EARTH RESOURCES SATELLITES

Earth resource satellites have the mission to monitor Earth's oceans, ice caps, and coastal regions etc. They provide systematic, repetitive global measurements of wind speed and direction, wave height, surface temperature, surface altitude, cloud cover, and atmospheric water vapor level etc.

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Name	NORAD ID	Int'l Code	Launch date	Period [minutes]
SENTINEL-2C	60989	2024-157A	September 5, 2024	100.6
EARTHCARE	59908	2024-101A	May 28, 2024	92.5
HYSIS	43719	2018-096A	November 29, 2018	97.4
GAOFEN-5	43461	2018-043A	May 8, 2018	98.6
VRSS-2	42954	2017-060A	October 9, 2017	97.3
VENUS	42901	2017-044B	August 2, 2017	95.7
SENTINEL 2B	42063	2017-013A	March 7, 2017	100.6
TANSAT	41898	2016-081A	December 21, 2016	98.7
RESOURCESAT 2A	41877	2016-074A	December 7, 2016	101.3
CARTOSAT 2C	41599	2016-040A	June 22, 2016	94.8
ZIYUAN 3-2	41556	2016-033A	May 30, 2016	94.7
SENTINEL 1B	41456	2016-025A	April 25, 2016	96.4
SENTINEL-3A	41335	2016-011A	February 16, 2016	100.9
GAOFEN 8	40701	2015-030A	June 26, 2015	94.5
SENTINEL 2A	40697	2015-028A	June 23, 2015	100.6
KOMPSAT 3A	40536	2015-014A	March 25, 2015	94.2
RESURS P2	40360	2014-087A	December 26, 2014	90.9
CBERS-4	40336	2014-079A	December 7, 2014	100.3
GAOFEN 2	40118	2014-049A	August 19, 2014	97.3
SKYSAT 2	40072	2014-037D	July 8, 2014	96.9
SPOT 7	40053	2014-034A	June 30, 2014	98.6
ALOS 2	39766	2014-029A	May 24, 2014	97.3
KAZEOSAT 1	39731	2014-024A	April 30, 2014	99.9
SHIYAN-5 (SY-5)	39455	2013-068A	November 25, 2013	99.8
STSAT 3	39422	2013-066G	November 21, 2013	96.2
DUBAISAT 2	39419	2013-066D	November 21, 2013	95.8
SKYSAT 1	39418	2013-066C	November 21, 2013	95.5
VNREDSAT 1	39160	2013-021B	May 7, 2013	98.3
PROBA V	39159	2013-021A	May 7, 2013	101.2
GAOFEN 1	39150	2013-018A	April 26, 2013	97.5
SARAL	39086	2013-009A	February 25, 2013	100.5
LANDSAT 8	39084	2013-008A	February 11, 2013	98.8
GOKTURK 2	39030	2012-073A	December 18, 2012	97.7
VRSS-1	38782	2012-052A	September 29, 2012	97.4
SPOT 6	38755	2012-047A	September 9, 2012	98.7
RISAT 1	38248	2012-017A	April 26, 2012	94
ZY 1	38038	2011-079A	December 22, 2011	100.2
SICH 2	37794	2011-044G	August 17, 2011	98.3
HAIYANG 2A	37781	2011-043A	August 15, 2011	104.4

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