--- - description: "ACRIMSAT is a NASA funded minisatellite mission to monitor the amount of total solar energy received (part of EOS program). The objective is to monitor the solar constant, or TSI (Total Solar Irradiation), with maximum precision and provide an important link in the long-term TSI database. ACRIMSAT is part of a multi-decade effort to understand variations in the sun's output and resulting effects on Earth." description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/acrimsat end_date: 2015-09-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/active-cavity-radiometer-irradiance-monitor.yaml identifier: active-cavity-radiometer-irradiance-monitor name: Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1999-12-20T00:00:00 uri: /platform/active-cavity-radiometer-irradiance-monitor url: http://acrim.jpl.nasa.gov/ - 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 end_date: 1997-06-30T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/advanced-earth-observing-satellite.yaml identifier: advanced-earth-observing-satellite name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1996-08-17T00:00:00 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 end_date: 2003-10-24T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii.yaml identifier: advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii name: 'Advanced Earth Observing Satellite - II' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2002-11-01T00:00:00 uri: /platform/advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/adeos2/index_e.html - description: "ALOS (nicknamed ” ”) is a Japanese Earth-observation satellite, developed by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tokyo; formerly NASDA), and manufactured by NEC, Toshiba, and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. The objectives call for an optical and an active microwave sensor payload who's high-resolution data may be used for such applications as cartographic mapping, environmental and hazard monitoring (within 48 hours). The intent is to provide the user community with data of sufficient resolution to be able to generate 1:25,000 scale maps. This in turn requires observational data of 2.5 m horizontal resolution for the determination of land conditions, and a 3-5 m vertical accuracy for contour mapping. Multispectral data with 10 m horizontal resolution is needed for the classification of land cover (vegetation, forests, etc.). Short-term hazard monitoring (within 24 hours on average) will be accommodated by the use of pointing mechanisms. Particular application features of the ALOS mission are:" description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/alos end_date: 2011-04-22T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/advanced-land-observing-satellite.yaml identifier: advanced-land-observing-satellite name: Advanced Land Observing Satellite platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2006-01-24T00:00:00 uri: /platform/advanced-land-observing-satellite url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/alos/index_e.html - description: 'ALOS-2 is the follow-on JAXA L-SAR satellite mission of ALOS (Daichi) approved by the Japanese government in late 2008. The overall objective is to provide data continuity to be used for cartography, regional observation, disaster monitoring, and environmental monitoring.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/alos-2 end_date: 2019-05-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/advanced-land-observing-satellite-2.yaml identifier: advanced-land-observing-satellite-2 name: Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2014-05-24T00:00:00 uri: /platform/advanced-land-observing-satellite-2 url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/alos2/index_e.html - description: 'The Almaz program (Russian for “diamond”), a military space program of the former Soviet Union, had its origin in 1964 when officials of the OKB-52 design bureau (chief designer Vladimir N. Chelomey - also spelled “Chelomei”), based in Reutov (near Moscow), announced the start of the development of the, code-named as. The Almaz small space station design concept was to support a crew of 2-3 cosmonauts (on a rotating basis) with an operational spacecraft life of one to two years. This new space station was intended to be serviced by the ferry system called (Transportniy Korabl Snabzheniya - Transport Logistics Spacecraft), consisting of a landing capsule (or return apparatus, 11F74 VA) and FGB (Funktsionalno Gruzovoy Blok - Functional Cargo Block) intended to raise the orbit of Almaz and to control the attitude of the Almaz complex.. Eventually, four TKS spacecraft were launched in the timeframe 1977 to 1984. - In 1966, the OKB-52 design bureau was renamed to “Central Design Bureau of Machine-Building,” or simply TsKBM, by the Ministry of General Machine-Building.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/almaz end_date: 2000-01-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/almaz-1b.yaml identifier: almaz-1b name: ALMAZ-1B platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1997-01-01T00:00:00 uri: /platform/almaz-1b url: ~ - description: "The Aqua mission is a part of the NASA's international Earth Observing System (EOS). Aqua was formerly named EOS/PM-1, signifying its afternoon equatorial crossing time. NASA renamed the EOS/PM-1 satellite to Aqua on Oct. 18, 1999. The Aqua mission is part of NASA's ESE (Earth Science Enterprise) program." description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/aqua end_date: 2015-10-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/aqua.yaml identifier: aqua name: Aqua (formerly EOS PM-1) platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2002-05-04T00:00:00 uri: /platform/aqua url: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov - description: "Aura (formerly EOS/Chem-1) is the chemistry mission of NASA with the overall objective to study the chemistry and dynamics of Earth's atmosphere from the ground through the mesosphere. The goal is to monitor the complex interactions of atmospheric constituents from both natural sources, such as biological activity and volcanoes, and man-made sources, such as biomass burning, are contributing to global change and effect the creation and depletion of ozone. The Aura mission will provide global surveys of several atmospheric constituents which can be classified into anthropogenic sources (CFC types), radicals (e.g., ClO, NO, OH), reservoirs (e.g., HNO, HCl), and tracers (e.g., N O, CO, H O). Temperature, geopotential heights, and aerosol fields will also be mapped." description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/aura end_date: 2015-10-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/aura.yaml identifier: aura name: Aura (formerly EOS Chemistry) platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2004-07-15T00:00:00 uri: /platform/aura url: http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov/ - description: ~ description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/aissat-1 end_date: 2014-12-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/automatic-identification-system-satellite-1.yaml identifier: automatic-identification-system-satellite-1 name: Automatic Identification System Satellite-1 platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2010-07-12T00:00:00 uri: /platform/automatic-identification-system-satellite-1 url: ~ - description: ~ description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/aissat-1 end_date: 2017-06-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/automatic-identification-system-satellite-2.yaml identifier: automatic-identification-system-satellite-2 name: Automatic Identification System Satellite-2 platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2014-07-08T00:00:00 uri: /platform/automatic-identification-system-satellite-2 url: ~ - description: 'Baumanets-2 is a follow-up microsatellite mission of Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU), Moscow, Russia. The educational goals of the Baumanets-2 microsatellite project aim at training students through a full life cycle of satellite creation, in-orbit operation and implementation of scientific and educational programs through conducting scientific experiments onboard. Specific goals of the project are:' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/b/baumanets-2 end_date: 2006-12-31T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/baumanets.yaml identifier: baumanets name: Baumanets platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2005-12-05T00:00:00 uri: /platform/baumanets url: ~ - description: ~ description_attribution: ~ end_date: 2010-10-27T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/beijing-1-small-satellite.yaml identifier: beijing-1-small-satellite name: Beijing-1 Small Satellite platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2005-10-27T00:00:00 uri: /platform/beijing-1-small-satellite url: www.blmit.com.cn - description: ~ description_attribution: ~ end_date: 2006-01-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/belka.yaml identifier: belka name: BelKA platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2006-01-01T00:00:00 uri: /platform/belka url: ~ - description: 'BIRD is a DLR (German Aerospace Center) microsatellite technology demonstration mission with the overall objectives to observe fires/hot spots on Earth (caused by lightning, volcanism, oil wells, smoke/water-cloud discrimination, and by man) to permit environmental impact studies. Secondary objectives involve technology demonstrations, namely the operation of a new type of infrared sensor system on a microsatellite and on-board preprocessing techniques.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/b/bird end_date: 2005-12-31T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/bi-spectral-infrared-detection.yaml identifier: bi-spectral-infrared-detection name: Bi-spectral Infrared Detection platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2001-10-22T00:00:00 uri: /platform/bi-spectral-infrared-detection url: http://spacesensors.dlr.de/SE/bird/ - description: ~ description_attribution: ~ end_date: 2006-08-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/bilsat-research-satellite.yaml identifier: bilsat-research-satellite name: BILSAT Research Satellite platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2003-09-01T00:00:00 uri: /platform/bilsat-research-satellite url: http://www.uzay.tubitak.gov.tr/ - description: ~ description_attribution: ~ end_date: 2015-12-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/cartography-satellite-1.yaml identifier: cartography-satellite-1 name: 'Cartography Satellite - 1' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2005-05-05T00:00:00 uri: /platform/cartography-satellite-1 url: http://www.isro.org/ - description: 'CartoSat-2 is a direct follow-on satellite to CartoSat-1 (IRS-P5) of ISRO, Bangalore, India. The objective is to provide high-resolution imagery (≤ 1 m, with an event monitoring capability) from a highly agile spacecraft.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cartosat-2 end_date: 2015-12-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/cartography-satellite-2.yaml identifier: cartography-satellite-2 name: 'Cartography Satellite - 2' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2007-01-10T00:00:00 uri: /platform/cartography-satellite-2 url: http://www.isro.org/ - description: "CartoSat-2A is a follow-up optical imaging mission of CartoSat-2 (launch Jan. 10, 2007), representing India's first dedicated military satellite (funding by the Ministry of Defense of the Government of India). The overall objective is to provide scene-specific spot imagery in high resolution to the Indian Armed Forces - which is in the process of establishing an Aerospace Command." description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cartosat-2a end_date: 2016-04-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/cartography-satellite-2a.yaml identifier: cartography-satellite-2a name: 'Cartography Satellite - 2A' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2008-04-28T00:00:00 uri: /platform/cartography-satellite-2a url: ~ - description: "CartoSat-2B is a follow-up optical imaging mission of CartoSat-2 (launch Jan. 10, 2007) and CartoSat-2A (launch April 28, 2008, representing India's second dedicated military satellite (funding by the Ministry of Defense of the Government of India). The overall objective is to provide scene-specific spot imagery in high resolution to the Indian Armed Forces - which is in the process of establishing an Aerospace Command." description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cartosat-2b end_date: 2015-07-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/cartography-satellite-2b.yaml identifier: cartography-satellite-2b name: 'Cartography Satellite - 2B' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2010-07-12T00:00:00 uri: /platform/cartography-satellite-2b url: ~ - description: 'CHAMP is a German BMBF-funded geophysical minisatellite mission of GFZ (GeoForschungsZentrum), Potsdam, Germany, in cooperation with DLR (German Aerospace Center). The satellite was built by the German space industry with the intent to foster high-tech capabilities especially in the East-German space industry. The spacecraft prime contractor is DJO (Jena Optronic GmbH) in Jena, a daughter of DASA (now EADS Astrium GmbH).' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/champ end_date: 2010-09-19T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/challenging-mini-satellite-payload-for-geophysical-research-and-application.yaml identifier: challenging-mini-satellite-payload-for-geophysical-research-and-application name: Challenging Mini-Satellite Payload for Geophysical Research and Application platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2000-07-15T00:00:00 uri: /platform/challenging-mini-satellite-payload-for-geophysical-research-and-application url: http://op.gfz-potsdam.de/champ/index_CHAMP.html