Available Satellites for Earth Observation

Optical Systems


AVIRIS

ALI

ASTER

ATSR-2  / AATSR


ETM+  /
TM-5

AVHRR

HYPERION

MERIS

MODIS

SPOT-VEG

Owner
NASA


NASA

NASA


ESA

NASA

 NOAA

NASA

ESA
NASA


SPOT

Spectral range

VNIR
SWIR
PAN
VNIR
SWIR
VNIR
SWIR
TIR
VNIR
SWIR
TIR
PAN*
VNIR
TIR
VNIR
SWIR
TIR

VIS/SWIR

VNIR
VNIR
SWIR
VTIR
VNIR
SWIR


Channels

94
126
1
6
3
3
6
5
3
2
2
1
6
1
2
1
2

220

15
2
5
29
3
1

Resolution [m]

20
10
30
30
15
30
90

1000
15
30
60 (120)

1100

30

250
1000
250
500
1000

1000

Swath [km]

11

37
60
60
60

500

185

3000

7.5 - 100

575
1150

2330 x 10

2250

Status

airborne

in orbit

in orbit

in orbit / Oct 2001


in orbit

in orbit

in orbit

Oct 2001

in orbit

in orbit

Radar Systems (SAR)


AIRSAR

ALOS

ASAR

ERS

Radarsat-1

Radarsat-2

SIR-C

TerraSAR

Owner

NASA

NASDA

ESA


ESA


RSI

 RSI

NASA

D/UK/
ESA(?)

Frequency

C / L / P

L

C

C

C

C

X / C / L

X / L



Polarization


Quad


VV or HH
Quad


VV or HH
AP

VV


HH

HH
Quad

VV or HH
Dual
Quad


Quad

InSAR

single &
repeat


repeat


repeat

repeat

N/A

repeat

repeat


repeat

Resolution [m]

7 to 20


10 to 100


30 to 1000

25

10 to 100

3 to 100

15 to 30
 N/A

Swath [km]

10

30 to 350

100 to 405

100

 50 to 500

50 to 500

15 to 60

N/A

Status

airborne

2005 *

Oct 2001

in orbit

in orbit


2004

2 missions

  2006 *