For a more current and comprehensive launch schedule see the "Spaceflight Now - Launch Schedule"
| The following table includes those satellites which are proposed for future launch. It is limited to sensors which are primarily intended for remote sensing of the Earth surface. | ||||||
| Satellite Name |
Source | Expected Launch |
Sensors | Types | No. of Channels |
Resolution (meters) |
| ALOS | Japan | 2004 | PALSAR | Radar | 1 | 10,100 |
| AVNIR-2 | Multispectral | 4 | 10 | |||
| PRISM | Panchromatic | 1 | 2.5 | |||
| EROS-B1 | International |
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| NOAA-N | US | 2005 | AVHRR | Multispectral | 5 | 1100 |
| ARIES | Australia | 2005 | ARIES-1 | Panchromatic | 1 | 30 |
| Hyperspectral | 96 | 10 | ||||
| RADARSAT-2 | Canada | 2005 | SAR | Radar | 1 | 3 |
| IRS-P5
CARTOSat-1 |
India/US | 2005 | Panchromatic | Panchromatic | 1 | 2.5 |
| CARTOSat-2 | India/US | 2005 | Panchromatic | Panchromatic | 1 | 1 |
| EROS-B2 | ImageSat | 2006 | n/a | Panchromatic | n/a | 0.70 |
| OrbView-5 | ORBIMAGE | 2007 | n/a | Panchromatic | n/a | 0.41 |
| n/a | Multispectral | n/a | 1.64 | |||
| EROS C | ImageSat | 2008 | n/a | Panchromatic | n/a | 0.70 |
| n/a | Multispectral | n/a | 2.8 | |||
| CBERS 3 | China/Brazil | 2008 | MUX | Multispectral | 4 | 20 |
| PAN | Panchromatic | 1 | 5 | |||
| ISR | IR | 4 | 40/80 | |||
| WFI | Wide Field Imager | 4 | 73 | |||
| CBERS 4 | China/Brazil | 2010 | MUX | Multispectral | 4 | 20 |
| PAN | Panchromatic | 1 | 5 | |||
| ISR | IR | 4 | 40/80 | |||
| WFI | Wide Field Imager | 4 | 73 | |||
Last updated: October 19, 2004