Index of Earth Observation Satellite Instruments

Instrument Index

Alphabetical index of the current, future, and no longer operational (past) instruments in the CEOS Database.

Cancelled and no longer considered instruments can be viewed here.

174-K (Temperature and Humidity Profiler), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

3MI (Multi-Viewing Multi-Channel Multi-Polarisation Imaging), Being developed, EUMETSAT (ESA)

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AATSR (Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer), No longer operational, UKSA

ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager), Operational, NOAA

ABI-5 (Advanced Baseline Imager - 5), Being developed, NOAA

ACC (Accelerometer), Operational, ESA

ACDL (Aerosol and Carbon Detection Lidar), Operational, CNSA

ACE-FTS (Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) Fourier Transform Spectrometer), Operational, CSA

ACGS (Atmospheric Carbon dioxide Grating Spectrometer), No longer operational, NSMC-CMA (NRSCC)

ACRIM II (Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor), No longer operational, NASA

ACRIM III (Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor), No longer operational, NASA

A-DCS3 (Argos Advanced Data Collection System3 [aka ARGOS-3]), Operational, CNES (NASA, NOAA)

A-DCS4 (A-DCS4 [aka ARGOS-4]), Operational, CNES, NOAA (EUMETSAT, ISRO)

ADEOS Comms (Communications package for ADEOS), No longer operational, JAXA

ADS-B receiver (Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast receiver), No longer operational, GISTDA

ADSB Receiver (GOMX4) (Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast receiver), No longer operational, ESA

Advanced DCS (Advanced Data Collection System), Proposed, ROSHYDROMET

Advanced GGAK-M (Advanced Module for Geophysical Measurements (SEM)), Proposed, ROSHYDROMET

Advanced GOCI (Advanced Geostationary Ocean Colour Imager [aka GOCI-II]), Operational, KARI, KIOST (ADS)

Advanced MSU-MR (Advanced Multispectral scanning imager-radiometer), Proposed, ROSHYDROMET

Advanced Radiomet (Advanced Radio-occultation receiver), Proposed, ROSHYDROMET

Advanced Scatterometer (Advanced Scatterometer), Proposed, ROSHYDROMET

AEISS (Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System), Operational, KARI (ASTRIUM)

AEISS-A (Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-A), Operational, KARI (ASTRIUM)

AEISS-HR (Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-High Resolution), Being developed, KARI (KAI)

AEISS-HR-A (Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-High Resolution-A), Being developed, KARI

AGRI see: AGRI (Advanced Geostationary Radiation Imager), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

AHI (Advanced Himawari Imager), Operational, JMA

AHSI (The Advanced Hyperspectral Imager), Operational, CNSA

AIP (Advanced Ionospheric Probe), Operational, TASA

AIRMO Spectrometer (AIRMO Spectrometer), Being developed, AIRMO (ESA)

AIRS (Atmospheric Infra-red Sounder), Operational, NASA

AIS (AIS Receiver), Operational, NOSA

AIS (Automatic Identification System), Operational, UKSA (CSIRO)

AIS (Automatic Identification System), Operational, ESA

AIS (RCM) (Automated Identification System (RADARSAT Constellation)), Operational, CSA (DND)

AIS receiver (Automatic Identification System receiver), No longer operational, GISTDA

AIS Receiver (GOMX4) (Automatic Identification System), No longer operational, ESA

AIS Receiver (MDASat-1) (Automatic Identification System Receiver (MDASat-1)), Operational, SANSA

AIS Receiver (ZACube-2) (Automatic Identification System Receiver (ZACube-2)), No longer operational, SANSA

AIS/IOT (AIS/IoT CubeSat Test Mission), No longer operational, NOSA

ALADIN (Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument), No longer operational, ESA

ALADIN-2 (Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument - 2), Proposed, ESA

ALI (Advanced Land Imager), No longer operational, NASA

ALI (Aerosol Limb Imager), Being developed, CSA (NASA, ECCC, USask, UQAM)

ALISS III (Advanced LISS III), Being developed, ISRO

ALISSA (Backscatter lidar), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

ALT (Radar Altimeter), Operational, NSOAS (CAST)

ALT (SeaSat) (Radar Altimeter), No longer operational, NASA

AltiKa (Ka-band Altimeter), Operational, CNES

ALTIUS Instrument (ALTIUS Instrument), Being developed, ESA

AMI see: AMI (Advanced Meteorological Imager), Operational, KMA (KARI)

AMI/SAR/Image (Active Microwave Instrumentation. Image Mode), No longer operational, ESA

AMI/SAR/Wave (Active Microwave Instrumentation. Wave mode), No longer operational, ESA

AMI/Scatterometer (Active Microwave Instrumentation. Wind mode), No longer operational, ESA

AMR (Advanced Microwave Radiometer), Operational, NASA (NOAA, CNES, EUMETSAT)

AMR-C (Advanced Microwave Radiometer for Climate), Operational, NASA (NOAA, ESA, EUMETSAT)

AMR-CR (Advanced Microwave Radiometer for Climate), Approved, NASA (NOAA, ESA, EUMETSAT)

AMR-S (AMR-S Two-Beam Microwave Radiometer), Operational, NASA (UKSA, CNES, CSA)

AMSI (Advanced Multi-Spectral Instrument), Proposed, ESA (COM)

AMSR (Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer), No longer operational, JAXA

AMSR2 (Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2), Operational, JAXA

AMSR3 (Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 3), Operational, JAXA

AMSR-E (Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS), No longer operational, JAXA (NASA)

AMSU-A (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A), Operational, NOAA (UKSA)

AMSU-A (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A), Operational, NASA

AMSU-B (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B), No longer operational, NOAA (UKSA)

AOLCI (Advanced Ocean and Land Colour Imager), Proposed, ESA (EUMETSAT, COM)

AOPOD (Atmosphere Occultation and Precision Orbit Determination), No longer operational, KASI

AOS-Sky Lidar (Atmosphere Observing System-Sky lidar), Proposed, NASA

AOS-Sky Microwave Radiometer (Atmosphere Observing System-Sky Microwave Radiometer), Proposed, NASA

AOS-Sky Polarimeter (Atmosphere Observing System-Sky Polarimeter), Proposed, NASA

AOS-Sky Radar (Atmosphere Observing System-Sky Radar), Proposed, NASA

APAN (Advanced PAN), Being developed, ISRO

APS (Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor), No longer operational, NASA

APT (Automatic Picture Transimission), No longer operational, NOAA

Aquarius L-Band radiometer (Aquarius L-Band Radiometer), No longer operational, NASA (CONAE)

Aquarius L-Band Scatterometer (Aquarius L-Band Scatterometer), No longer operational, NASA (CONAE)

Argos (Argos), No longer operational, NOAA

ARGOS-3 see: A-DCS3 (Argos Advanced Data Collection System3), Operational, CNES (NASA, NOAA)

ARGOS-4 see: A-DCS4 (A-DCS4), Operational, CNES, NOAA (EUMETSAT, ISRO)

ARGUS 2000 (ARGUS 2000), Operational, Khalifa University (UAE SA, American University of Ras Al Khaimah)

Arina (Arina), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

ASAR (Advanced Synthetic-Aperture Radar), No longer operational, ESA

ASAR (image mode) (Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (Image mode)), No longer operational, ESA

ASAR (wave mode) (Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (Wave mode)), No longer operational, ESA

ASCAT (Advanced Scatterometer), Operational, EUMETSAT (ESA)

ASLSTR (Advanced Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer), Proposed, ESA (EUMETSAT, COM)

ASM (Absolute Scalar Magnetometer), Operational, CNES

ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer), Operational, METI (NASA)

ATCOR (Atmospheric correction), Proposed, ISRO

ATLAS (Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System), Operational, NASA

ATLID (ATmospheric LIDar), Operational, ESA

AtmoLITE (AtmoLITE), Operational, NTU

ATMS (Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder), Operational, NASA (NOAA)

ATOVS (HIRS/3 + AMSU + AVHRR/3) (Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder), No longer operational, NOAA

ATSR (Along Track Scanning Radiometer), No longer operational, UKSA (CSIRO)

ATSR/M (ATSR/M), No longer operational, CNES

ATSR-2 (Along Track Scanning Radiometer - 2), No longer operational, UKSA (CSIRO)

AVCS (Advanced Vidicon Camera System), No longer operational, NOAA

AVHRR/1 (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer /1), No longer operational, NOAA

AVHRR/2 (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/2), No longer operational, NOAA

AVHRR/3 (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3), Operational, EUMETSAT, NOAA

AVNIR (Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometor), No longer operational, JAXA

AVNIR-2 (Advanced Visible and Near Infra-red Radiometer type 2), No longer operational, JAXA

Avrora-T (Opto-electronic equipment), Approved, ROSKOSMOS

AWFI (Advanced Wide Field Imager), No longer operational, INPE

AWiFS (Advanced Wide Field Sensor), Operational, ISRO

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Balkan-1 (Balkan-1), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

Balkan-2 lidar (Balkan-2 lidar), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

BBR (EarthCARE) (BroadBand Radiometer (EarthCARE)), Operational, ESA

BGIS 2000 (Ball Global Imaging System 2000), No longer operational, Digital Globe

BIK-SD 1 (High resolution wide capture multispectral infraredoptical sensor), Proposed, ROSKOSMOS

BILSAT VNIR Multispectral (BILSAT VNIR Multispectral camera), No longer operational, TUBITAK

BILSAT VNIR Panchromatic (BILSAT VNIR Panchromatic camera), No longer operational, TUBITAK

BRK (On board retransmission complex), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

BRLK S-range (S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

BTVK (Scanning television radiometer), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

BUFS-2 (Backscatter spectrometer/2), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

BUV (Backscatter Ultraviolet instrument), No longer operational, NASA

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C2OMODO see: SAPHIR-NG (Sondeur Atmospherique du Profil d’Humidite Intertropicale par Radiometrie_New Generation), Being developed, CNES (NASA)

CALIOP (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization), No longer operational, NASA

CAPHI (Cloud and Aerosol polarization hyperspectral imager), Being developed, NSMC-CMA

CAPI (Cloud and Aerosol Polarization Imager), No longer operational, NSMC-CMA (NRSCC)

CAR (High Resolution Camera), Approved, CONAE

CARBONITE-1 Imager (CARBONITE-1 Imager), No longer operational, UKSA

CARBONITE-2 Imager (CARBONITE-2 Imager), No longer operational, UKSA

CARMEN-1 (ICARE) (Influence of Space Radiation on Advanced Components), No longer operational, CNES (CONAE)

CARMEN-1 (SODAD) (Orbital System for an Active Detection of Debris), No longer operational, CNES (CONAE)

CATS (Cloud-Aerosol Transport System), No longer operational, NASA

C-Band SAR (C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar), Operational, ESA (COM)

CCD (High Resolution CCD Camera), No longer operational, CAST (INPE)

CCD (HJ) (CCD camera), No longer operational, CAST

CCD (ZY Series) (CCD and multispectral imager), Operational, CRESDA

CCD camera (Charged Coupled Device Camera), No longer operational, ISRO

CCOR-1 (Compact Coronagraph - 1), Operational, NOAA (NASA)

CCOR-2 (Compact Coronagraph - 2), Operational, NOAA (NASA)

CER (Coherent Electromagnetic Radio Tomography), Operational, ESA

CERES (Cloud and the Earth's Radiant Energy System), Operational, NASA

CERIA Camera (CERIA Camera (True Color)), No longer operational, GISTDA

Chaika (Scanning IR radiometer), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

CHAMP GPS Sounder (GPS TurboRogue Space Receiver (TRSR)), No longer operational, NASA (DLR)

CHAMP Gravity Package (Accelerometer+GPS) (STAR Accelerometer), No longer operational, CNES

CHAMP Magnetometry Package (1 Scalar + 2 Vector Magnetometer) (Overhauser Magnetometer and Fluxgate Magnetometer), No longer operational, DLR

CHRIS (Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer), No longer operational, ESA (UKSA)

CIP (Compact Ionosphere Probe), Operational, NTU

CIRC (Compact InfraRed Camera), Operational, JAXA

CIRC (ISS/JEM) (Compact InfraRed Camera (ISS/JEM)), No longer operational, JAXA

CLAES (Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer instrument), No longer operational, NASA

CLARA (Compact Lightweight Absolute Radiometer), Operational, NOSA

CLARREO Pathfinder Reflected Solar (CLARREO Pathfinder - RS), Being developed, NASA

CLIM (3-band CLoud Imager), Approved, ESA (EUMETSAT, COM)

CO2I (Integrated CO2 & NO2 Imaging spectrometer), Approved, ESA (EUMETSAT, COM)

COBAN (COBAN 8 Band multispectral camera ), No longer operational, TUBITAK

COCTS (China Ocean Colour & Temperature Scanner), Operational, CAST

COMIS (COMpact Imaging Spectrometer), No longer operational, KARI (SI)

Communications payload (Ka and UHF band) (Communications payload (Ka and UHF band)), No longer operational, CSIRO

Compact Advanced Payload Wide Swath (CAS500-4) (Compact Advanced Payload Wide Swath (CAS500-4)), Being developed, KARI

CORA-micro (CORA-micro), No longer operational, ASI (NOSA)

COSI (Corea SAR Instrument), Operational, KARI (TAS-i)

COSIS (COSIS), Proposed, DLR

COWVR (Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer), Operational, USSF (NASA)

CPR (CloudSat) (Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR)), No longer operational, NASA

CPR (EarthCARE) (Cloud Profiling Radar (EarthCARE)), Operational, JAXA (NICT)

CrIS (Cross-track Infrared Sounder), Operational, NOAA

CSAR (Cryogenic Solar Absolute Radiometer), Being developed, ESA (UKSA)

C-SAR (C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar), Operational, CNSA (CRESDA)

CSC FVM (CSC fluxgate vector magnetometer), No longer operational, DNSC

CSG SAR (COSMO-SkyMed di Seconda Generazione SAR), Operational, ASI (MoD (Italy))

CWFMS (Canadian Wildland Fire Monitoring Sensor), Being developed, CSA (NRCAN, ECCC)

CZCS (Coastal Zone Color Scanner), No longer operational, NASA

CZI (Coastal Zone Imager), Operational, CAST

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DAR (Dynamic Atmospheric Radar), Being developed, NASA

DCIS (Data Collection and Interrogation Service), No longer operational, NOAA

DCP (Data Collecting Platform Transponder), No longer operational, CAST (INPE)

DCS (Data Collecting System Transponder), Operational, INPE

DCS (Data Collection System), Operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

DCS (Data Collecting System Transponder), Operational, INPE (CAST)

DCS (FY) (Data Collection Service), Operational, NSMC-CMA

DCS (GOES) (Data Collection System (GOES)), Operational, NOAA

DCS (JAXA) (Data Collection System (JAXA)), No longer operational, JAXA

DCS (NOAA) (Data Collection System (NOAA)), No longer operational, NOAA

DCS (SABIA_MAR) (Data Collection System), Proposed, CONAE, AEB

DCS (SAC-C) (Data Collection System), No longer operational, CONAE

DCS (SAC-D) (Data Collection System), No longer operational, CONAE

DDMI (Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument), Operational, NASA (NOAA)

DDMR (Delay Doppler Mapping Receiver) see: SGR-ReSI-Z (Space GNSS Receiver - Remote Sensing Instrument (Zynq based)), Being developed, UKSA (ESA)

DELTA-2D (Multispectral microwave scanning radiometer), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

DESIS (DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer), No longer operational, DLR

DGXX (Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-New Generation XX), Operational, CNES

DGXX-S (Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) - New Generation XX-S), Operational, CNES

DLC (Dual-Line Camera), Operational, CNSA

DMAC (DubaiSat-1 Medium Aperture Camera), No longer operational, MBRSC (UAE SA)

DMR (Dynamic Microwave Radiometer), Being developed, NASA

DOPI (DOPI), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

DORIS (Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite), No longer operational, CNES

DORIS (SPOT) (Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite (on SPOT)), No longer operational, CNES

DORIS-NG (Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-New Generation), No longer operational, CNES

DORIS-NG (SPOT) (Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite-NG (on SPOT)), No longer operational, CNES

DPC-2 (Directional Polarization Camera - 2), Operational, CNSA

DPR (Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar), Operational, JAXA (NICT)

DRF (DRF), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

DRT-S&R (DRT-S&R), No longer operational, ISRO

DuSIFIS (Dual band SIF imaging spectrometer), Being developed, NSMC-CMA

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EarthDaily Imager (EarthDaily Imager), Operational, EarthDaily

ECHO-V (ECHO-V), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

EFI (Electric Field Instrument), Operational, ESA (CSA)

EGG (3-Axis Electrostatic Gravity Gradiometer), No longer operational, ESA

EHIC (Energetic Heavy Ion Composition Experiment), No longer operational, NOAA (USAF)

Electromagnetic Tracker (Electromagnetic Tracker), Operational, Unseenlabs

EMI-2 (Environment Monitoring Instrument-2), Operational, CNSA

EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation), Operational, NASA

ENAI (Energetic Neutral Atom Imager), Being developed, NSMC-CMA (CNSA, PKU)

EnSAC (Environmental Sensor for Atmospheric Composition), Being developed, ISRO

ENVISAT Comms (Communications package on ENVISAT), No longer operational, ESA

EOC (Electro-Optical Camera), No longer operational, KARI

EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera), Operational, NASA (NOAA)

ERBE (Earth Radiation Budget Experiment), No longer operational, NASA

ERM-1 (Earth Radiation Measurement-1), No longer operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

ERM-2 (Earth Radiation Measurement-2), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

ERS (Earth Radiative Sensor), Being developed, UVSQ-LATMOS

ERS Comms (Communication package for ERS), No longer operational, ESA

ES (Electron Spectrometer), Operational, NOAA (NASA)

ESIP (Ionospheric plasma energy spectrometer), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

ESMR (Nimbus-5) (Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer), No longer operational, NASA

ETM+ (Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus), No longer operational, USGS (NASA)

EXIS (Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors), Operational, NOAA

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FAI (Fast Auroral Imager), Operational, ESA

FC (Faraday Cup [aka PlasMag]), Operational, NASA

FCI (Flexible Combined Imager), Operational, EUMETSAT (ESA)

FEI (FORUM Embedded Imager [aka Thermal Imager]), Being developed, ESA

FGM (FluxGate Magnetometer), Operational, NSMC-CMA (NSSC)

FLORIS (Fluorescence Imaging Spectrometer), Approved, ESA

Fluxgate magnetometer (Fluxgate magnetometer), No longer operational, CRCSS

FMPL-2 (Flexible Microwave Payload-2 ), No longer operational, ESA

Fourier Transform Spectrometer (Fourier Transform Spectrometer), Approved, ESA

FPR (Flat Plate Radiometer), No longer operational, NASA

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Galassia-2 Camera (Galassia-2 Camera), Operational, NUS

GALS (Spectrometer of galactic cosmic rays), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

GAP (GPS receiver-based Attitude, Position, and profiling experiment (GAP)), Operational, ESA

GAS-1 (Greenhouse-gases Absorption Spectrometer - 1), No longer operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

GAS-2 (Greenhouse-gases Absorption Spectrometer - 2), Proposed, CNSA

GAS-2 (Greenhouse-gases Absorption Spectrometer - 2), Being developed, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

GEDI (Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation Lidar), No longer operational, NASA

GEMS (Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer), Operational, KARI, NIER (BATC)

GEO SAR (Geosynchronous Synthetic Aperture Radar), Proposed, ASI

Geoton-L1 (1) (Geoton-L1), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

Geoton-L1 (2) (Geoton-L1), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

GERB (Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget), Operational, EUMETSAT (RAL, ESA)

GFO-RA (GEOSat Follow-On Radar Altimeter), No longer operational, NASA

GGAK-E (Module for Geophysical Measurements), Operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

GGAK-M (Module for Geophysical Measurements (SEM)), Operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

GGAK-VE (Module for Geophysical Measurements), Operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

GHMI (Geostationary HiMawari Imager), Approved, JMA

GHMS (Geostationary HiMawari Sounder), Approved, JMA

GID-12T (GID-12T), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

GIIRS (Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

GLAS (Geoscience Laser Altimeter System), No longer operational, NASA

GLI (Global Imager), No longer operational, JAXA

GLIMR Instrument (Geosynchronous Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer (GLIMR)), Being developed, NASA

GLM (Geostationary Lightning Mapper), Operational, NOAA

GLM-5 (Geostationary Lightning Mapper - 5), Being developed, NOAA

GMI (GPM Microwave Imager), Operational, NASA

GMS Comms (Communications package on GMS), No longer operational, JAXA (JMA)

GNOS-1 (GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder-1), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

GNOS-2 (GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder-2), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

GNSS POD Receiver (Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Precise Orbit Determination (POD) Receiver), Operational, ESA (COM)

GNSS Reflectometer see: SGR-ReSI-Z (Space GNSS Receiver - Remote Sensing Instrument (Zynq based)), Being developed, UKSA (ESA)

GNSS-R (Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry), Operational, TASA

GNSS-RO Instrument (GNSS-RO Instrument), Operational, CAST

GNSS-RO Receiver (Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)- Radio Occultation (RO) Receiver), Operational, NASA

GOCI (Geostationary Ocean Colour Imager), No longer operational, KARI, KIOST (ASTRIUM)

GOCI-II see: Advanced GOCI (Advanced Geostationary Ocean Colour Imager), Operational, KARI, KIOST (ADS)

GOES Comms (Communications package on GOES), Operational, NOAA

GOLPE (GPS Occultation and Passive reflection Experiment), No longer operational, NASA (CONAE)

GOME (Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment), No longer operational, ESA

GOME-2 (Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment - 2), Operational, EUMETSAT (ESA)

GOMOS (Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars), No longer operational, ESA

GOX (Global Positioning Satellite Occultation Experiment (GOX)), No longer operational, NASA, TASA (JPL, UCAR)

GPS (ESA) (GPS Receiver), No longer operational, ESA

GPS receiver (GPS receiver), No longer operational, CRCSS

GPS Receiver (Swarm) (Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver (Swarm)), Operational, ESA

GPSDR (GPS Demonstration Receiver), No longer operational, CONAE (NASA)

GPSP (Global Positioning System Payload), Operational, NASA

GPSRO (Oersted) (GPS Radio Occultation System), No longer operational, NASA

GPSRO (Terra-SAR) (GPS Radio Occultation System), Operational, NASA

GRACE instrument (GRACE instrument), No longer operational, NASA (DLR, GFZ, ESA)

GRAS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Receiver for Atmospheric Sounding), Operational, EUMETSAT (ESA)

Greben (Radar altimeter), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

GSA (1) (Hyperspectral imaging equipment), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

GXI (GeoXO Imager), Being developed, NOAA

GXS (GeoXO Sounder), Being developed, NOAA

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H3Imager (High-resolution Hyperspectral imager for monitor Hotspot emission), Being developed, NSMC-CMA

HALOE (Halogen Occultation Experiment), No longer operational, NASA

HAOC (High Accuracy On-board Calibrator), Operational, NSMC-CMA

HARP2 (Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter), Operational, NASA (UMD)

HEPD (High Energy Particle Detector), Operational, ASI

HF Beacon Transmitter (HF Beacon Transmitter), No longer operational, SANSA

HICO (Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean), No longer operational, NASA

High Resolution Imager (FORMOSAT-8) (High Resolution Imager (FORMOSAT-8)), Being developed, TASA

High resolution imager (PRSS-1) (High resolution imager (PRSS-1)), Operational, SUPARCO

High Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-1) (High Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-1)), Operational, KARI (NGII)

High Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-2) (High Resolution Optical Sensor (CAS500-2)), Approved, KAI (NGII, KARI)

HighRes MS Camera (NEO-1) (High Resolution Multispectral Camera (NEO-1)), Being developed, LAPAN

Himawari Comms (Communications package for Himawari), Operational, JMA

Himawari DCS (Data Collection System for Himawari), Operational, JMA

HiRAIS (High-Resolution Advanced Imaging System), Operational, MBRSC (UAE SA)

HIRAS-1 (Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder-1), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

HIRAS-2 (Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder-2), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

HiRDLS (High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder), No longer operational, NASA (UKSA)

HiRI (High-Resolution Imager), Operational, CNES

HIRS/2 (High Resolution Infra-red Sounder/2), No longer operational, NOAA

HIRS/3 (High Resolution Infra-red Sounder/3), No longer operational, NOAA

HIRS/4 (High Resolution Infra-red Sounder/4), Operational, EUMETSAT, NOAA

HIS (Hyperspectral imaging Spectrometer), Being developed, ESA (UKSA)

HPS (Hyper-Spectrometer), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

HRC (High Resolution Camera), No longer operational, CAST (INPE)

HRC (High Resolution Camera), No longer operational, ESA

HRC(HRMIS) (High Resolution Camera), Operational, CAST

HRDI (High Resolution Doppler Imager), No longer operational, NASA

HRG (HRG), No longer operational, CNES

HRIR (High Resolution Infrared Radiometer), No longer operational, NASA

HRMX (High Resolution Multi Spectral), Operational, ISRO

HRMX-TIR (High resoultion Mx TIR), No longer operational, ISRO

HRMX-VNIR (High Resolution MX-VNIR), No longer operational, ISRO

HRS (High Resolution Stereoscope), No longer operational, CNES

HRTC (High Resolution Panchromatic Camera), No longer operational, CONAE

HRV (High Resolution Visible), No longer operational, CNES

HRVIR (High Resolution Visible and Infra-red), No longer operational, CNES (SNSA)

HSB (Humidity Sounder for Brazil), No longer operational, INPE (NASA)

HSC (High Sensitivity Camera), Proposed, CONAE, AEB

HSC (SAC-D/Aquarius) (High Sensitivity Camera), No longer operational, CONAE

HSI (Hyperspectral Imager), Operational, DLR

HSI (HyperSpectral Instrument), Approved, ESA (COM)

HSI (HJ-1A) (Hyper Spectrum Imager), No longer operational, CAST

HSI SWIR (GESat GEN2 hyperspectral SWIR instrument), Being developed, Absolut Sensing

HSI-2 (HJ-2A) (Hyper Spectrum Imager 2), Operational, CAST

HSRS (Hot Spot Recognition System), No longer operational, DLR

HSRS (Hot Spot Recognition System (Imaging mulit-spectral radiometer)), No longer operational, DLR

HSRS (FireBIRD 1 (TET-1)) (Hot Spot Recognition System (FireBIRD 1 (TET-1))), No longer operational, DLR

HSTC (High Sensitivity Technological Camera), No longer operational, CONAE

HYC (HYperspectral Camera), Operational, ASI

HYC2 (HYperspectral Camera 2), Being developed, ASI (NASA)

HyMATHS (Hyperspectral Millimetre Wave Atmospheric Temperature & Humidity Sounder), Being developed, ISRO

HyperCube Instrument (HyperCube Instrument), Being developed, L3Harris

Hyperion (Hyperspectral Imager), No longer operational, NASA

HyperScout (Hyperspectral VNIR imager), No longer operational, ESA (NSO)

HyperScout - MUSPEC (Hyperspectral VNIR imager with onboard MUSPEC calibrators), Being developed, NSO

HyperScout-2 (Hyperspectral VNIR and multispectral TIR imager), No longer operational, ESA (NSO)

Hyperspectral Detector (Hyperspectral Detector), Operational, CAST

HySI (IMS-1) (Hyperspectral Imager (IMS-1)), No longer operational, ISRO

HYSI-SWIR (Hyperspectral SWIR), No longer operational, ISRO

HYSI-VNIR (Hyperspectral VNIR), No longer operational, ISRO

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IAP (Instrument for plasma analysis), No longer operational, CNES

IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer), Operational, EUMETSAT (CNES)

IASI-NG (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer - New Generation), Being developed, EUMETSAT (CNES)

ICARE (Influence of Space Radiation on Advanced Components), No longer operational, CNES (CONAE)

ICE (Instrument for Electric Field), No longer operational, CNES

ICI (Ice Cloud Imager), Being developed, EUMETSAT (ESA)

IDEE (Instruments for the Detection of high-Energy Electrons), No longer operational, CNES

IDP (Instrument For Plasma Detection), No longer operational, CNES

IIR (Imaging Infrared Radiometer), No longer operational, CNES

IIS (Interferometric Infrared Sounder), No longer operational, NRSCC

IKAR-D (Multispectral microwave scanner), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

IKAR-N (Multispectral microwave scanner), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

IKAR-P (Multispectral microwave scanner), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

IKFS-2 (IR-Fourier spectrometer), Operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

IKFS-3 (Advanced Fourier spectrometer), Proposed, ROSHYDROMET

ILAS (Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer), No longer operational, MOE (Japan) (JAXA)

ILAS-II (Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer-II), No longer operational, MOE (Japan) (JAXA)

Imager (Imager), Operational, NOAA

IMAGER (Imager/MTSAT), No longer operational, JMA

Imager (INSAT 3D) (Very High Resolution Radiometer), Operational, ISRO

Imaging Microwave Radiometer (Imaging Microwave Radiometer), Approved, ESA (COM)

Imaging radar (NIMBUS-SAR) (New Italian Micro Bus Synthetic Aperture Radar ), Being developed, ESA (ASI)

Imaging radar (NOX-SAR) (NOX Synthetic Aperture Radar ), Being developed, ESA (ASI)

IME-BF (IME-BF), No longer operational, CNES

IME-HF (IME-HF), No longer operational, CNES

IMG (Inferometric Monitor of Greenhouse gases), No longer operational, MITI (Japan) (JAXA)

IMM (IMM), No longer operational, CNES

IMSC (Instrument Search Coil Magnetometer), No longer operational, CNES

INES (Italian Navigation Experiment), No longer operational, ASI (CONAE)

Infrared Scanning Radiometer (Infrared Scanning Radiometer), Operational, CAST

IPDA LIDAR (Integrated Path Differential Absorption Light Detection and Ranging Instrument), Approved, DLR (CNES)

IPM (Ionospheric PhotoMeter), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

IR (HJ-1B) (Infrared Camera), No longer operational, CAST

IR Camera (ZY-1-02E) (Longwave infrared camera), Operational, CRESDA

IRAS (InfraRed Atmospheric Sounder), No longer operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

IRIS (Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer instrument), No longer operational, NASA

IRIS (Interferometric Radar Altimeter for Ice and Snow), Approved, ESA (EUMETSAT, COM)

IRIS Imager (IRIS Imager), Operational, NTU

IRM (Imaging and Rapid-scanning ion Mass spectrometer), Operational, ESA

IR-MSS (Infrared Multispectral Scanner), No longer operational, CAST (INPE)

IRMSS-2 (HJ-2) (Infrared Multispectral Scanner - 2), Operational, CAST

IRS (Thermal and Multispectral Scanner), Operational, CAST (INPE)

IRS (Infra-Red Sounder), Being developed, EUMETSAT (ESA)

IRS (SJ-9B) (Infrared scanner), No longer operational, CRESDA

ISAMS (Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder instrument), No longer operational, NASA

iSIM-90 imager (iSIM-90 imager), Operational, SATLANTIS

ISL (Langmuir probes), No longer operational, CNES

ISP (ISP), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

IST (Italian Star Tracker), No longer operational, ASI (CONAE)

ISTOK-1 (Infra-red Spectrometer), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

ITPR (Infrared Temperature Profile Radiometer), No longer operational, NASA

IVM (Ion Velocity Meter), Operational, NOAA (UCAR)

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JAMI (Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager), No longer operational, JMA

JAXA Ku-Band Doppler Radar (Precipitation Measuring Mission), Being developed, JAXA (NASA)

JERS-1 Comms (Communications package for JERS-1), No longer operational, JAXA

JMR (JASON Microwave Radiometer), No longer operational, NASA

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Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn) (Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn)), Operational, NASA (CNES)

Kasatka-R (Kasatka-R), Approved, ROSKOSMOS

Kent Ridge 1 Hyperspectral Imager (Kent Ridge 1 Hyperspectral Imager), Operational, NUS

Kent Ridge 1 Video Camera (Kent Ridge 1 Video Camera), Operational, NUS

KFA-1000 (Photographic camera), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

KFA-200 (Photographic camera), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

KFA-3000 (Photographic camera), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

KGI-4C (Module for Geophysical Measurements), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

KHCS (KhalifaSat Camera System), Operational, MBRSC (UAE SA)

Klimat (Scanning IR radiometer), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

Klimat-2 (Scanning IR radiometer), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

K-line Imager (K-line Imager), No longer operational, SANSA

KMSS (Multispectral Imager (VIS) system), Operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

KONDOR-2 (Data collection and transmission system), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

KShMSA-VR (High resolution wide capture multispectral optical sensor), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

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LAERT (Low-frequency radar), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

Lagrange (LABEN GNSS Receiver for Advanced Navigation, Geodesy and Experiments), No longer operational, ASI

Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (Land Surface Temperature Radiometer), Approved, ESA (COM)

LandIS (Landsat Next Instrument Suite), Proposed, NASA (USGS)

Laser Radar (Laser Radar), Operational, CAST

Laser Reflectors (Laser Reflectors), Operational, CNES

Laser Reflectors (ESA) (Laser Reflectors), Operational, ESA

L-band Radar (SMAP) (L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SMAP)), No longer operational, NASA

L-band Radiometer (SMAP) (L-band Radiometer (SMAP)), Operational, NASA

L-band SAR (L-band Synthetic Apature Radar), No longer operational, JAXA (METI)

L-Band SAR (L-Band SAR), No longer operational, NASA

L-Band SAR (L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar), Proposed, DLR (HRC)

L-Band SAR (L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar), Approved, ESA (COM)

L-band SAR (NISAR) (L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) (NISAR)), Approved, NASA (ISRO)

LCCRA (LARES) (Laser Corner Cube Reflector Assembly), Operational, ASI

LCCRA (LARES-2) (Laser Corner Cube Reflector Assembly), Operational, ASI

LEISA AC (LEISA Atmospheric Corrector), No longer operational, NASA

LEOCAM (LightHaus Photonics’ Electro-Optical Camera), Being developed, NTU

LI (Lightning Imager), Operational, EUMETSAT (ESA)

Libera (Libera), Being developed, NASA

LIMS (Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere), No longer operational, NASA

LIS (Lightning Imaging Sensor), No longer operational, NASA

LISS-I (Linear imaging Self Scanner - I), No longer operational, ISRO

LISS-II (Linear Imaging Self Scanner - II), No longer operational, ISRO

LISS-III (IRS) (Linear Imaging Self Scanner - III (IRS)), No longer operational, ISRO

LISS-III (Resourcesat) (Linear Imaging Self Scanner - III (Resourcesat)), Operational, ISRO

LISS-IV (Linear Imaging Self Scanner - IV), Operational, ISRO

LISS-V (Linear Imaging Self Scanner-V), Being developed, ISRO

LiV HYSI (Limb Viewing Hyperspectral Imager VNIR), No longer operational, ISRO

LLI (Low Light Imager), Operational, NDRE (NOSA)

LMI (Lightning Mapping Imager), Operational, NSMC-CMA

LOTUSat-1 SAR (LOTUSat-1 SAR), Being developed, VAST (NEC, Sumitomo)

LRA (Laser Retroreflector Array), Operational, NASA (ASI)

LRA (LAGEOS) (Laser Retroreflector Array), Operational, ASI

LRA (Sentinel-6) (Laser Retroreflector Array (Sentinel-6)), Operational, NASA (NOAA, ESA, EUMETSAT)

LRI (Laser Ranging Instrument), Operational, NASA (DLR, GFZ)

LRIR (Limb Radiance Inversion Radiometer instrument), No longer operational, NASA

LRIT (Low-Rate Information Transmission), Operational, NOAA

LRR (Laser retro-Reflector), No longer operational, ESA

LRR (SeaSat) (Laser Retro-Reflector), No longer operational, NASA

LTI (Laser Tracking Instrument), Approved, ESA (NASA)

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MAC (Medium-sized Aperture Camera), No longer operational, MYSA

MADRAS (Microwave Analysis and Detection of Rain and Atmospheric Structures), No longer operational, ISRO (CNES)

MAESTRO (Measurements of Aerosol Extinction in the Stratosphere and Troposphere Retrieved by Occultation), Operational, CSA

MAG (Fluxgate Magnetometer [aka PlasMag]), Operational, NOAA (NASA)

Magnetometer (Magnetometer (heliospheric magnetic field)), Proposed, NOAA (NASA)

Magnetometer (GOES) (Magnetometer (GOES)), Operational, NOAA

MAIA (Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols), Being developed, NASA (ASI)

MAP (Multi-Angular Multi-band Polarimeter), Approved, ESA (EUMETSAT, COM)

MATHS (Oceansat-3A) (Millimetre Wave Atmospheric Temperature & Humidity Sounder), Approved, ISRO

MAXIE (Magnetospheric Atmospheric X-ray Imaging Experiment), No longer operational, NOAA (USAF)

MAYAK (Dual frequency radio transmitter), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

MBEI (Multi-Band Earth Imager), Operational, SSAU

MCP (MicroCameras and Photometers), No longer operational, CNES

MedRes MS Camera (NEO-1) (Medium Resolution Multispectral Camera (NEO-1)), Being developed, LAPAN

MEIS (Meteorological Earth Imaging System), No longer operational, MYSA

MERIS (Medium-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer), No longer operational, ESA

MERSI-1 (Medium Resolution Spectral Imager-1), No longer operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

MERSI-2 (Medium Resolution Spectral Imager-2), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

MERSI-3 (Medium Resolution Spectral Imager-3), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

MERSI-LL (Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - Low-Light), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

MERSI-RM (Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - Rainfall Measurement), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

MESSR (Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer), No longer operational, JAXA

Meteosat Comms (Communications package for Meteosat), No longer operational, EUMETSAT

METimage (Multi Spectral Imager), Operational, EUMETSAT (DLR)

MEXIC (MultiEXperiment Interface Controller), No longer operational, CNES

MGF (MaGnetic Field instrument), Operational, ESA

MHS (Microwave Humidity Sounder), Operational, EUMETSAT

MI (Meteorological Imager), No longer operational, KMA (L3Harris, KARI)

Microcarb (Microcarb), Being developed, CNES (UKSA)

MicroDragon SMI & TPI (MicroDragon SMI & TPI), No longer operational, VAST

Micro-LiDaR (Micro-LiDAR ), Being developed, AIRMO

MIPAS (Michelson Interferometric Passive Atmosphere Sounder), No longer operational, ESA

MIRAS (SMOS) (Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS)), Operational, ESA (CNES)

MIRIS (Multi-purpose IR Imaging System), No longer operational, SI (KASI)

MIRS (Middle IR Scanner), Operational, SSAU

MISR (Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer), Operational, NASA

MIVZA (Microwave scanning radiometer), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

MIVZA-M (Microwave scanning radiometer), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

MK-4 (MK-4), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

MK-4M (MK-4M), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

MLS (Microwave Limb Sounder (UARS)), No longer operational, NASA

MLS (EOS-Aura) (Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS-Aura)), Operational, NASA

MMP (Magnetic Mapping Payload), No longer operational, JPL, DNSC (CONAE)

MMRS (Multispectral Medium Resolution Scanner), No longer operational, CONAE

m-NLP (multi-Needle Langmuir Probe), Operational, NOSA

MODIS (MODerate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer), Operational, NASA

MOLI Imager (MOLI Imager), Being developed, JAXA

MOLI Lidar (MOLI Lidar), Being developed, JAXA

MOPITT (Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere), No longer operational, CSA (NASA)

MOS (Modular Opto-electronic Scanner), No longer operational, ISRO (DARA)

MR-2000 (MR-2000), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

MR-2000M1 (Scanning visible radiometer), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

MR-900 (Scanning telephotometer), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

MR-900B (Scanning visual band telephotometer), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

MRIR (Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer), No longer operational, NASA

MS (Multispectral Imager), Operational, DMI

MS (Multispectral Imager), No longer operational, TASA

MS (Multispectral Imager), No longer operational, GeoEye

MSC (Multi-Spectral Camera), No longer operational, KARI (E-LOP)

MSEIS (Multispectral Earth Imaging System), No longer operational, MYSA

MSG Comms (Communications package for MSG), Operational, EUMETSAT

MSGI-5EI (Multichannel System for Geoactive Emission Measurements), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

MSI (Multi Spectral Imager), No longer operational, DLR

MSI (Atlantic Constellation PF) (Multi-spectral imager (Atlantic Constellation Pathfinder)), Approved, UKSA

MSI (BJ-1) (Multispectral Imager), No longer operational, NRSCC (CAST)

MSI (BJ-2) (Multispectral Imager [aka SSTL-300 S1 Imager (MS)]), Operational, UKSA (NRSCC, 21AT)

MSI (EarthCARE) (Multi-Spectral Imager (EarthCARE)), Operational, ESA

MSI (LAPAN-A3) (LAPAN-A3 Multispectral Imager), Operational, LAPAN

MSI (Sentinel-2) (Multi-Spectral Instrument (Sentinel-2)), Operational, ESA (COM)

MSI (SumbandilaSat) (Multi-Spectral Imager (SumbandilaSat) [aka SumbandilaSat Imager]), No longer operational, SANSA (UniStellenbosh)

MSMR (Multifrequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer), No longer operational, ISRO

MSR (Microwave Scanning Radiometer), No longer operational, JAXA

MSS (Multispectral imaging system), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

MSS (Landsat) (Multispectral Scanner), No longer operational, USGS (NASA)

MSTE-5E (Multichannel system of geoactive measurements), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

MSU (Microwave Sounding Unit), No longer operational, NOAA

MSU-E (Multispectral high resolution electronic scanner), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

MSU-E1 (Multispectral high resolution electronic scanner), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

MSU-E2 (Multispectral high resolution electronic scanner), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

MSU-EU (Multi-Spectral Radiometer with High Resolution), No longer operational, SSAU

MSU-GS (Multispectral scanning imager-radiometer), Operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

MSU-GS/VE (Multispectral scanning imager-radiometer), Operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

MSU-IK-SR (Multi-channel medium and far IR range radiometer), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

MSU-M (Multi-Spectral Low Resolution Scanning System), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS (SSAU)

MSU-MR (Low-resolution multispectral scanning imager-radiometer), Operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

MSU-S (Multi-Spectral Medium Resolution Scanning System), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS (SSAU)

MSU-SK (Multispectral medium resolution conical scanner), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

MSU-SM (Multi-Spectral Medium Resolution Scanning System), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

MSU-V (Multispectral high resolution conical scanner), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

MTSAT Comms (Communications package for MTSAT), No longer operational, JMA

MTSAT DCS (Data Collection System for MTSAT), No longer operational, JMA

MTVZA-GY (Scanning microwave imager-sounder), Operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

MTVZA-GY-MP (Advanced Scanning microwave imager-sounder), Proposed, ROSHYDROMET

MTVZA-OK (Scanning microwave radiometer), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

Multi-Angle Multi-Spectral Camera (Multi-Angle Multi-Spectral Camera), Operational, CAST

Multiview Thermal-Infared (Multiview Thermal-Infared), Approved, ESA

MUSI (Multiband Ionospheric Ultra-Violet Spectrum Imager), Operational, NSMC-CMA

MUSPEC (Miniaturized Photonics-based Calibration Stimulus), Being developed, NSO

MUX (CBERS-4) (Multispectral CCD Camera), Operational, INPE (CAST)

MUX (CBERS-4A) (Multispectral CCD Camera), Operational, INPE (CAST)

MUX (GF-1) (Multispectral CCD Camera), Operational, CRESDA

MUX (GF-2) (Multispectral CCD Camera), Operational, CRESDA

MUX (SJ-9A) (Multispectral CCD Camera), No longer operational, CRESDA

MUX (ZY-3-01) (Multispectral CCD Camera), No longer operational, CRESDA

MUX (ZY-3-02) (Multispectral CCD Camera), Operational, CRESDA

MVIRI (METEOSAT Visible and Infra-Red Imager), No longer operational, EUMETSAT (ESA)

MVISR (10 channels) (Multispectral Visible and Infra-red Scan Radiometer (10 channels)), No longer operational, NRSCC (NSMC-CMA, CAST)

MVISR (5 channels) (Multispectral Visible and Infra-red Scan Radiometer (5 channels)), No longer operational, CAST (NRSCC)

MWHS-1 (Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder), No longer operational, NRSCC (NSMC-CMA, CNSA, CAST)

MWHS-2 (Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder-2), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

MWI (Microwave Imager), Being developed, EUMETSAT (ESA)

MWI (Microwave Instrument), Operational, NASA

MWIR (GF-4) (Medium Wavelength Infrared Camera), Operational, CNSA (CRESDA)

MWIR Imager (Mid Wave Infrared Imager), No longer operational, SatVu

MWR (Microwave Radiometer), No longer operational, ESA, EUMETSAT

MWR (MicroWave Radiometer), No longer operational, CONAE

MWR (Microwave Radiometer), Operational, ESA

MWRI (Microwave Radiometer Imager), Operational, NSOAS

MWRI-1 (Micro-Wave Radiation Imager-1), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

MWRI-2 (Micro-Wave Radiation Imager-2), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

MWRI-RM (Micro-Wave Radiation Imager for the Rainfall Mission), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

MWS (Microwave Sounder), Being developed, EUMETSAT (ESA)

MWS (Microwave Sounder for Geostationary Orbit), Being developed, NSMC-CMA

MWTS-1 (Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder), No longer operational, NRSCC (NSMC-CMA, CNSA, CAST)

MWTS-2 (Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder-2), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

MWTS-3 (Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder-3), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

MX (Cartosat-3) (Multispectral VNIR), Operational, ISRO

MxT (Multi-spectral CCD Camera), No longer operational, ISRO

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NACHOS Hyperspectral Imager (NACHOS Hyperspectral Imager), Operational, NASA (LANL)

NAMS (Neutral Atmospheric Mass Spectrometer), Being developed, NSMC-CMA

NanoDragon Color camera & AIS receiver (NanoDragon Color camera & AIS receiver), No longer operational, VAST

NAOMI (MS) (New Astrosat Optical Modular Imager (MS)), Operational, GISTDA

NAOMI (PAN) (New Astrosat Optical Modular Imager (PAN)), Operational, GISTDA

NEMS (Nimbus-E Microwave Sounder), No longer operational, NASA

NG C-Band SAR (Next Generation C-Band SAR), Proposed, ESA

NigeriaSat 2 Remote Sensing (Med and High Res) (NigeriaSat 2 Remote Sensing (Med and High Res)), Operational, NASRDA

NigeriaSat Medium Resolution (NigeriaSat Remote Sensing (medium resolution)), No longer operational, NASRDA

NigeriaSat X Remote Sensing (Medium Resolution) (NigeriaSat X Remote Sensing (Medium Resolution)), Operational, NASRDA

NIRST (New Infrared Sensor Technology), No longer operational, CONAE (CSA)

NIR-SWIR (Multi-spectral Optical Camera - Near & Short Wave Infrared), Approved, CONAE, AEB

NISTAR (NIST Advanced Radiometer), Operational, NASA (NOAA)

NMS (Neutral Mass Spectrometer), Operational, JAXA (ESA)

NOAA Comms (Communications package for NOAA), No longer operational, NOAA

NRD (Navigation Radar Detector Test Mission), Operational, NDRE (NOSA)

NSCAT (NASA Scatterometer), No longer operational, NASA

NVK (Low-frequency wave complex), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

NVK (Low-frequency wave complex), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

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OCI (Ocean Color Instrument), Operational, NASA

OCM (Oceansat-2) (Ocean Colour Monitor (Oceansat-2)), No longer operational, ISRO

OCM (Oceansat-3) (Ocean Colour Monitor (Oceansat-3)), Operational, ISRO

OCTS (Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner), No longer operational, JAXA

OEA (Optical-electronic equipment), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

OEA (Optical Electronic Apparatus), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

OEK VR (Multispectral optoelectronic high resolution module), Approved, ROSKOSMOS

OLCI (Ocean and Land Colour Imager), Operational, ESA (EUMETSAT, COM)

OLI (Operational Land Imager), Operational, USGS (NASA)

OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager 2), Operational, USGS (NASA)

OLS (Operational Linescan System), Operational, NOAA (DoD (USA))

OMI (Ozone Measuring Instrument), Operational, NSO (FMI, NASA)

OMPS-L (Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite - Limb Profiler), Operational, NASA (NOAA)

OMPS-N (Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite - Nadir Profiler), Operational, NOAA

OMS-L (Ozone Monitoring Suite -Limb), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

OMS-N (Ozone Monitoring Suite -Nadir), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

OPS (Optical Sensor), No longer operational, JAXA

OPS (Pan, Multi) (Wide-swath and high-resolution optical imager (Pan, Multi)), No longer operational, JAXA

Optical imager (Eaglet-II) (Eaglet-II Optical Imager), Operational, ESA (ASI)

Optical imager (HEO) (Hawk for Earth Observation (HEO) Optical Imager), Operational, ESA (ASI)

Optical imager (NIMBUS-VHR) (New Italian Micro Bus - Very High Resolution Optical Imager), Being developed, ESA (ASI)

Optical imager (PLATINO-Hyper) (PLATINO Hyperspectral Optical Imager), Being developed, ESA (ASI)

Optical Instrument (CO3D) (Optical Instrument (CO3D)), Being developed, CNES

OSCAT (Oceansat-2 scatterometer), No longer operational, ISRO

OSIRIS (Optical Spectrograph and Infra-Red Imaging System), Operational, CSA (SNSA)

OSMI (Ocean Scanning Multispectral Imager), No longer operational, KARI

OTTER Instrument on SBG-TIR (Orbiting Terrestrial Thermal Emission Radiometer (OTTER) on SBG-TIR ), Being developed, NASA (ASI)

OV5682 (OV5682), No longer operational, FUTA (NASRDA)

Overhauser Magnetometer (OM), No longer operational, CNES

Ozon-M (Ozon-M), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

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PALSAR (Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar), No longer operational, JAXA (METI)

PALSAR-2 (Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar-2), Operational, JAXA

PALSAR-3 (Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar-3), Operational, JAXA

Pamela (Pamela), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

PAN (BJ-1) (Panchromatic Imager), No longer operational, NRSCC (CAST)

PAN (BJ-2) (Panchromatic Imager [aka SSTL-300 S1 Imager (PAN)]), Operational, UKSA (NRSCC, 21AT)

PAN (Cartosat-1) (Panchromatic Camera), No longer operational, ISRO

PAN (Cartosat-2) (Panchromatic Camera), No longer operational, ISRO

PAN (Cartosat-2A/2B) (Panchromatic Camera), Operational, ISRO

PAN (Cartosat-2E) (Panchromatic Camera), Operational, ISRO

PAN (Cartosat-3) (Panchromatic sensor), Operational, ISRO

PAN (CBERS-4) (Panchromatic and Multispectral Imager), Operational, CAST (INPE)

PAN (FORMOSAT) (Panchromatic Imager), No longer operational, TASA

PAN (GF-1) (Panchromatic and multispectral imager), Operational, CRESDA

PAN (GF-2) (Panchromatic and multispectral imager), Operational, CRESDA

PAN (IRS-1C/1D) (Panchromatic sensor), No longer operational, ISRO

PAN (SJ-9A) (Panchromatic and multispectral imager), No longer operational, CRESDA

PAN (ZY Series) (Panchromatic and multispectral imager), Operational, CRESDA

PAN CAMERA (Panchromatic Camera), Operational, ASI

PAN+MS (RGB+NIR) (SEOSAT/Ingenio PAN+MS (RGB+NIR)), No longer operational, CDTI (ESA)

Passive Synthetic Aperture Radar (Passive Synthetic Aperture Radar), Approved, ESA

Paz SAR-X (X Band Synthetic Aperture Radar), Operational, CDTI (HISDESAT)

P-Band SAR (P-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar), Operational, ESA

Pelican (Planet Pelican Instrument), Operational, Planet

PEM (Particle Environment Monitor), No longer operational, NASA

PES (Total electron content meter), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

PHA (Pulse Height Analyzer), Operational, NOAA (NASA)

Phisat-1 (Phisat-1), No longer operational, ESA

PHyTIR (Prototype HyspIRI Thermal Infrared Radiometer (PHyTIR)), Operational, NASA (USGS)

PicoDragon color camera (PicoDragon color camera), No longer operational, VAST

PlasMag see: MAG (Fluxgate Magnetometer), Operational, NOAA (NASA)

PlasMag see: FC (Faraday Cup), Operational, NASA

PLT SAR (PLATiNO SAR), Being developed, ASI

PMAI (Short-wave Infrared Polarized Multi-Angle Imager), Operational, NSMC-CMA

PMR (Precipitation Measurement Radar), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

PMS (Panchromatic and Multi-spectral CCD Camera), Operational, CNSA

PMS-2 (Panchromatic and Multi-spectral CCD Camera - 2), Operational, CNSA

Polarisation Imager (Polarisation Imager), Operational, CAST

POLDER (POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances), No longer operational, CNES (JAXA)

POLDER-2 (POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances), No longer operational, CNES (JAXA)

POLDER-P (POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances (PARASOL version)), No longer operational, CNES

POLSAC (Polarisation Sensor for Aerosol & Cloud), Being developed, ISRO

PolSIR (Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer), Being developed, NASA

POSEIDON-1 (SSALT-1) (Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter)), No longer operational, CNES

POSEIDON-2 (SSALT-2) (Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter)), No longer operational, CNES

POSEIDON-3 (Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter)), No longer operational, CNES

POSEIDON-3B Altimeter (Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter)), Operational, CNES

POSEIDON-3C Altimeter (Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter)), Operational, NASA

Poseidon-4 Altimeter (Poseidon-4 SAR Radar Altimeter), Operational, ESA (EUMETSAT, NASA, CNES)

Poseidon-5 Altimeter (Poseidon-5 SAR Radar Altimeter), Proposed, ESA (EUMETSAT, CNES)

POSP (Particulate Observing Scanning Polarimeter), Operational, CNSA

PR (Precipitation Radar), No longer operational, JAXA (NICT, NASA)

PREMOS (PREcision Monitoring of Solar Variability), No longer operational, CNES

PRISM (Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping), No longer operational, JAXA

PSA (Panchromatic imaging system), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

PSS (Panchromatic imaging system), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

None.

R-225 (Single channel microwave radiometer), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

R-400 (R-400), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

R-600 (Single channel microwave radiometer), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

RA (Radar Altimeter), No longer operational, ESA

RA-2 (Radar Altimeter - 2), No longer operational, ESA

RaBIT (Radio Beacon for Ionospheric Tomography), No longer operational, ISRO

RapidScat (Rapid Scatterometer), No longer operational, NASA

RASAT VIS Multispectral (RASAT VIS Multispectral camera), No longer operational, TUBITAK

RASAT VIS Panchromatic (RASAR VIS Panchromatic camera), No longer operational, TUBITAK

RBE (RBE), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

RCHA (RCHA), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

RDSA (Multispectral Imager), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

RFB (Radio Frequency Beacon), Operational, NOAA (UCAR)

RIS (Retroreflector in Space), No longer operational, JAXA

RLSBO (Side looking microwave radar), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS (NIIRI)

RM-08 (Scanning Microwave Radiometer), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET (SSAU)

RMK-2 (Radiation Measurement Complex), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

RMS (Radiation measurement system), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

RMS (Radiation Monitors for Space Weather), Approved, NICT (JMA)

RO (RO), Being developed, EUMETSAT (ESA)

ROSA (Radio Occultation Sounder for the Atmosphere), No longer operational, ASI (ISRO)

ROSA (Radio Occultation Sensor for Atmosphere), No longer operational, ISRO

ROSA (Radio Occultation Sounder for the Atmosphere), No longer operational, ASI (CONAE)

RRA (Retroreflector Array), Operational, CNES

RRI (Radio Receiver Instrument), Operational, ESA

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S&R (GOES) (Search and Rescue), Operational, NOAA

S&R (NOAA) (Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking), Operational, NOAA

SACFF (Sensor for advanced Climate and Forest Fire), Being developed, ISRO

SAGE I (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment I instrument), No longer operational, NASA

SAGE II (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment-II), No longer operational, NASA (ROSKOSMOS)

SAGE III (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment-III), No longer operational, NASA (ROSKOSMOS)

SAGE-III (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment), Operational, NASA

SAMS (Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder instrument), No longer operational, NASA

SAOOH (Swath Altimeter for Oceanography and Operational Hydrology), Proposed, ESA (COM)

SAPHIR (Sondeur Atmospherique du Profil'd’Humidite Intertropicale par Radiometrie), No longer operational, CNES

SAPHIR-NG (Sondeur Atmospherique du Profil d’Humidite Intertropicale par Radiometrie_New Generation [aka C2OMODO]), Being developed, CNES (NASA)

SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar X band), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

SAR (CAS500-5) (SAR (CAS500-5)), Being developed, KARI

SAR (FORMOSAT-9) (Sythetic Aperture Radar (FORMOSAT-9)), Being developed, TASA

SAR (KOMPSAT-6) (SAR (KOMPSAT-6)), Being developed, KARI

SAR (NeuSAR) (SAR (NeuSAR)), Operational, OSTIn (DSO)

SAR (RADARSAT) (Synthetic Aperture Radar (CSA) C band), No longer operational, CSA

SAR (RADARSAT-2) (Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) C band), Operational, CSA

SAR (RCM) (Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) C band), Operational, CSA (NRCAN, DND, DFO, AAFC, ECCC, PSC)

SAR (RISAT) (Synthetic Aperature Radiometer (RISAT)), Operational, ISRO

SAR 2000 (Synthetic Aperture Radar - 2000), Operational, ASI (MoD (Italy))

SAR-10 (Synthetic Aperture Radar), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS (NPO PLANETA)

SAR-3 (Synthetic Aperture Radar), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

SAR-70 (Synthetic Aperture Radar), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS (NPO PLANETA)

SAR-L (L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar), Operational, CONAE

SAR-S (Synthetic Aperture Radar (S-band)), Operational, CRESDA

SAR-X (Synthetic Aperature Radiometer (RISAT-2)), No longer operational, ISRO

SASS (SeaSat-A Scatterometer System), No longer operational, NASA

S-Band SAR (S-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar), No longer operational, CAST

S-band SAR (S-band SAR), Operational, UKSA (CSIRO)

S-band SAR (NISAR) (S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) (NISAR)), Being developed, ISRO

SBG VSWIR Instrument (Visible and Short-Wave Infrared (VSWIR) Instrument), Being developed, NASA

SBUS (Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Sounder), No longer operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

SBUV/1 (Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet 2 instrument), No longer operational, NASA

SBUV/2 (Solar Backscattter Ultra-Violet Instrument/2), No longer operational, NOAA

SBUV/3 (Solar Backscattter Ultra-Violet Instrument/3), No longer operational, NOAA

SCA (SCA), Being developed, EUMETSAT (ESA)

SCAMP (SCAMP), No longer operational, FUTA (NASRDA)

ScaRaB (Scanner for Earth's Radiation Budget), No longer operational, CNES

ScaRaB/MV2 (Scanner for Earth's Radiation Budget), No longer operational, CNES (NPO PLANETA)

SCAT (Scatterometer), Operational, NSOAS

SCAT (Wind SCATerometer), Operational, CNES

Scatterometer (Oceansat-3) (Scatterometer (Oceansat-3)), Operational, ISRO

Scatterometer (Scatsat-1) (Scatterometer (Scatsat-1)), No longer operational, ISRO

ScepterSat Instrument (ScepterSat Instrument), Proposed, Scepter

SCIAMACHY (Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography), No longer operational, ESA (DLR)

SCMR (Surface Composition Mapping Radiometer), No longer operational, NASA

SCR (Nimbus-5) (Selective Chopper Radiometer), No longer operational, NASA

SeaWinds (SeaWinds), No longer operational, NASA

SEI (Suprathermal Electron Imager), Operational, ESA

SEISS (Space Environment In Situ Suite), Operational, NOAA

SEM (FY-2) (Space Environment Monitor), No longer operational, NSMC-CMA

SEM (FY-2) (Space Environment Monitor), Operational, NSMC-CMA

SEM (FY-3) (Space Environment Monitor), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

SEM (GOES) (Space Environment Monitor), Operational, NOAA

SEM (JAXA) (Space Environment Monitor (JAXA)), No longer operational, JAXA

SEM (POES) (Space Environment Monitor), Operational, NOAA

SEM/EPS (Energetic Particles Sensor), No longer operational, NOAA

SEM/HEPAD (High Energy Proton and Alpha Particles Detector), No longer operational, NOAA

SEM/MAG (Magnetometer), No longer operational, NOAA

SEM/MEPED (Medium Energy Proton Detector ), No longer operational, NOAA

SEM/TED (Total Energy Detector), No longer operational, NOAA

SEM/XRS-EUV (X-Ray Sensor - Extreme Ultra-Violet Sensor), No longer operational, NOAA

SEMP (Space Environment Monitoring Package), Operational, NSMC-CMA

Severyanin-M (Severyanin-M), Operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

SEVIRI (Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-Red Imager), Operational, EUMETSAT (ESA)

SFM-2 (UV limb spectrometer), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET

SFSI (Solar Full-disk Spectrum Imager), Operational, NSMC-CMA

SG (Gamma-spectrometer), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

SGLI (Second-generation Global Imager), Operational, JAXA

SGR-ReSI (Space GNSS Receiver - Remote Sensing Instrument), No longer operational, UKSA

SGR-ReSI-CDHS (Space GNSS Receiver - Remote Sensing Instrument, CoreDHS avionics), No longer operational, UKSA (ESA)

SGR-ReSI-Z (Space GNSS Receiver - Remote Sensing Instrument (Zynq based) [aka DDMR (Delay Doppler Mapping Receiver)]), Being developed, UKSA (ESA)

SGR-ReSI-Z (Space GNSS Receiver - Remote Sensing Instrument (Zynq based) [aka GNSS Reflectometer]), Being developed, UKSA (ESA)

SHOW (Spatial Heterodyne Observations of Water), Being developed, CSA (NASA, ECCC, USask, UQAM)

SI (Star Imager), No longer operational, DNSC

SILVA (SILVA), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

SIM (Spectral Irradiance Monitor), No longer operational, NASA

SIM (Solar Irradiation Monitor), No longer operational, NRSCC (NSMC-CMA, CNSA, CAST)

SIM-1 (Solar Irradiance Monitor-1), No longer operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

SIM-2 (Solar Irradiance Monitor-2), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

SIM-3 (Solar Irradiance Monitor-3), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

SIMBA Instrument (SIMBA Instrument), No longer operational, RMI

SIRAL (SAR Interferometer Radar Altimeter), Operational, ESA

SLIM-6 (Surrey Linear Imager - 6 channel), No longer operational, UKSA

SLIM-6-22 (Surrey Linear Imager - 6 channel - 22m resolution), Operational, UKSA

SLR-3 (Side looking Radar), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS (NPO PLANETA)

SLSTR (Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer), Operational, ESA (EUMETSAT, COM)

SMAC (Synchronous Monitoring Atmospheric Corrector), Operational, CAST

SmallCat (SmallCat Test Mission), No longer operational, NSO (NOSA)

SMEI (Solar Mass Ejection Imager), No longer operational, NASA

SMILES (Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder), No longer operational, JAXA (NICT)

SMMR (Scanning Multi-channel Microwave Radiometer), No longer operational, NASA

SMR (Submillimetre Radiometer), Operational, SNSA

SO (Satellite ozonometer), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

SODISM (SOlar Diameter Imager and Surface Mapper), No longer operational, CNES

SOLSTICE (SOLar STellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment), No longer operational, NASA

Sounder (Sounder), Operational, NOAA

Sounder (INSAT) (IR Sounder), Operational, ISRO

SOVAP (SOlar Variability Picard radiometer), No longer operational, CNES

spaceCam c4000 (LAPAN-A2) (spaceCam c4000 (LAPAN-A2)), Operational, LAPAN

SpaceStar (Fugro Space Star Test Mission), No longer operational, NOSA

SPAISE2 (AIS) (SPace based AIS Experiment 2nd (SPAISE2)), Operational, JAXA

SPAISE3 (AIS) (SPace based AIS Experiment 3rd (SPAISE3)), Operational, JAXA

Spectrometer (OCO) (Spectrometer (OCO)), No longer operational, NASA

Spectrometer (OCO-2) (Spectrometer (OCO-2)), Operational, NASA

Spectrometer (OCO-3) (Spectrometer (OCO-3)), Operational, NASA

Spectrometer (TEMPO) (Spectrometer (TEMPO)), Operational, NASA

SPER (Plasma and energetic radiation spectrometer), Operational, ROSKOSMOS

SPEXone (Spectro-Polarimeter for Exploration), Operational, NSO, SRON (NASA)

SPM (Solar Proton Monitor), No longer operational, NOAA

SR (Scanning Radiometer), No longer operational, NOAA

SRAL (SAR Radar Altimeter), Operational, ESA (EUMETSAT, COM)

SROSMO (Spectroradiometer for ocean monitoring), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

SSB/X-2 (Special Sensor Gamma Ray Particle Detector), No longer operational, NOAA (DoD (USA))

SSI/ES-2 (Special Sensor Ionospheric Plasma Drift/Scintillation Meter), No longer operational, NOAA (DoD (USA))

SSI/ES-3 (Special Sensor Ionospheric Plasma Drift/Scintillation Meter), Operational, NOAA (DoD (USA))

SSIM (Solar Spectral Irradiance Monitor), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

SSJ/4 (Special Sensor Precipitating Plasma Monitor), No longer operational, NOAA (DoD (USA))

SSJ/5 (Special Sensor Precipitating Plasma Monitor), Operational, NOAA (DoD (USA))

SSM (Special Sensor Magnetometer), Operational, NOAA (DoD (USA))

SSM/I (Special Sensor Microwave Imager), No longer operational, NOAA (DoD (USA))

SSM/IS (Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder), Operational, NOAA (DoD (USA))

SSM/T-1 (Special Sensor Microwave Temperature Sounder), No longer operational, NOAA (DoD (USA))

SSM/T-2 (Special Sensor Microwave Water Vapor Sounder), No longer operational, NOAA (DoD (USA))

SSTI (Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking Instrument), No longer operational, ESA

SSTL-300 S1 Imager (MS) see: MSI (BJ-2) (Multispectral Imager), Operational, UKSA (NRSCC, 21AT)

SSTL-300 S1 Imager (PAN) see: PAN (BJ-2) (Panchromatic Imager), Operational, UKSA (NRSCC, 21AT)

SSTM-1 (Oceansat-3) (Sea Surface Temperature Monitor-1), Operational, ISRO

SSU (Stratospheric Sounding Unit), No longer operational, NOAA

SSULI (Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager), Operational, NOAA

SSUSI (Special Sensor Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imager), Operational, NOAA

SSZ (SSZ), No longer operational, NOAA (DoD (USA))

STIS (Supra Thermal Ion Sensor), Proposed, NOAA (NASA)

STR (Star Tracker Set (3)), Operational, ESA

SumbandilaSat Imager see: MSI (SumbandilaSat) (Multi-Spectral Imager (SumbandilaSat)), No longer operational, SANSA (UniStellenbosh)

SUSIM (UARS) (Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance Monitor), No longer operational, NASA

SUVI (Solar Ultraviolet Imager), Operational, NOAA

SUVI (Solar Extreme-UltraViolet Imager), Operational, NSMC-CMA

SWIM (Surface Waves Investigation and Monitoring), Operational, CNES

SWiPS (Solar Wind Plasma Sensor), Proposed, NOAA (NASA)

SWIR (Short Wave Infra Red), Being developed, ISRO

SWIR Camera (NarSha) (Shortwave Infrared Hyperspectral Camera (NarSha Primary Sensor)), Being developed, Nara Space

SWIR Fizeau interferometer (GESat GEN1 SWIR Fizeau interferometer), Operational, Absolut Sensing

SWIRSAT Imager (LC60 Multispectral SWIR), Being developed, LatConnect 60

SwSCOR (Coronagraph), Proposed, NOAA

SXI (Solar X-ray Imager), Operational, NOAA (USAF)

SXM (Solar X-ray monitor), Operational, NSMC-CMA

SXUS (Solar X-EUV Irradiance Sensor), Operational, NSMC-CMA (NSSC)

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TANSO-3 (Total Anthropogenic and Natural emissions mapping SpectrOmeter-3), Operational, MOE (Japan) (NIES (Japan), JAXA)

TANSO-CAI (Thermal And Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observation - Cloud and Aerosol Imager), Operational, JAXA (MOE (Japan), NIES (Japan))

TANSO-CAI-2 (Thermal And Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observation - Cloud and Aerosol Imager-2), Operational, JAXA (MOE (Japan), NIES (Japan))

TANSO-FTS (Thermal And Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observation - Fourier Transform Spectrometer), Operational, JAXA (MOE (Japan), NIES (Japan))

TANSO-FTS-2 (Thermal And Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observation - Fourier Transform Spectrometer-2), Operational, JAXA (MOE (Japan), NIES (Japan))

TDP (Technological Development Package), No longer operational, CONAE

TeLEOS 1 Camera (TeLEOS 1 Camera), Operational, ST Electronics

TeLEOS 2 SAR (TeLEOS 2 SAR), Operational, ST Electronics

TEMPEST (Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems), Operational, USSF (NASA)

TES (Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer), No longer operational, NASA

TES PAN (Panchromatic Camera), No longer operational, ISRO

TGF Detectors (TGF Detectors), No longer operational, NYUAD (UAE SA, Khalifa University)

TGRS (Tri-GNSS Radio-occultation System), Operational, NOAA, TASA (UCAR)

TGSP (Trace Gas Spectrometer), Proposed, ROSHYDROMET

Thermal Imager see: FEI (FORUM Embedded Imager), Being developed, ESA

THIR (Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer), No longer operational, NASA

TICFIRE (Thin Ice Clouds in Far Infrared (IR) Experiment), Being developed, CSA (NASA, ECCC, USask, UQAM)

TIM (Total Irradiance Monitor), No longer operational, NASA

TIP (Tiny Ionospheric Photometer), No longer operational, NOAA (UCAR, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

TIR (Thermal Infra Red), Being developed, CNES

TIRS (Thermal Infrared Sensor), Operational, USGS (NASA)

TIRS (PREFIRE) (Thermal Infrared Spectrometer), Operational, NASA

TIRS-2 (Thermal Infrared Sensor 2), Operational, USGS (NASA)

TM (Thematic Mapper), No longer operational, USGS (NASA)

TMI (TRMM Microwave Imager), No longer operational, NASA

TMR (TOPEX Microwave Radiometer), No longer operational, NASA

TOMS (Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer), No longer operational, NASA (JAXA)

TOP (MS) (THEOS Optical Payload (MS)), Operational, GISTDA

TOP (PAN) (THEOS Optical Payload (PAN)), Operational, GISTDA

TOPEX (TOPEX NASA Radar Altimeter), No longer operational, NASA

TOPSAT Telescope (TOPSAT Telescope), No longer operational, UKSA

TOR (Tracking, Occultation and Ranging), Operational, DLR

TOU (Total Ozone Unit), No longer operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

TOVS (HIRS/2 + MSU + SSU) (TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder), No longer operational, NOAA

TRASSER (TRASSER), No longer operational, ROSHYDROMET (ROSKOSMOS)

Travers SAR (Travers SAR), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

Tri-IPM (Triple-angle Ionospheric PhotoMeter), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

TROPICS (Microwave Spectrometer (TROPICS)), No longer operational, NASA (NOAA)

TROPOMI (TROPOMI [aka UVNS (S5-P)]), Operational, ESA (DLR, COM, NSO, BELSPO)

TRSR (Turbo-Rogue Space Receiver), No longer operational, NASA

TrueColour (MULA) (TrueColour (MULA)), Being developed, PhilSA (SSTL)

TSIS-1/SIM (Total Solar and Spectral Irradiance Sensor 1 - Spectral Irradiance Monitor), Operational, NASA (NOAA)

TSIS-1/TIM (Total Solar and Spectral Irradiance Sensor 1 - Total Irradiance Monitor), Operational, NASA (NOAA)

TSIS-2/SIM (Total Solar and Spectral Irradiance Sensor 2 - Spectral Irradiance Monitor), Being developed, NASA

TSIS-2/TIM (Total Solar and Spectral Irradiance Sensor 2 - Total Irradiance Monitor), Being developed, NASA

TV camera (TV camera), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

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UVN (Sentinel-4) (UV-visible- near infrared imaging spectrometer (Sentinel-4)), Being developed, ESA (EUMETSAT, COM)

UVNS (S5-P) see: TROPOMI (TROPOMI), Operational, ESA (DLR, COM, NSO, BELSPO)

UVNS (Sentinel-5) (Ultra-violet Visible Near-infrared Shortwave-infrared spectrometer), Being developed, ESA (EUMETSAT, COM)

UVSQ-Sat NG Spectrometer (UVSQ-Sat NG Spectrometer), Being developed, UVSQ-LATMOS

Uwhigo (Ultra-Wide Swath Hyperspectral imager for co monitoring greenhouse gases and NO2), Being developed, NSMC-CMA

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Variant (variant), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS

VAS (VISSR Atmospheric Sounder), No longer operational, NOAA

VCS-MA (Vidicon Camera System - Medium Angle), No longer operational, NASA

VCS-NA (Vidicon Camera System - Narrow Angle), No longer operational, NASA

VCS-WA (Vidicon Camera System - Wide Angle), No longer operational, NASA

VDES (VHF Data Exchange System Test Mission), Operational, NOSA

VEGETATION (VEGETATION), No longer operational, CNES (SNSA, COM)

Vegetation (Vegetation), No longer operational, ESA

VFM (Vector Field Magnetometer), Operational, ESA

VGA Matrix Camera (VGA Matrix Camera), No longer operational, SANSA

VHRR (Very High Resolution Radiometer), No longer operational, ISRO

VHRR (Very High Resolution Radiometer), No longer operational, NOAA

VIIRS (Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite), Operational, NOAA (NASA)

VIREO on SBG-TIR (Visible and Near-Infrared Camera on SBG-TIR), Being developed, ASI (NASA)

VIRR (Multispectral Visible and Infra-red Scan Radiometer (10 channels)), No longer operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

VIRR (SeaSat) (Visible and Infra Red Radiometer), No longer operational, NASA

VIRS (Visible Infra-red Scanner), No longer operational, NASA

VIS-NIR (Multi-spectral Optical Camera - Visible & Near Infrared), Approved, CONAE, AEB

VISSR (Visible-Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer), No longer operational, NOAA

VISSR (GMS-4) (Visible and Infra-red Spin Scan Radiometer (GMS-4)), No longer operational, JAXA

VISSR (GMS-5) (Visible and Infra-red Spin Scan Radiometer (GMS-5)), No longer operational, JAXA (JMA)

VISSR-1 (Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer), No longer operational, NRSCC (CAST)

VISSR-2 (Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer-2), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

VNIR (Visible and Near Infra Red), Being developed, ISRO

VNIR (GF-4) (Visible and Near-Infrared Camera), Operational, CRESDA

VNIR Camera (NarSha) (Visible/Near-Infrared Camera (NarSha Secondary Sensor)), Being developed, Nara Space

VNREDSat-1 MS (VNREDSat-1 Multispectral), Operational, VAST (ASTRIUM)

VSC (Venus Superspectral Camera), No longer operational, CNES (ISA)

VTIR (Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer), No longer operational, JAXA

VTPR (Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer), No longer operational, NOAA

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WAI (Wide-field Auroral Imager), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

WAI-2 (Wide-field Auroral Imager-2), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

WAOSS-B (Wide-Angle Optoelectronic Stereo Scanner), No longer operational, DLR

WEFAX (Weather Facsimile), No longer operational, NOAA

WFC (Wide Field Camera), No longer operational, NASA

WFI (Wide Field Imager), No longer operational, CAST (INPE)

WFI (Amazonia-1) (Wide Field Imager (Amazonia-1)), Operational, INPE

WFI (CBERS-4) (Wide Field Imager (CBERS)), Operational, INPE (CAST)

WFI (CBERS-4A) (Wide Field Imager), Operational, INPE (CAST)

WFV (Wide Field View), Operational, CRESDA

WiFS (Wide Field Sensor), No longer operational, ISRO

WINDII (WINDII), No longer operational, CNES (NASA)

WindRAD (Wind Radar), Operational, NSMC-CMA (CNSA)

WindSat (WindSat), No longer operational, NASA

WPM (Wide Swath Panchromatic and Multispectral Camera), Operational, CAST (INPE)

WSAR (WSAR), Operational, NSOAS (CAST)

WSMSC (Wide-Swath Multi-Spectral Surveying Instrument), No longer operational, ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)

WTE (Whale Tracker Experiment), No longer operational, CONAE

WV110 (WorldView-110 Camera), Operational, Maxar

WVC-2 (Wide View CCD camera - 2), Operational, CAST

WVR (Water Vapor Radiometer), No longer operational, NASA

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X-Band SAR (X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar), Operational, DLR

X-Band SAR (TerraSAR-FOX), Proposed, DLR

XEUVI (Solar X-EUV Imager), Operational, NSMC-CMA

XFM (X-ray Flux Monitor), Proposed, NOAA

XGRE (X-ray, Gamma-ray and Relativistic Electrons), No longer operational, CNES

XPS (XUV Photometer System), No longer operational, NASA

X-ray astronomy payload (X-ray astronomy payload), No longer operational, NOAA (TIFR)

X-ray Irradiance Sensor (XRIS), Proposed, NOAA

X-SAR (PIESAT) (PIESAT X-Band SAR), Operational, CASC

None.

None.