The following
table includes those satellites which are no longer operational. It
is limited to sensors which were intended for remote sensing of the
Earth surface. |
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| Satellite Name |
Source | Dates of Operation |
Sensors | Types | Number of Channels |
Resolution (meters) |
| Landsat-1 (ERTS-1) |
US | 1972-1978 | MSS | Multispectral | 4 | 79 |
| RBV | Video | 3 | 80 | |||
| Landsat-2 | US | 1975-1982 | MSS | Multispectral | 4 | 79 |
| RBV | Video | 3 | 80 | |||
| SEASAT | US | 1978-1978 | SAR | Radar | 1 | 25 |
| Landsat-3 | US | 1978-1983 | MSS | Multispectral | 4 | 79 |
| 1 | 240 | |||||
| RBV | Video | 1 | 30 | |||
| Nimbus-7 | US | 1978-1986 | CZCS | Multispectral | 6 | 825-1000 |
| NOAA-6 | US | 1979-1987 | AVHRR | Multispectral | 4 | 1100 |
| SPIN-2 | Russia | 1980-1998 [various] |
KVR-1000 | Panchromatic Photography |
1 | 2 |
| TK-350 | Panchromatic Photography |
1 | 10 | |||
| NOAA-7 | US | 1981-1986 | AVHRR | Multispectral | 5 | 1100 |
| Landsat-4 |
US |
1982-1993 |
MSS | Multispectral | 4 | 82 |
| TM | Multispectral | 6 | 30 | |||
| 1 | 120 | |||||
| NOAA-8 | US | 1983-1985 | AVHRR | Multispectral | 4 | 1100 |
| NOAA-9 | US | 1984-1995 | AVHRR | Multispectral | 5 | 1100 |
| NOAA-10 (On Standby) |
US | 1986-1995 | AVHRR | Multispectral | 4 | 1100 |
| MOS-1 or here | Japan | 1987-1995 | MESSR | Multispectral | 4 | 50 |
| VTIR | Multispectral | 1 | 900 | |||
| 3 | 2700 | |||||
| NOAA-11 (On Standby) |
US | 1988-1994 | AVHRR | Multispectral | 5 | 1100 |
| IRS-1A | India | 1988-1995 | LISS-I | Multispectral | 4 | 72.5 |
| LISS-II | Multispectral | 4 | 36.25 | |||
| MOS-1b or here | Japan | 1990-1996 | MESSR | Multispectral | 4 | 50 |
| VTIR | Multispectral | 1 | 900 | |||
| 3 | 2700 | |||||
| ALMAZ-1 | Russia | 1991-1992 | SAR | Radar | 1 | 11-18 |
| NOAA-12 | US | 1991-1998 (On Standby) |
AVHRR | Multispectral | 5 | 1100 |
| SPOT-3 | France | 1993-1996 | HRV | Multispectral | 3 | 20 |
| Panchromatic | 1 | 10 | ||||
| JERS-1 |
Japan |
1992-1998 |
SAR | Radar | 1 | 18 |
| OPS | Multispectral | 7 | 18 | |||
| NOAA-13 | US | 1993 * | AVHRR | Multispectral | 5 | 1100 |
| Landsat-6 |
US | 1993 * | ETM | Multispectral | 6 | 30 |
| 1 | 120 | |||||
| Panchromatic | 1 | 15 | ||||
| ADEOS |
Japan | 1996-1997 | OCTS | Multispectral | 12 | 700 |
| AVNIR | Multispectral | 4 | 16 | |||
| Panchromatic | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Lewis status report |
US (TRW) | 1997 * | HSI | Multispectral | 384 | 30 |
| Panchromatic | 1 | 5 | ||||
| EarlyBird 1 | EarthWatch | 1997 * | Multispectral | Multispectral | 3 | 15 |
| Panchromatic | Panchromatic | 1 | 3 | |||
| IKONOS-1 | Space Imaging / EOSAT | 1999 * | SpaceImaging | Multispectral | 4 | 4 |
| Panchromatic | 1 | 1 | ||||
| CBERS 1 | China/Brazil | 1999-2003 | HRCC | Multispectral | 4 | 20 |
| Panchromatic | 1 | 20 | ||||
| IRMSS | Panchromatic | 1 | 80 | |||
| SWIR | 2 | 80 | ||||
| TIR | 1 | 160 | ||||
| WFI | Wide Field Imager | 2 | 260 | |||
| QuickBird 1 | EarthWatch | 2000 * | Multispectral | Multispectral | 4 | 3.2 |
| Panchromatic | Panchromatic | 1 | 0.82 | |||
| OrbView-4 | Orbimage | 2001 * | OrbView-4 | Panchromatic | 1 | 1 |
| Multispectral | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Hyperspectral | 200 | 8 | ||||
| ADEOS-II | Japan | 2002 - 2003 | GLI | Multispectral | 36 | 250-1000 |
* Satellite never returned image data, due to system failure
shortly after launch.
Last updated:
October 19, 2004