Eo Satellites
Just a list of Earth Observation Satellites
Update 2025: Now maintained in my Github
| Satellite Name | Country/Agency | Main Parameters Measured | Operational Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOES-16 | USA (NOAA/NASA) | Weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, space weather conditions | Operational |
| GOES-17 | USA (NOAA/NASA) | Weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, space weather conditions | Operational |
| Aqua | USA (NASA) | Water vapor, temperature, radiative energy flux | Operational |
| Terra | USA (NASA) | Atmosphere, land, and water; energy exchange | Operational |
| Suomi NPP | USA (NASA/NOAA) | Climate research and weather forecasting | Operational |
| JPSS-1 (NOAA-20) | USA (NOAA/NASA) | Atmospheric temperature and moisture, clouds, sea–surface temperature, ocean color, sea ice cover, volcanic ash, fire detection, smoke and dust | Operational |
| Metop-C | EU (ESA/EUMETSAT) | Weather, climate, atmospheric composition | Operational |
| Sentinel-2A | EU (ESA) | Land surface conditions, vegetation, soil and water cover, inland waterways and coastal areas | Operational |
| Sentinel-2B | EU (ESA) | Land surface conditions, vegetation, soil and water cover, inland waterways and coastal areas | Operational |
| Sentinel-3A | EU (ESA) | Sea surface topography, sea and land surface temperature, ocean and land color | Operational |
| Sentinel-3B | EU (ESA) | Sea surface topography, sea and land surface temperature, ocean and land color | Operational |
| Himawari-8 | Japan (JMA) | Weather monitoring, climate studies, monitoring volcanic ash and sandstorms | Operational |
| Himawari-9 | Japan (JMA) | Weather monitoring, climate studies, monitoring volcanic ash and sandstorms | Operational |
| Meteosat-8 | EU (EUMETSAT) | Weather monitoring, climate research | Operational |
| Meteosat-9 | EU (EUMETSAT) | Weather monitoring, climate research | Operational |
| Meteosat-10 | EU (EUMETSAT) | Weather monitoring, climate research | Operational |
| Meteosat-11 | EU (EUMETSAT) | Weather monitoring, climate research | Operational |
| FengYun-2H | China (CMA) | Weather monitoring and forecasting | Operational |
| FengYun-3D | China (CMA) | Weather monitoring, climate research | Operational |
| KOMPSAT-3A | South Korea (KARI) | Weather, ocean monitoring, disaster monitoring | Operational |
| TanSat | China (CMA/CAS) | Carbon Dioxide monitoring | Operational |
| ALOS-4 | Japan (JAXA) | High–resolution land imaging using L–band synthetic–aperture radar (SAR) for disaster monitoring and crustal studies :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0} | Operational |
| Sentinel-2C | EU (ESA) | Land surface conditions, vegetation, soil and water cover, inland waterways and coastal areas (Copernicus programme extension) :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} | Operational |
| EOS SAT-1 | USA (EOS Data Analytics/Dragonfly Aerospace) | High–resolution optical imagery for agricultural land monitoring (panchromatic and multispectral imaging) :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2} | Operational |
| Oceansat-3 | India (ISRO) | Ocean color, sea surface temperature, scatterometer and other oceanographic parameters :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3} | Operational |
| Beijing-3C | China (CASC/China Academy of Space Technology) | High–resolution optical imaging (panchromatic and multispectral) for Earth observation, delivered as a 4–satellite constellation :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4} | Operational |
| PRSC-EO1 | Pakistan (SUPARCO) | High–resolution optical imagery for land mapping, disaster management, and resource monitoring :contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5} | Operational |
| MethaneSAT | USA (Environmental Defense Fund/Commercial) | Methane emissions monitoring (detection of greenhouse gas “super–emitters” via wide–field spectrometry) :contentReference[oaicite:6]{index=6} | Operational |
| Carbon Mapper | USA (Public–private partnership) | High–resolution methane emission detection, pinpointing leaks and quantifying greenhouse gas outputs :contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7} | Operational |
| GHGSat C-10 Vanguard | Canada/USA (GHGSat) | Monitoring of methane (and CO₂) emissions with 25–m resolution using spectrometric techniques :contentReference[oaicite:8]{index=8} | Operational |