Broadcasting Communication Aguila2 satellite Philippines(Manila Observatory)

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Published in July 2009.

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