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- description: "ADEOS (Midori) is the first Japanese (NASDA) satellite mission with international cooperation. In Japan, the ADEOS satellite is also referred to as `Midori', meaning `green'. The overall objective of the mission is dedicated to Earth environmental research: integrated observation of geophysical parameters, global observation of land, ocean and atmospheric processes (ocean color and sea surface temperature). In addition, communication demonstrations are planned for the study (feasibility) of interorbit links, called IOCS (Inter-Orbital Communication Subsystem)."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/adeos
  display_name: advanced-earth-observing-satellite
  end_date: 1997-06-30T00:00:00
  identifier: advanced-earth-observing-satellite
  name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1996-08-17T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/advanced-earth-observing-satellite
  url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/adeos/index_e.html
- description: 'ADEOS-II is a Japanese (JAXA, formerly NASDA) Earth environmental observation satellite, a successor mission to ADEOS with international cooperation. Overall objectives are to provide and improve Earth observation services with advanced payload instruments.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/adeos-ii
  display_name: advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii
  end_date: 2003-10-24T00:00:00
  identifier: advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii
  name: 'Advanced Earth Observing Satellite - II'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2002-11-01T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii
  url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/adeos2/index_e.html
- description: 'CALIPSO, alias PICASSO-CENA (Pathfinder Instruments for Cloud and Aerosol Spaceborne Observations / Climatologie Etendue des Nuages et des Aerosols), and alias ESSP-3 (Earth System Science Pathfinder-3), is a satellite science mission, a collaborative NASA/CNES project in the ESSP (Earth System Science Pathfinder) program of NASA. Other project partners (algorithm development, etc.) are Hampton University in Hampton, VA, and IPSL (Institut Pierre Simon Laplace), Jussieu, France.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/calipso
  display_name: cloud-aerosol-lidar-and-infrared-pathfinder-satellite-observations
  end_date: 2015-10-01T00:00:00
  identifier: cloud-aerosol-lidar-and-infrared-pathfinder-satellite-observations
  name: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2006-04-28T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/cloud-aerosol-lidar-and-infrared-pathfinder-satellite-observations
  url: http://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/
- description: 'DEMETER is a French microsatellite mission (the first mission of the CNES microsatellite program referred to as ) with the objective to observe geophysical parameters of the terrestrial environment. This involves the study of ionospheric perturbations (measurement of electromagnetic waves and their effects), caused by natural phenomena, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, or resulting from human activities (power lines, VLF, HF broadcasting). Of particular interest is the potential occurrence of electromagnetic perturbations in relation to earthquakes. One hypothesis is that they might offer an early warning prior to earthquakes or eruptions.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/d/demeter
  display_name: detection-of-electro-magnetic-emissions-transmitted-from-earthquake-regions
  end_date: 2010-12-10T00:00:00
  identifier: detection-of-electro-magnetic-emissions-transmitted-from-earthquake-regions
  name: Detection of Electro-Magnetic Emissions Transmitted from Earthquake Regions
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2004-06-29T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/detection-of-electro-magnetic-emissions-transmitted-from-earthquake-regions
  url: http://smsc.cnes.fr/DEMETER/index.htm
- description: ~
  description_attribution: ~
  display_name: diademe-12
  end_date: 2050-12-01T00:00:00
  identifier: diademe-12
  name: Diademe 1&2
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1967-02-15T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/diademe-12
  url: http://galileo.crl.go.jp/ilrs/diademe.html
- description: "Swarm is a minisatellite constellation mission within the Earth Explorer Opportunity Program of ESA, proposed under the lead of DNSC (Danish National Space Center) of Copenhagen, Denmark (formerly DSRI). In January 2007, DNSC became, an institute at the Technical University of Denmark. The Swarm mission will be the 4th mission in ESA's Earth Explorer Program, following GOCE, SMOS, and CryoSat-2."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/s/swarm
  display_name: earths-magnetic-field-and-environment-explorers
  end_date: 2016-11-01T00:00:00
  identifier: earths-magnetic-field-and-environment-explorers
  name: Earth's Magnetic Field and Environment Explorers
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2013-11-22T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/earths-magnetic-field-and-environment-explorers
  url: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/The_Living_Planet_Programme/Earth_Explorers/Swarm
- description: 'Jason is the name of a joint CNES/NASA oceanography mission series with the objective to monitor global ocean circulation, discover the tie between the oceans and atmosphere, improve global climate predictions, and to monitor events such as El Niño conditions and ocean eddies. The oceanography mission series is considered a cornerstone of GCOS (Global Ocean Observing System), a concept advocated by WMO (World Meteorological Organization), IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the UNESCO), UNEP (United Nations Environmental Program), and ICSU (International Council of Scientific Unions).'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/j/jason-1
  display_name: jason-1
  end_date: 2013-07-03T00:00:00
  identifier: jason-1
  name: Jason-1
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2001-12-09T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/jason-1
  url: http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/jason-1.html
- description: 'Jason-2 is a follow-on satellite to the joint CNES/NASA oceanography mission Jason (or Jason-1, with a launch Dec. 7, 2001). Jason-1, in turn is a follow-on mission of TOPEX/Poseidon, the ocean surface topography since its launch in 1992 (operations ceased on Oct. 9, 2005).'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/j/jason-2
  display_name: jason-2
  end_date: 2017-10-01T00:00:00
  identifier: jason-2
  name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2008-06-20T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/jason-2
  url: http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/ostm.html
- description: 'Megha-Tropiques (or MT) is a cooperative experimental mission of ISRO and CNES, the space agencies of India and France, with the objective to study the convective systems (water cycle and energetic exchanges) that affect the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone), in particular in the latitudes between 10º and 20º, with satisfactory temporal sampling. The most energetic tropical systems, such as the cloud clusters of the ITCZ, the monsoon systems and the tropical cyclones, extend over hundreds of kilometers. Hence, a ground resolution of about 10 km is adequate for these observations. Megha-Tropiques, with its unique combination of scientific payloads and its special near-equatorial orbit (offering improved data sampling of the ITCZ), is expected to provide valuable data for climate research. - Note: Megha means “cloud” in Sanskrit; Tropiques is the French word for “tropics.”'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/m/megha-tropiques
  display_name: megha-tropiques
  end_date: 2015-01-01T00:00:00
  identifier: megha-tropiques
  name: Megha-Tropiques
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/megha-tropiques
  url: http://smsc.cnes.fr/MEGHAT/
- description: "MetOp-A is Europe's first polar-orbiting (LEO) satellite dedicated to operational meteorology. The MetOp program was originally planned as a much larger satellite concept, called POEM (Polar-Orbit Earth-Observation Mission), a successor mission series to ERS-1/2 on the Columbus Polar Platform (PPF design)."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/m/metop
  display_name: meteorological-operational-polar-satellite-a
  end_date: 2018-08-01T00:00:00
  identifier: meteorological-operational-polar-satellite-a
  name: 'Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - A'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2006-10-19T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/meteorological-operational-polar-satellite-a
  url: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Satellites/index.htm?l=en?
- description: "MetOp-A is Europe's first polar-orbiting (LEO) satellite dedicated to operational meteorology. The MetOp program was originally planned as a much larger satellite concept, called POEM (Polar-Orbit Earth-Observation Mission), a successor mission series to ERS-1/2 on the Columbus Polar Platform (PPF design)."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/m/metop
  display_name: meteorological-operational-polar-satellite-b
  end_date: 2017-09-01T00:00:00
  identifier: meteorological-operational-polar-satellite-b
  name: 'Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - B'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2012-09-17T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/meteorological-operational-polar-satellite-b
  url: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Satellites/index.htm?l=en?
- description: 'Odin is an international aeronomy and astronomy minisatellite mission led by Sweden, with Canada, France, and Finland as partners. The project is carried out and funded jointly by the space agencies of Sweden [SNSB (Swedish National Space Board)], Canada [CSA (Canadian Space Agency) and NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council)], Finland [TEKES (National Technology Agency of Finland)], and France (CNES). The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) is responsible for spacecraft system design and development. SSC provides also spacecraft operations (the operations center of SSC is located at Esrange; the latitude of 68º provides excellent visibility for polar orbiting satellites). - The Odin satellite is named after the god Odin - ruler of the Old Norse deities.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/o/odin
  display_name: odin
  end_date: 2015-12-01T00:00:00
  identifier: odin
  name: Odin
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2001-02-20T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/odin
  url: http://www.ohb-sweden.se/odin
- description: 'Picard is a CNES solar-terrestrial microsatellite mission of the Myriade series with French multi-institutional and international cooperation. The overall objective is to monitor the solar diameter, the differential rotation, the solar constant (simultaneous measurement of the absolute total and spectral solar irradiance), and to study the long-term nature of their interrelations.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/p/picard
  display_name: picard
  end_date: 2014-04-04T00:00:00
  identifier: picard
  name: PICARD
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2010-06-15T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/picard
  url: http://smsc.cnes.fr/PICARD/
- description: 'Pleiades-HR is a two-spacecraft constellation of CNES (Space Agency of France), representing a long-term engagement with the introduction of advanced technologies in Earth observation capabilities. Starting with the first launch in 2009, the Pleiades program will follow the SPOT program satellite series services, with the following overall objectives:'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/p/pleiades
  display_name: pleiades-1a
  end_date: 2016-12-01T00:00:00
  identifier: pleiades-1a
  name: Pleiades 1A
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2011-12-17T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/pleiades-1a
  url: http://smsc.cnes.fr/PLEIADES/Fr/index.htm
- description: 'Pleiades-HR is a two-spacecraft constellation of CNES (Space Agency of France), representing a long-term engagement with the introduction of advanced technologies in Earth observation capabilities. Starting with the first launch in 2009, the Pleiades program will follow the SPOT program satellite series services, with the following overall objectives:'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/p/pleiades
  display_name: pleiades-1b
  end_date: 2017-12-01T00:00:00
  identifier: pleiades-1b
  name: Pleiades 1B
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2012-12-02T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/pleiades-1b
  url: http://smsc.cnes.fr/PLEIADES/Fr/index.htm
- description: "PARASOL (Polarization and Anisotropy of Reflectances for Atmospheric Science coupled with Observations from a Lidar) is a French (CNES) science mission of the Myriade series, put forward by CNRS/LOA [Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique at USTL (Lille University of Science and Technology), Lille, France)], with the general objective to study the Earth's atmosphere. Of particular interest in this study is (fine particles in suspension in the air) (which effect has global warming on cloud cover? How do clouds and aerosols interact?)."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/p/parasol
  display_name: polarization-and-anisotropy-of-reflectances-for-atmospheric-science-coupled-with-observations-from-a-lidar
  end_date: 2013-10-11T00:00:00
  identifier: polarization-and-anisotropy-of-reflectances-for-atmospheric-science-coupled-with-observations-from-a-lidar
  name: Polarization and Anisotropy of Reflectances for Atmospheric Science coupled with Observations from a LIDAR
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2004-12-18T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/polarization-and-anisotropy-of-reflectances-for-atmospheric-science-coupled-with-observations-from-a-lidar
  url: http://smsc.cnes.fr/PARASOL/index.htm
- description: 'Ørsted is a geomagnetic research microsatellite mission of Denmark [named in honor of the Danish scientist Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851) who discovered electromagnetism in 1820]. The Ørsted mission was developed by a consortium of organizations including the NBI (Niels Bohr Institute) of the University of Copenhagen, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), the Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division of DMI (Danish Meteorological Institute), the Danish Space Research Institute (DSRI) of Copenhagen, Terma A/S, and Computer Resources International (now part of Terma A/S). International contributions were provided by NASA, CNES, DLR and ESA.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/o/oersted
  display_name: rsted-oersted
  end_date: 2015-12-01T00:00:00
  identifier: rsted-oersted
  name: Oersted
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1999-11-21T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/rsted-oersted
  url: http://web.dmi.dk/projects/oersted/
- description: ~
  description_attribution: ~
  display_name: satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-1
  end_date: 2001-12-31T00:00:00
  identifier: satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-1
  name: "Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre - 1"
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1986-02-22T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-1
  url: ~
- description: ~
  description_attribution: ~
  display_name: satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-2
  end_date: 2009-06-30T00:00:00
  identifier: satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-2
  name: "Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre - 2"
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1990-01-22T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-2
  url: ~
- description: ~
  description_attribution: ~
  display_name: satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-3
  end_date: 1996-11-14T00:00:00
  identifier: satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-3
  name: "Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre - 3"
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1993-09-25T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-3
  url: ~
- description: 'SPOT-4 is considered a 2nd generation SPOT-series satellite of CNES, France. The most important advance is the addition of the “Vegetation” instrument, with four spectral bands to allow continuous, worldwide crop monitoring. The data may be used for crop forecasts and environmental studies.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/s/spot-4
  display_name: satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-4
  end_date: 2013-06-29T00:00:00
  identifier: satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-4
  name: "Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre - 4"
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1998-03-24T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-4
  url: http://www.spot.com/home/system/introsat/welcome.htm
- description: 'SPOT-5 is the fifth satellite in the SPOT series of CNES (Space Agency of France), placed into orbit by an Ariane launcher. Since the first SPOT satellite was launched in 1986, the SPOT system has sought to provide continuity of service and constantly improved the quality of its products for the global user community.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/s/spot-5
  display_name: satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-5
  end_date: 2015-03-01T00:00:00
  identifier: satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-5
  name: "Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre - 5"
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2002-05-04T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/satellite-pour-lobservation-de-la-terre-5
  url: http://www.spotimage.fr/home/system/future/spot5/welcome.htm
- description: 'SARAL is a cooperative altimetry technology mission of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) and CNES (Space Agency of France). In this setup, CNES is providing the payload module consisting of the AltiKa altimeter, DORIS, LRA, and Argos-3 DCS (Data Collection System), and the payload data reception and processing functions, while ISRO is responsible for the platform, launch, and operations of the spacecraft. A CNES/ISRO MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) on the SARAL mission was signed on Feb. 23, 2007.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/s/saral
  display_name: satellite-with-argos-and-altika
  end_date: 2015-02-01T00:00:00
  identifier: satellite-with-argos-and-altika
  name: Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2012-02-25T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/satellite-with-argos-and-altika
  url: http://smsc.cnes.fr/SARAL/
- description: "SMOS is an ESA Explorer Opportunity science mission, a technology demonstration satellite project in ESA's Living Planet Program, in cooperation with CNES (France) and CDTI (Center for Technological and Industrial Development), Madrid, Spain."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/s/smos
  display_name: soil-moisture-and-ocean-salinity-earth-explorer-opportunity-mission
  end_date: 2017-02-01T00:00:00
  identifier: soil-moisture-and-ocean-salinity-earth-explorer-opportunity-mission
  name: Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission)
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2009-11-02T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/soil-moisture-and-ocean-salinity-earth-explorer-opportunity-mission
  url: http://earth.esa.int/SMOS/
- description: "Starlette (Satellite de Taille Adaptée avec Réflecteurs Laser pour les Etudes de la Terre) is a `Solid Earth' mission of CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales), France, a passive satellite dedicated to geodetic and geophysical studies with SLR (Satellite Laser Ranging) observation support."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/s/starlette
  display_name: starlette
  end_date: 2050-12-01T00:00:00
  identifier: starlette
  name: STARLETTE
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1975-02-06T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/starlette
  url: ~
- description: ~
  description_attribution: ~
  display_name: stella
  end_date: 2050-12-01T00:00:00
  identifier: stella
  name: STELLA
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1993-09-30T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/stella
  url: ~
- description: "TOPEX/Poseidon (or simply T/P) is a cooperative Earth observation mission of the USA and France (NASA/JPL and CNES as partners) with the overall objective to provide high-accuracy global sea level (ocean height) measurements in coordinates relative to the center of the Earth. From this information, ocean circulation patterns can be mapped. The T/P data analysis helps to understand how the oceans interact with the atmosphere, and improve our ability to predict the global climate. NASA provided the satellite bus, five instruments, and is responsible for spacecraft operations. CNES furnished two of the spacecraft's instruments and the mission's Ariane launch vehicle."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/t/topex-poseidon
  display_name: topex-poseidon
  end_date: 2006-01-18T00:00:00
  identifier: topex-poseidon
  name: Topographic Experiment/Poseidon
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1992-08-10T00:00:00
  type: platform
  uri: /platform/topex-poseidon
  url: http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/topex.html