Current and Future Sensor Systems

(Note: future launch dates are only approximations)

Sensor Characteristics Mission Country Launch Year Instrument Spatial Resolution * (meters, at nadir) Swath * (km) Repeat Cycle (day) PAN VNIR SWIR TIR SAR/band Landsat-5 USA 1984 TM   30 30 120   185 16 IRS-1A India 1988 LISS I   72       148 22 LISS 2   36       74 22 Resurs-O1 N2 CIS 1988 MSU-SK   170   600   600 2-4 SPOT-2 France 1990 HRV 10 20       60 1-26 ERS-1 ESA 1991 AMI-SAR         30/C 100 16-35 ATSR-1   1000 1000 50000   500 16-35 IRS-1B India 1991 LISS I   72       148 22 LISS 2   36       74x2 22 Meteosat-5 Europe 1991 VISSR 2500     5000   Hemisphere 0.02 NOAA-12 USA 1991 AVHRR/2   1100 1100 1100   3000 0.5 TOPEX/Poseidon France/USA 1992 ALT         2000/K NA 10 Meteosat-6 Europe 1993 VISSR 2500     5000   Hemisphere 0.02 IRS-P2 India 1994 LISS 2   36       132 24 NOAA-14 (J) USA 1994 AVHRR/2   1100 1100 1100   3000 0.5 Resurs-O1 N3 CIS 1994 MSU-SK   170   600   600 2-4 ERS-2 ESA 1995 AMI-SAR         30/C 100 16-35 ATSR-2   1000 1000 50000   500 16-35 GOES-9 USA 1995 Imager   1000, 4000       Hemisphere 0.02 Sounder   10000 10000 10000   Hemisphere 0.02 IRS-1C India 1995 PAN 6         70 5-24 LISS 3   23 70     142-148 24 WiFS   188 188     774 5-24 Radarsat Canada 1995 SAR         10-100/C 45-500 4-6 IRS-P3 India 1996 MOS   500       200 5 WiFS   188 188     770 5 Priroda/Mir CIS 1996 MOMS-2P   6 16     44-88 14 MSU-SK   120-300   600   350 14 GOES-10 USA 1997 Imager   1000, 4000       Hemisphere 0.02 Sounder   10000 10000 10000   Hemisphere 0.02 Meteosat-7 Europe 1997 VISSR 2500     5000   Hemisphere 0.02 OrbView-2 (SeaStar) USA/Orbimage 1997 SeaWiFS   1100-4500       1500-2800 1-2 TRMM USA/Japan 1997 PR         4.3km/K 220 0.067 TMI         4-38km/ X,K,Q,W 790 0.067 SPOT-4 France 1998 2xHRV-IR 10 10, 20 10, 20     60 3 Vegetation   1000 1000     2200 1 Landsat-7 USA 1999 ETM+ 15 30 30 60   185 16 Ikonos USA: Space Imaging 1999 Ikonos 1 4       11 3 CBERS China/Brazil 1999 CCD 20 20 20     120 3-26 IR-MSS 80   80 80   120 26 WFI   260 260     900 3-5 Terra (EOS AM-1) USA/Japan 1999 ASTER   15 20 90   60 16 MISR   240, 480, 960, 1900       370-408 2-9 MODIS   250, 500, 1000 500, 1000 1000   2300 2 EROS-A Israel: Imagesat 2000 EROS-A 2         14 3-4 NOAA-16 (L) USA 2001 AVHRR/3   1100 1100 1100   3000 0.5 Jason-1 USA/France 2001 ALT         2000/K NA 10 Quickbird-2 USA: DigitalGlobe 2001 Quickbird 1 4       22 1-5 Aqua (EOS PM-1) USA 2002 MODIS   250, 500, 1000 500, 1000 1000   2300 2 ENVISAT-1 ESA 2002 AATSR   1000 1000 1000   512 3 ASAR         30/C 100 3 MERIS   300,1200       300, 575, 1150 3 NOAA-17 (M) USA 2002 AVHRR/3   1100 1100 1100   3000 0.5 SPOT-5a France 2002 HRG 5 10 20     60 3 Vegetation   1000 1000     2200 1 Orbview-3 USA: Orbimage 2003 Orbview-3 1 4       8 3 BILSAT Turkey:BILTEN 2003 BILSAT 12 26       55,25 4 COBAN   120       ? ? IRS-P6 (RESOURCESAT-1) India 2003 LISS 3   24 24 24   140 24 LISS 4 6 6 6 6   24-70 5-24 AWiFS   60 60 60   740 24 CBERS-2 China/Brazil 2003 CCD 20 20 20     120 3-26 IR-MSS 80   80 80   120 26 WFI   260 260     900 3-5 NOAA-18 (N) USA (2004) AVHRR/3   1100 1100 1100   3000 0.5 ALOS Japan (2004) AVNIR-2 3 10-15       35, 70 2, 45 PALSAR         10,100/L 70-350 45 Radarsat-2 Canada (2004) SAR         3-100/C 10-500 4-6 SPOT-5b France (2004) HRG 5 10 20     60 3 Vegetation   1000 1000     2200 1 EOS AM-2 USA (2004) MISR   240, 480, 960, 1900       370-408 9 MODIS   250, 500, 1000 500, 1000 1000   2300 2 Almaz-1b CIS (2005) MSU-E2   10       24 3 MSU-SK   170     600 300 3 SROMN   600 600 600   1100 3 SAR-3         5-7/X 20-30 3 SAR-10         5-30/S 20-170 3 SAR-70         30/L 120-170 3 SLR-3         5-700/X 450 3 OSTM USA/France (2006) ALT         2000/K NA 10 HYDROS USA (2009) MOIST         40000/L 1000 3 ARIES-1 Australia (TBD) ARIES 10 30 30     15 7 Resurs-O2 CIS (TBD) MSU-SK   170   600   600 2-4 * Products may not be available in the original resolution or swath width. Use the links on the Data Providers pages to ascertain available formats, processing levels, resolutions.