Earth Observation Satellites: Future

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
ImageSat
International
2004
Panchromatic
Panchromatic
1
0.82
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