Rs satellites catelogue 2012

[REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES CATALOGUE] February 2, 2012

Table of Content
1. Abstract. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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2. Introduction To Satellites. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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a. Definition Of Satellite. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
b. Categories Of Satellite…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
c. List Of The Sensors. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Description About Remote Sensing. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………27
a. Missions Of The Remote Sensing Satellites………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………
4. Description About Dataset. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 32
a. Definition Of Dataset. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
b. Parameters Of Dataset. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. Satellite Catalogue Procedure………………………………………………………………………...……………….…………………………………………………

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6. References. ……………………………………………………………...................................................................................................................................................... 37

Department of the Space Sciences [5th Semester, Session 2009-13]


ABSTRACT:
This paper describes a comprehensive research work on available datasets on Remote Sensing Satellites since the time of its beginning. Some of the important criteria were
kept in mind while doing this assignment such as satellite names, altitudes, swath widths, resolutions, owner of the satellites, and agency or launch vehicles of the satellites
etc.
First portion describes the introduction to the satellites, second deals with the remote sensing satellites, third encounters with the description of the datasets while on fourth
portion whole of the satellite catalogue be there and last one, fifth portion, is on the references side.
The assignment was given by “Sir. Asim Dawood” under the Department of Space Sciences, University of the Punjab.
This paper work was done by 05th semester, BS.(Hons.), session 2009-13 by the team effort of the following students:
(SS09-05)

2. Miss. Atiqa Ijaz Khan

(SS09-03)

3. Miss. Rabbia Mehmod

(SS09-14)

4. Miss. Rabia Zahoor

(SS09-28)

5. Miss. Rafia Naheed

(SS09-09)

6. Mr. Usama Maqsood

(SS09-25)

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1. Mr. Asif Butt



INTRODUCTION TO SATELLITES
Definition of Satellites:
“A satellite is something that goes around and around the earth or another planet”.
Some satellites are natural, like the moon, which is a natural satellite of the earth. Other satellites are made by
scientists and technologists to go around the earth.
Some satellites send and receive television signals. The signal is sent from a station on the earth's surface. The
satellite receives the signal and rebroadcasts it to other places on the earth. With the right number of satellites in
space, one television program can be seen all over the world.
Some satellites send and receive telephone, fax, and computer communications. Satellites make it possible to
communicate by telephone, fax, Internet, or computer with anyone in the world. Other satellites observe the world's weather, feeding weather information into giant
computer programs that help scientists know what the weather will be. The weather reporters on your TV news program get their information from those scientists.
Some satellites take very accurate pictures of the earth's surface, sending back images that tell scientists about changes that are going on around the world and about crops,

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water, and other resources.



Categories Of Satellites:
1. On the basis of Height:

Satellite Categories
on the Basis of Heigth

Medium Earth
Orbit

High Earth
Orbit

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Low Earth
Orbit


2. On basis of Missions:

Satellite categories on basis
of their usage

Defence
Satellites

Communication
Satellites

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Meterological
Satellites

Remote
Sensing
Satllites



List Of The Sensors:
The following is the list of few important sensors mostly used in Remote Sensing Satellites. They are 324 in numbers.
Name

Description

No of

Mission

Bands
ADCS/SARSAT

Advanced Data Collection System/Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking

NPOESS-3,4 & 6

A-DCS4

ARGOS - Data collection system

GOES - P

AATSR

Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer

ACE-FTS

Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment - Fourier Transform Spectrometer

SCISAT

ACS

Atmospheric Correction Sensor

ResourceSat 3

Active Phased Array

SAR X band

1

TanDEM - X

AIRS

Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

7

Aqua

AEISS

Advanced Earth Imaging Sensor System

4

KompSat 3

ALI

Advanced Land Imager

9

EO-1

Aladin

Atmospheric LAser Doppler INstrument

ALISSA

L'atmosphere par Lidar Sur Saliout

1

Priroda-MIR

ALMAZ-1

Synthetic Aperture Radar

1

ALMAZ-1


7

EnviSat

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ADM-Aeolus

AlSat

Standard DMC sensor

3

AlSat-1

ALT

Dual Frequency Radar Altimeter

2

TOPEX/Poseidon

ALT (Seasat)

Altimeter

1

SeaSat

ALtika

High resolution Altimeter including bi-frequency radiometric function

AMI

Active Microwave

AMR

Advanced Microwave Radiometer

AMSR

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer

8

ADEOS-II

AMSR-E

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS

6

Aqua

AMSR2

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer

AMSU-A

Advanced Microwave Sounding

15

NOAA-15,16,17,18

AMSU-B

Advanced Microwave Sounding

5

NOAA-15, 16

APS

Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor

ASAR

Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar

1

EnviSat

ASTER

Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer

14

Terra

ATLID

High spectral resolution LIDAR

ATSR-1

Along Track Scanning Radiometer

SARAL
1

ERS -1 & 2
Jason 2

GCOM-W

GLORY

ESR 1

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7

EarthCARE


ATSR-2

Along Track Scanning Radiometer

7

ESR 2

AVHRR/2

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

5

MetOp A, NOAA-10,11,12,14

AVHRR/3

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

6

NOAA-15,16,17,18

AVNIR

Advanced visible near-infrared Radiometer

5

ADEOS

AVNIR-2

Adv. visible and near-infrared radiometer (type 2)

4

ALOS

AWFI

Wide Field Imaging Camera

4

CBERS 3 & 4

AWiFS

Advanced Wide Field Sensor A and B

4

RESOURCESAT 1 & 2

BBR

Broadband Radiometer

BEIJING-1-MS

Standard DMC sensor

EarthCARE
3

BEIJING 1

BILSAT-MS

4

BILSAT

BILSAT-PAN

1

BILSAT

Camera

Multispectral camera with black and white and color imaging

CCD

Multispectral Camera

5

CBERS 3 & 4

CCD


4

CBERS & CBERS 2

CCD-TDI

Selectable

1

EROS C

CCD/TDI

Selectable-Multispectral posibility

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EROS B

8

Svea


CCSP

Cloud Camera Sensor Package

CERES

Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System

GLORY
3

Aqua, NPOESS1,3,4,6,TRMM,Terra

1

BEIJING 1

18

PROBA

9

Chinese Mapping

BILSAT

1

KompSat 5

Telescope
CHRIS

Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer

COBAN
COSI

Corea SAR Instrument

CPR

Cloud Profiling RADAR

CrIMSS

Cross track Infrared and Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder

3

NPOESS -1,3,4,6

CZCS

Coastal Zone Color Scanner

6

NIMBUS 7

EarthCARE

DK-1 camera

1

DK-2 camera

1
3

DORIS

Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite

2

DORIS

Doris receiver

UK-DMC 2

9

Standard DMC sensor

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DMC2


DORIS
DPR

Dual frequency Precipitation Radar

GPM Core

E-OP1

Panachromatic and 4 band color imager

NigeriaSat 2

E-OP2

Wide area coverage imager

NigeriaSat 2

EOC

Electro-Optical Camera

1

KOMPSAT 1

EP TOMS

Earth Probe-Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

6

Earth Probe

ERB

Earth Radiation Budget

13

NIMBUS 7

ERBE

Earth Radiation Budget Experiment

4

NOAA 10

1

EROS A

8

LandSat 7

EROS A
ETM

Enhanced Thematic Mapper

FRS

Strip map mode

GERB

Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget

2

MSG 1 & 2

GIS-MS

Visible and NIR

4

GEOEYE 1

GIS-PAN

Panachromatic

1

GEOEYE 1

GLAS

Geoscience Laser Altimeter System

2

ICESat

GLI

Global Imager

36

ADEOS II

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RISAT


GMI

Microwave Radar Instruement

GOME

Global Monitoring of Atmospheric Ozone

6

GOME - 2

Global Monitoring of Atmospheric Ozone

6

GOES Comms

Communication packages on GOES

GOES Imager

Multi channel instrument to sense radiant and solar reflected energy

5

GOES-O

GOES Sounder

19 channel discrete-filter radiometer

19

GOES-O

GOMOS

Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars

3

ENVISAT

GUVI

Global Ultraviolet Imager

HCS

High Sensitivity Camera

1

SAC-C

HEPD

High Energy Particle Detector

7

KOMPSAT 1

HIRDLS

High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder

21

AURA

HiRI

High Resolution Optical Imager

HIRS/2

High Resolution Infra Red Radiation Sounder

20

NOAA-10,11,14

HIRS/3


20

NOAA-15,16,17

HIRS/4


20

NOAA-18, MetOp A

HIS

Hyperspectral Instrument

200

EnMAP

GPM Core

ERS 2, MetOp A
GOES-P

TIMED

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Pleiades HR 1


HPO

High Performance Optical sensor

ASNARO

HQSAR

High Quality SAR

TerraSAR - X

HRC

High Resolution Camera

1

PROBA

HRG

High Resolution Geometric

4

SPOT 5

HRS

High Resolution Stereoscopic

1

SPOT 5

HRTC

High Resolution Technological Camera

1

SAC-C

HRV

High Resolution Visible

4

SPOT 1

HRVIR

High Resolution Visible and Infra-red

4

SPOT 4

HSB

Humidity Sounder for Brazil

4

Aqua

HSRS

Hot Spot Recognition Sensor System

2

BIRD

Hyperion

High resolution hyperspectral imager with 220 spectral bands

220

EO-1

HySI

Hyper Spectral Camera with 64 fixed bands

64

IMS 1

IDEE

Instrument for Detection of high Energy Electrons

TARANIS
PRIRODA-MIR

IKAR-N

5

PRIRODA-MIR

IKAR-P

2

PRIRODA-MIR

12

3

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IKAR-DELTA


ILAS

Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer

2

ADEOS

ILAS-II

Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer-II

4

ADEOS-II

IMA

Multispectral Imager operating in 5 bands

5

Agro (RapidEye 6)

Imager

5

GOES 8,9,10 & P, L

Imager-M

5

GOES M

1

ADEOS

IMG

Interferometer Monitor for Greenhouse Gases

IMM

Instrument for Magnetic Measurements

IMS

Ionosphere Measurement Sensor

1

KOMPSAT 1

IPEI

Ionosphere Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument

4

FORMOSAT 1

IR-MSS

Infrared Multispectral scanner

4

CBERS & CBERS 2

IRMSS

Medium Resolution scanner

4

CBERS 3 & 4

ISTOK-1

Infrared Spectrometer

64

PRIRODA-MIR

ISUAL

Imager of Sprites and Upper Atmospheric Lightning

Imager(INSAT)

The Imager is an improved design of VHRR/2 (Very High Resolution Radiometer)

6

INSAT 3D

JAMI

Japanese Advanced meteorological Imager

5

MTSAR-1R

JMR

Jason-1 Microwave Radiometer

3

Jason-1

TARANIS

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FORMOSAT 2


Kompsat-MSC

B&W panachromatic, MSS and merged 1m resolution images

LEISA Atmospheric Corrector, corrects high spatial resolution multispectral data for

LAC

KOMPSAT 2

1

KVR-1000

4

Cosmos

256

EO-1

atmospheric effects on surface reflectance
Laser Retoflector Array

LAR

Jason-2 (OSTM)

Laser Reflector

CryoSat-2
SAOCOM-1A

LCT

Laser Communication Terminal

TanDEM-X

LIMS

Limb infrared monitor of the Atmosphere

6

NIMBUS-7

LIS

Lightning Imaging sensor

1

TRMM

LISS 1

Linear Imagine Self Scanning System

4

IRS-1 A & B

LISS 2


4

IRS-1 A , B & P2

LISS 3


4

IRS-1 C & D

LISS 3*


4

RESOURCESAT-1

LISS 4


3

RESOURCESAT-1,2

LISS-III-WS

Wide Swath sensor

4

RESOURCESAT-3

14

SAR - L band

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LBI


LRA

Dorris precise orbitography system with Laser Retroflector

SARAL

LRIT

Low-Rate Information Transmission

GOES-P

MAC

Pan

1

RazakSat (MACSAT)

MAC

Multispectral

4

RazakSat (MACSAT)

MADRAS

Microwave Imager

MEGHA-TROPIQUES

MAESTRO

Measurements of Aerosol Extinction in the Stratosphere and Troposphere Retrieved by

SCISAT

Occultation
MCP

Micro Camera and Photometer

MERIS

Medium Resolution Imaging Specrometer Instrument

15

ENVISAT

MESSR

Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer

4

MOS 1 & 1b

MEXIC

Multi Experimental Interface Controller

MHS

Microwave Humidity Sounder

5

NOAA 18 & MetOp A

MIPAS

Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding

5

ENVISAT

MIRAS

Microwave Imaging Radiometer Apeture Synthesis

SMOS

MIS

Microwave Imager/Sounder

NPOESS 1,4,3,6

MISR

Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer

TARANIS

Terra

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15

TARANIS


MLS

Microwave Limb Sounder

5

AURA

MMRS

MultiSpectral Medium Resolution Scanner

5

SAC-C

MMSAR

Multi Mode SAR

TecSAR

MODI

Moderate Radiation Visible and NIR Imager

Feng Yun 3A

MODIS

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (PFM on Terra, FM1 on Aqua)

36

Terra, Aqua

MOMS-2P

Modular Optoelectronic Multispectral Scanner

4

PRORODA-MIR

MOPITT

Measurement Of Pollution In The Troposphere

64

Terra

MOS

Modular Optoelectronic Scanning Spectrometer

18

IRS-P3

MOS-A


4

PRORODA-MIR

MOS-B


13

PRORODA-MIR

MRS, CRS

Scan SAR mode

MS Camera

Multispectral Camera for three bands

3

THEOS

MS Camera

Derived from SPOT camera, has thermo-elastic stability

4

Kanopus-Vulkan

MS Camera


MSC

Multispectral

12

VENUS

MSI

Multi spectral instrument

13

Sentinel-2

RISAT

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Deimos 1


MSI

Multispectral Imager

7

EarthCARE

MSMR

Multifrequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer

4

IRS-P4

MSR

Microwave Scanning Radiometer

2

MOS- 1, 1b

MSS

Multispectral Scanner

4

Alsat-2A, LandSat 4,5

MSS (LS 1-3)

Multispectral Scanner Landsat 1,2,3

5

LandSat 1,2,3

MSU

Microwave Sounding Unit

4

NOAA 10,11,12,14

MSU-E

Microwave Sounding Unit

3

RESURS-O1-3

MSU-E1

3

RESURS-O1

MSU-E2

3

PRORODA-MIR

MSU-SK

5

PRORODA-MIR

MSU-SK (Resurs)

5

RESURS-O1-3

MSU-SK1

5

RESURS-O1

Multispectral Scanner - Geostationary

5

Electro L/GMOS 2

MTI

Multi-spectral Thermal Imager

16

MTI

3

CBERS 3, 4

10

Feng Yung 1C & 1D

MUX
Multichannel Visible and IR Scan Radiometer

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MVISR

17

MSU-GS


MWR

Microwave Radiometer

MWR

Microwave Radiometer

ENVISAT

MWRI

Microwave Radiation Imager

Feng Yung 3A

Mx

Four band multispectral CCD camera

4

IMS 1

NigeriaSat-1

Standard DMC sensor

3

NigeriaSat-1

NSCAT

NASA Scatterometer

1

ADEOS

OCI

Ocean Color Imager

7

FORMOSAT-1

OCM

Ocean Color Monitor

8

OceanSat-2, IRS-P4

OCTS

Ocean Color and Temperature scanner

12

ADEOS

OLCI

Ocean and Land Color Instrument

OLI

Operational Land Imager

9

LDCM LandSat 8

OLS

Operational Linescan System

3

DMSP-16

OMI

Ozone Monitoring Instrument

3

AURA

OMPS

Ozone Mapping and Profile Suite

OPS

Optical Sensor

Sentinel 3

Sentinel 3

NPOESS 1,3,4,6
JERS-1

5

Orbview-3

18

8

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Orbview-3

2


OSA

Optical Sensor Assembly

OSIRIS

Optical Spectograph and Infrared Imaging System

OSMI

Ocean Scanning Multi-spectral Imager

6

KOMPSAT-1

OTD

Optical Transient Detector

1

Orbview-1

OIS

Optical Imaging System

3

RASAT

4

PRORODA-MIR

1

ALOS

PAMELA

4

Resurs DK

PAN

1

CBERS-4

PAN

1

CBERS-3, IRS-1C &1D

OZON-M
PALSAR

L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar

5

IKONOS
ORDIN

PAN

Panachromatic Camera

1

CartoSAT-2B

PAN Camera


1

IRS P7 (CartoSat2)

PAN Camera


1

Kanopus-Vulkan

1

THEOS

PAN Telescope

1

CartoSat-1

PAN-F

Panchromatic-Forward pointing

1

CartoSat-1

19

Panchromatic-Aft pointing

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PAN-A


PANC

Panchromatic camera

1

CartoSat-2a

POAM-II

Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement

9

SPOT 3

POAM-III

Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement

9

SPOT 4

POLDER

Polarization and directionality of the Earth's reflectance

15

ADEOS, ADEOS-II, Parasol

2

Jason-1

Poseidon 2 altimeter
PR

Preciptation Radar

2

TRMM

PRISM

Three panchromatic sensors for Stereomapping

1

ALOS

PVI

Performance Vegetation Instrument

4

PROBA 5

Quickbird

4

Quickbird

R-400

1

PRORODA-MIR

RA

Radio Altimeter

2

ERS 1, ERS 2

RA-2

Radio Altimeter

3

ENVISAT

1

GFO

Radar Altimeter
Radar sensor

SMAP
RADARSAT-2

Radiometer

L –band

SMAP

20

Radar

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RADARSAT 2


RBV

Return Beam Vidicon Camera

4

LandSat 1

RIS

Reflector in space

1

ADEOS

REIS

Records five spectral bands in Visible and NIR

5

RapidEye

5

FORMOSAT-2

ROCSAT-2
ROSA

Radio Occultation sounder for Atmospheric studies

RSI

Remote Sensing Instrument

4

FORMOSAT-5

S-VISSR

S-Visible and IR Spin Scan Radiometer

4

FengYun 2A & 2B

SABER

Multi channel radiometer

TIMED

SAC-D

L-band radiometer /Scatterometer

Aquarius

SAM II

Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement

1

NIMBUS 7

SAMS

Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder

9

NIMBUS 7

SAPHIR

Microwave Sounding Instrument

SAR (JERS-1)


1

JERS-1

SAR (RadarSat-1)


1

RADARSAT-1

SAR (Seasat)


1

SEASAT

SAR 2000

RADAR

1

COSMO-SkyMed

OceanSat-2

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MEGHA-TROPIQUES


SAR-L

L band SAR

SASS

Seasat-A Satellite Scatterometer

1

SEASAT

SBUV/2

Solar Backscatter Ultra violet instrument

12

NOAA-11,12,14-18

SBUV/TOMS

Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet/Total Ozone Mapping-failed in 1993

6

NIMBUS-7

SCARAB

Scanning Radiative Budget Instrument

MAPSAR

MEGHA-TROPIQUES

Scatterometer

OceanSat-2

SCIAMACHY

Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography

8

ENVISAT

SeaWiFS

Sea viewing Wide Field Sensor

8

Orbview-2

1

ADEOS-II, QuickSCAT

Seawinds
Solar Extreme Ultraviolet Experiment

TIMED

SEM

Space Environment Monitor

GOES-P

SEM - Space E

To measure solar radiation in the X-ray and EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet) region

7

GOES-O

SEVIRI

Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager

12

MSG-1 & MSG-2

SGLI

Second Generation Global Imager

35

GCOM-C

SIM

Spectral Irradiance Monitor

1

SORCE

1

SRTM

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SIR-C

22

SEE


SIRAL

Interferometric Radar Altimeter

CryoSat-2

SLSTR

Sea and Land Surface Temparature Radiometer

Sentinel-3

SMMR

Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer

5

SeaSat, NIMBUS-7

SOLSTICE A & B

SOlar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment

1

SORCE

19

Sounder

GOES-9,10, L,P,M

SRAL

SAR Radar Altimeter

Sentinel-3

SSJ/5

Preciptating Particle Spectrometer

DMSP-16

SSMIS

Special Sensor Micowave Imager/Sounder

4

DMSP-16

SSU

Stratospheric Sounder Unit

3

NOAA-11,14

SSULI

Ultraviolet Limb Imager

DMSP-16

SSUSI

Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imager

DMSP-16

STR

Scanning Television Radiometer

3

Elektro-L

SLIM6

Surrey Linear Imager Multispectral 6 channels - but 3 spectral bands

3

NigeriaSat X

SXI

Solar X-ray Imager

GOES-P

SXI - Solar X-Ray

To monitor the sun's X-rays

GOES-O

23

Sounder on GOES

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Sounder


Imager
TANSO - CAI

Thermal And NIR Sensor for carobon Obervation - Cloud & Aerosal Imager

4

GOSAT (IBUKI)

TANSO - FTS

Thermal And NIR Sensor for carobon Obervation - Fourier Transform Spectrometer

4

GOSAT (IBUKI)

TANSO - FTS

Greenhouse Gases Sensor

TDI

Panchromatic

1

ALSAT-2A

TES

Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer

12

AURA

THIR

Temperature Humidity Infrared Radiometer

2

NIMBUS-7

TIDI

Timed Doppler Interferemeter

TIM

Total Irradiance Monitor

TIR

Total Irradiance Monitor

GOSAT (IBUKI)

TIMED
1

SORCE
GLORY

1

TK-350

COSMOS

Thematic Mapper

7

LandSat 4, 5

TMI

TRMM Microwave Imager

5

TRMM

TMR

TOPEX Microwave Radiometer

3

TOPEX/Poseidon

TOMS

Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (see also SBUV/TOMS)

6

adeos

1

TopSat

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TopSat

24

TM


TOR Package

Tracking, Occupation and Ranging

TanDEM-X

Travers SAR

2

PRORODA-MIR

TV Camera

1

PRORODA-MIR

UK-DMC

Standard DMC sensor

3

UK-DMC

VEGETATION

VEGETATION 2 on Spot 5

4

SPOT5

VHRR

Very High Resolution Radiometer

2

INSAT 2A, 2B, 2E

VIIRS

Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiameter Suite

VIRR

Visible and IR Radiometer

2

SeaSat

VIRR

Visible and IR Radiometer

2

FengYun 3A

VIRS

Visible and Infra red scanner

5

TRMM

VISSR

Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer

3

Meteosat 5,6,7

VISSR (GMS)

Visible and Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer

4

GSM-5

VTIR

Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer

4

MOS1, MOS1b

WAOSS-B

Wide-Angle Optoelectronic Stereo Scanner

2

BIRD

2

GFO

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Radiometer

25

Water Vapor

NPOESS-1,3,4,6


WFI

Wide field imager

2

CBERS, CBERS-2

WiFS

Wide Field Sensor

3

IRS-1C, 1D, P3

5

Coriolis

WindSat
WorldView 1

Provides highly detailed imagery for precise map creation and in-depth image analysis

1

WorldView 1

WV110

Standard 4 colors + New 4 colors

8

WorldView 2

WV60

PAN

1

WorldView 2

WV 3 PAN

WorldView 3 Panchromatic sensor

1

WorldView 3

WV 3 MSS

WorldView 3 Multispectral sensor

8

WorldView 3

X-SAR


1

STRM

XGRE

X-ray and Gamma Relativistic Electron detector

XPS

XUV Photometer

1

SOECE
YaoGan-5

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YaoGan-5

TARANIS



Description About Remote Sensing Satellites
Remote Sensing is one of the major disciplines of the recent technological century. Without this no developed country can make a remarkable progress even now its also
the need of under developed countries.
Mostly the Remote Sensing satellites operate under low Earth to medium Earth altitude range, having different combinations of bands and resolutions. Also their swath
width varies from the range of kilometers to meters as the technology revives. Therefore, it is the basic aspect of the of the modern century that not only help the military

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assessment but also going to be in best for the civilian purposes now a days and hopefully in the near future.



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A Remote Sensing Satellite



Mission of the Remote Sensing Satellites:
Some of the remote sensing satellites launched by various countries are given below. They have been grouped into three categories according to their functions.
1. Group 1: Primarily Land Observers.

Launch Year

Landsat (1-6)

1973

Seasat

1978

HCMM

1978

SPOT (France) (1-3)

1986

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Satellite Name


2. Group 2: Primarily Meteorological Observers.
Launch year

TIROS (1-9)

1960

Nimbus (1-7)

1964

ESSA (1-9)

1966

ATS(g) (1-3)

1966

DMSP series I

1966

the Russian Kosmos

1969

the Russian Meteor series

1969

ITOS series

1970

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Satellite Name


3. Group 3:

Major use in Oceanography
Launching Year

DMSP series 2

1976

GMS series (Japan)9

1977

Meteosat(g) series (Europe)

1978

TIROS-N series

1978

Bhaskara (India)

1979

NOAA (6-14)

1982

Insat ( India)

1983

ERBS

1984

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Remote Sensing Satellites



Introduction to the Datasets
Definition of the Dataset:
“The term data set refers to a file that contains one or more records”.
Datasets consist of all of the information gathered during a survey which needs to be analyzed. Any named group of records is called a data set.
Data sets can be cataloged, which permits the data set to be referred to by name without specifying where it is stored. A record is a fixed number of bytes containing data.
The term field refers to a specific portion of a record used for a particular category of data. The records in a data set can be organized in various ways, depending on how

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we plan to access the information.



Parameters for Datasets:
Data is always arranged on the basis of some scientific background.
Whether dealing with images taken by the help of satellites or the specifications of them.
Citation Format

1. Author Name (Agency supporting the dataset)
2. Publication Date (Processing date)
3. Collection Name (Satellite or its sensor name)
4. Image Name (Specified by the dataset owner of site)
5. Publisher (Agency)
6. Publisher Location (Country)

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7. Product Coverage Date (Acquisition date in metadata)



Catalogue Procedure:
Remote Sensing Satellite Catalogue has been prepared on “Microsoft Access 2007” by the concept of DBMS (Database Management System).

Portions of the Database:
It is divided into three portions:
1. Satellite Catalogue Database.
2. Satellite Catalogue Form.
Satellite Catalogue Report.

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3.



From

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Database

Important Points:
1. The primary key is the “’.
2. Secondary key can also be utilized to facilitate the procedure.
3. One of the major benefits of using the Access is that the new entry is much more easy to tackle.
4. By the help of the Access we can easily sort out the data on the basis any arrangement we want like it can be sorted out in alphabetic order from A-Z or from Z-A, up to our
own choice.
5. We can easily query out for such a comprehensive datasets.
6. It can be displayed in some other formats like Form or Report.

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7. Also more helpful in printing but one drawback is that size of the new column entry is limited.



References:

1. http://www.astrium.eads.net
2. http://www.astrium-geo.com
3. http://www.century-of-flight.net
4. http://www.isro.org/
5. http://www.nkau.gov.ua
6. http://www.rammb.cira.colostate.edu
7. http://www.reentrynews.aero.org
8. http://www.satimagingcorp.com
9. http://www. space.skyrocket.de

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10. http://www.topsat.org/


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