Satellite Platforms Table

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Platform	Instruments	Launch	Orbit	Data Sets
ACE	CRIS EPAM MAG SEPICA SIS SWEPAM SWICS SWIMS ULEIS	1997-08-25	Halo Orbit	4
ACRIMSAT	ACRIM III	1999-12-20	Polar Sun-Synchronous	2
AD-A	OPTICAL BEACON	1963-12-19	Polar Sun-Synchronous	2
AD-B	OPTICAL BEACON	1964-11-21	Polar Sun-Synchronous	2
ADEOS-I	AVNIR ILAS IMG NSCAT OCTS POLDER RIS TOMS	1996-08-17	Polar Sun-Synchronous	14
ADEOS-II	AMSR GLI ILAS II POLDER-2 SEAWINDS	2002-12-14	Polar Sun-Synchronous	14
AE-C	SPECTROMETERS	1973-12-16	Polar Sun-Synchronous	4
AE-D	MASS SPECTROMETERS	1975-10-06		3
AE-E	UV SPECTROMETER	1975-11-20		4
AEM-2	AEROSOL MONITOR AEROSOL/CLOUD PARTICLE SIZER SAGE I	1979-02-18	Polar Sun-Synchronous	3
AEM-3	MAGNETOMETERS	1979-10-30		1
AEROS-1	Grating Spectrometer Impedance Probe MASS SPECTROMETERS Photomultiplier Quadrupole Mass Analyzer RPA Solar Collimator	1972-12-16	Polar Sun-Synchronous	2
AEROS-2	SPECTROMETERS	1974-07-16	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
AJISAI	LRA	1986-08-13		2
ALOS	AVNIR-2 PALSAR PRISM	2006-01-24	Polar Sun-Synchronous	2
ALOUETTE-1	MAGNETOMETERS PARTICLE DETECTORS TELEMETER	1962-09-29		1
ALOUETTE-2	ELECTROSTATIC ANALYZERS STEP FREQUENCY RADIOMETERS	1965-11-29		2
APOLLO		1967-01-27		1
APOLLO-SOYUZ				2
AQUA	AIRS AMSR-E AMSU-A CERES-FM3 CERES-FM4 HSB MODIS	2002-05-04	Polar Sun-Synchronous	331
AQUARIUS	PALS	2010-05-22	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
ATLAS				4
ATS-2		1967-04-06		1
AURA	HIRDLS MLS OMI TES	2004-07-15	Polar Sun-Synchronous	107
BE-B	DOPPLER RADAR	1964-10-10		1
BE-C	DOPPLER BEACONS LASER TRACKING REFLECTOR PROBES RADIO TRANSPONDERS	1965-04-29		2
CALIPSO	CALIOP IIR WFC	2006-04-28	Polar Sun-Synchronous	18
CHAMP	ACCELEROMETERS CHAMP-BLACKJACK DIDM FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETERS GPS MAGNETOMETERS	2000-07-15	Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous	4
CLOUDSAT	CLOUDSAT-CPR	2006-04-28	Polar Sun-Synchronous	13
CLUSTER-II	ASPOC CIS DWP EDI EFW FGM PEACE RAPID STAFF WBD WHISPER	2000-07-16	Highly Elliptical Orbit	1
CRRES		1990-07-25	Highly Elliptical Orbit	1
DASH-2		1963-07-19		1
DE-1	MAGNETOMETERS	1981-08-03		1
DE-2	RPA VECTOR MAGNETOGRAPHS	1981-08-03		3
DIADEM-1C	DOPPLER BEACONS	1967-02-08	Highly Elliptical Orbit	1
DIADEM-1D	DOPPLER BEACONS	1967-02-15	Highly Elliptical Orbit	1
DMSP	GAMMA RADIATION DETECTOR	1972-12-01	Polar Sun-Synchronous	27
DMSP 5B/F3	SR SSJ VTPR	1972-11-09	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
DMSP 5D-1/F1	GAMMA RAY DETECTOR (SSB) GFE-3R DOSIMETER MFR/SSH OLS	1976-09-11	Polar Sun-Synchronous	2
DMSP 5D-1/F2	MFR/SSH OLS PASSIVE IONOSPHERIC MONITOR PES (SSJ/3) SSB/O SSI/E	1977-06-05	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
DMSP 5D-1/F3	GAMMA RAY DETECTOR (SSB) MFR/SSH OLS PES (SSJ/3)	1978-05-01	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
DMSP 5D-1/F4	MFR/SSH OLS PASSIVE IONOSPHERIC MONITOR PES (SSJ/3) SSC SSD SSI/E SSM/T	1979-06-06	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
DMSP 5D-2/F10	OLS SSB/X SSI/ES SSJ/4 SSM/I SSM/T	1990-12-01	Polar Sun-Synchronous	26
DMSP 5D-2/F11	OLS SSB/X SSI/ES SSJ/4 SSM/I SSM/T SSM/T-2	1991-11-28	Polar Sun-Synchronous	44
DMSP 5D-2/F12	OLS SSB/X2 SSI/ES2 SSJ/4 SSM SSM/I SSM/T SSM/T-2	1994-08-29		5
DMSP 5D-2/F13	OLS SSB/X2 SSI/ES2 SSJ SSJ/4 SSM SSM/I SSM/T SSM/T-2	1995-03-24	Polar Sun-Synchronous	40
DMSP 5D-2/F14	OLS SSB/X2 SSI/ES2 SSJ/4 SSM SSM/I SSM/T SSM/T-2	1997-04-04	Polar Sun-Synchronous	21
DMSP 5D-2/F7	OLS SPACE RADIATION DOSIMETER SSB/S SSI/E SSJ/4 SSM SSM/T	1983-11-18	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
DMSP 5D-2/F8	OLS SSB/X SSI/ES SSJ/4 SSM/I SSM/T		Polar Sun-Synchronous	44
DMSP 5D-2/F9	OLS SSB/X SSH-2 SSI/ES SSJ/4	1988-02-03	Polar Sun-Synchronous	2
DMSP 5D-3/F15	GAMMA RAY DETECTOR (SSB) OLS SSI/ES SSJ/4 SSM SSM/I SSM/T SSM/T-2	1999-12-12	Polar Sun-Synchronous	16
DMSP 5D-3/F16	OLS SSIES SSJ/4 SSM SSM/I SSM/T SSM/T-2 SSULI	2003-10-18	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
ECHO-1		1960-08-12		1
ENVISAT	AATSR ASAR DORIS GOMOS LRR MERIS MIPAS MWR RA-2	2002-03-01	Polar Sun-Synchronous	7
EO-1	ALI HYPERION LAC	2000-11-21	Polar Sun-Synchronous	2
EP-TOMS	TOMS	1996-07-02	Polar Sun-Synchronous	8
EQUATOR-S	MAGNETOMETERS			1
ERBS	ERB-NONSCANNER ERB-SCANNER	1984-10-05	Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous	42
ERS-1	AMI ATSR RA SAR	1992-04-01	Polar Sun-Synchronous	32
ERS-2	AMI ATSR-2 GOME LRR PRARE RA SAR	1995-04-20		16
ETALON-1	RIS	1989-01-10	Highly Elliptical Orbit	2
ETALON-2	RIS	1989-05-31	Highly Elliptical Orbit	2
EXPLORER-31 (DME-A)	ELECTRON TEMPERATURE PROBE ELECTROSTATIC ANALYZERS ENERGETIC ELECTRON CURRENT MONITOR MAGNETIC ION-MASS SPECTROMETER SPHERICAL MASS SPECTROMETER	1965-11-29		1
EXPLORER-33		1966-07-01		1
EXPLORER-35		1967-07-19		1
EXPLORER-9	OPTICAL BEACON OPTICAL TRACKING SATELLITE RADIO BEACON	1961-02-16		1
EXPLORER-9	OPTICAL BEACON OPTICAL TRACKING SATELLITE RADIO BEACON	1961-02-16		1
FAST	EFS/FAST ESA/FAST MFS/FAST TEAMS	1996-08-21	Highly Elliptical Orbit	1
GEMINI				1
GEMINI-10		1966-07-18		1
GEMINI-11		1966-09-12		1
GEMINI-12		1966-11-11		1
GEMINI-3		1965-03-23		1
GEMINI-4		1965-06-03		1
GEMINI-5		1965-08-21		1
GEMINI-6				1
GEMINI-7				1
GEMINI-8				1
GEMINI-9		1966-06-03		1
GEOS-1	DOPPLER BEACONS LASER REFLECTOR OPTICAL BEACON RADIO TRANSPONDERS TRANSPONDERS	1977-04-20	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
GEOS-2	OPTICAL BEACON RADIO TRANSPONDERS	1968-01-11		1
GEOS-3	ALTIMETERS DOPPLER BEACONS	1975-04-09		3
GEOSAT	RADAR ALTIMETERS	1985-03-13		10
GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES				1
GEOTAIL	CPI-G EFD EPIC HEP LEP MFE PWI	1992-07-24	Highly Elliptical Orbit	2
GFO-1				4
GFZ-1	SLR	1995-04-09		1
GLORY	APS GLORY CC GLORY TIM	2010-04-01	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
GMS				4
GMS-1	VISSR	1977-07-14	Geostationary	16
GMS-2	VISSR	1981-08-10	Geostationary	16
GMS-3	VISSR	1984-08-03	Geostationary	19
GMS-4	VISSR	1989-09-06	Geostationary	21
GMS-5	VISSR	1995-03-18	Geostationary	27
GOES	GOES I-M IMAGER GOES I-M SOUNDER HEPAD MAGNETOMETERS SAR SEM SXI VAS VISSR		Geostationary	59
GOES-1	DCS EPM Magnetic Field Monitor SEM SXM VISSR	1975-10-16	Geostationary	2
GOES-10	GOES I-M IMAGER GOES I-M SOUNDER	1997-04-25	Geostationary	43
GOES-11	GOES I-M IMAGER GOES I-M SOUNDER	2000-05-03	Geostationary	12
GOES-12	GOES I-M IMAGER GOES I-M SOUNDER SXI	2001-07-23	Geostationary	22
GOES-2	MAGNETOMETERS SEM SXM VISSR	1977-06-16	Geostationary	3
GOES-3	MAGNETOMETERS SEM SXM VISSR	1978-06-16	Geostationary	2
GOES-4	SXM VAS	1980-09-09	Geostationary	1
GOES-5	SXM VAS	1981-05-22	Geostationary	16
GOES-6	EPM SXM VAS	1983-04-28	Geostationary	24
GOES-7	EPM SXM VAS	1987-02-26	Geostationary	50
GOES-8	EPM GOES I-M IMAGER GOES I-M SOUNDER SXM VAS	1994-04-13	Geostationary	115
GOES-9	GOES I-M IMAGER GOES I-M SOUNDER	1995-05-23	Geostationary	45
GRACE	BLACKJACK GPS GPS RECEIVERS GRACE LRR IPU KBR MAGNETOMETERS MTQ OBDH SCA SCS SLR SUPERSTAR THR TNK USO	2002-03-17	Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous	2
GRO	BATSE	1991-04-05	Inclined Non-Polar	1
HELIOS 1	3DP WAVES	1974-11-10		1
HELIOS 2	SCINTILLATION COUNTERS	1976-01-15		1
HINOTORI	BCS PARTICLE DETECTORS	1981-02-21		1
ICESAT	GLAS	2003-01-12	Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous	21
IKONOS		1999-09-24	Polar Sun-Synchronous	11
IMAGE	UVI	2000-03-25		3
IMP-8				10
IMP-I				1
INSAT	VHRR	1982-04-10		1
INSAT-1A	VHRR	1982-04-10		1
INSAT-1B	VHRR	1983-08-31		1
IRS-P3	MOS WIFS	1996-03-21	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
ISIS-1	LASER SPECTROMETER VLF RECEIVERS	1969-01-30		2
ISIS-2	PARTICLE DETECTORS PHOTOMETERS VLF RECEIVERS	1971-04-01		2
JASON-1	DORIS JMR LRA POSEIDON-2 TRSR	2001-12-07	Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous	10
JERS-1	OPS SAR	1992-02-11	Polar Sun-Synchronous	5
LAGEOS-1	LASER TRACKING REFLECTOR	1976-05-04		2
LAGEOS-2	LASER TRACKING REFLECTOR	1992-10-22		1
LANDSAT			Polar Sun-Synchronous	272
LANDSAT-1	MSS RBV	1972-07-23	Polar Sun-Synchronous	23
LANDSAT-2	MSS RBV	1975-01-22	Polar Sun-Synchronous	24
LANDSAT-3	MSS RBV	1978-03-05	Polar Sun-Synchronous	24
LANDSAT-4	MSS TM	1982-07-16	Polar Sun-Synchronous	49
LANDSAT-5	MSS TM	1984-03-01	Polar Sun-Synchronous	124
LANDSAT-7	ETM+	1999-03-15	Polar Sun-Synchronous	118
MAGSAT		1979-10-30		1
MARINER 2	MAGNETOMETERS	1962-08-27		1
METEOR 2-21	INFRARED RADIOMETERS	1993-05-31		1
METEOR-2				1
METEOR-3	PHOTOMETERS	1972-12-16		4
METEOR-3M	SAGE III	2001-12-10		7
METEOSAT				9
METEOSAT-2				18
METEOSAT-3				23
METEOSAT-4				24
METEOSAT-5				24
METEOSAT-6				3
METEOSAT-7				7
METOP				1
METOP-A				11
MICROLAB-1	GPS OTD	1995-04-03		11
MIDAS 2				1
MSG	GERB SEVIRI	2005-12-25	Geostationary	4
MSTI-2				1
MTSAT-1R	JAMI	2005-02-26		2
NCEP GTS				2
NIMBUS-1	APT NIMBUS-1 AVCS NIMBUS-1 HRIR NIMBUS-1	1964-08-28	Geostationary	1
NIMBUS-2	APT NIMBUS-2 AVCS NIMBUS-2 HRIR NIMBUS-2 MRIR NIMBUS-2	1966-05-15	Geostationary	3
NIMBUS-3	HRIR NIMBUS-3 INFRARED RADIOMETERS NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROMETER	1969-04-14	Geostationary	4
NIMBUS-4	BUV NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROMETER	1970-04-08		7
NIMBUS-5	ESMR ITPR NEMS SCMR SCR THIR	1972-12-11	Polar Sun-Synchronous	7
NIMBUS-6	ESMR HIRS THIR	1975-06-12		1
NIMBUS-7	CZCS ERB LIMS SAMS SBUV SMMR THIR TOMS	1978-10-24		59
NOAA POES	AVHRR TOVS			59
NOAA-10	AVHRR ERBE SBUV/2 SEM TOVS	1986-09-17		149
NOAA-11	AVHRR SBUV TOVS	1988-09-09		206
NOAA-12	ADCS AVHRR HIRS SEM TOVS	1991-05-14	Polar Sun-Synchronous	161
NOAA-13	HIRS/2 MSU SSU TOVS	1993-08-09		8
NOAA-14	HIRS/2 MSU SSU TOVS	1994-12-30		132
NOAA-15	AMSU-A AMSU-B	1998-05-13		60
NOAA-16	AMSU-A AMSU-B	2000-09-21		56
NOAA-17	AMSU-A AMSU-B	2002-06-24		45
NOAA-18	AMSU-A AVHRR-3 HIRS/4 MHS SARR SBUV/2 SEM-2	2005-05-20	Polar Sun-Synchronous	21
NOAA-19	AMSU-A AVHRR-3 HIRS/4 MHS SARR SBUV/2 SEM-2	2009-02-06	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
NOAA-5		1976-07-29		1
NOAA-6	AVHRR SEM TOVS	1979-06-27		44
NOAA-7	AVHRR TOVS	1981-06-23		97
NOAA-8	AVHRR TOVS	1983-06-20		53
NOAA-9	AVHRR ERBE TOVS	1984-12-12		189
NPOESS	A-DCS ATMS CERES CRIMSS CRIS-NPOESS MIS OMPS SEM-N VIIRS	2014-03-31	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
OGO-2	MAGNETOMETERS SPECTROMETERS	1965-10-14	Polar Sun-Synchronous	2
OGO-3	GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS	1966-06-07	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
OGO-4	PARTICLE DETECTORS PHOTOMETERS SPECTROMETERS	1967-07-28	Polar Sun-Synchronous	2
OGO-5	GAMMA RADIATION DETECTOR MAGNETOMETERS SPECTROMETERS	1968-03-04	Highly Elliptical Orbit	1
OGO-6	MAGNETOMETERS PHOTOMETERS SPECTROMETERS	1969-06-05	Highly Elliptical Orbit	2
OSO-1		1962-03-07		2
OSO-2	GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS	1965-02-03		2
OSO-3	GAMMA RADIATION DETECTOR	1967-03-08		2
OSO-4	GAMMA RADIATION DETECTOR	1967-10-18		2
OSO-5	GAMMA RADIATION DETECTOR	1969-01-22		2
OSO-6	GAMMA RADIATION DETECTOR	1969-08-09		2
OSO-7	GAMMA RADIATION DETECTOR	1971-09-29		3
OSO-8	GAMMA RADIATION DETECTOR	1975-06-21		2
OSTA-1				2
OSTM/JASON-2	AMR DORIS GPSP LRA POSEIDON-3	2008-06-20	Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous	1
OV-099				1
OV-102				1
OV-103		1984-08-30		1
OV-104		1985-10-03		1
OV-105		1992-05-07		3
PARASOL	POLDER	2004-12-18	Polar Sun-Synchronous	2
PIONEER 10		1972-03-02		1
PIONEER 11		1973-04-05		1
PIONEER 6	FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETERS MUON COSMIC RAY DETECTORS PROBES WAVES	1965-12-16		1
PIONEER 7	FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETERS PROBES	1966-08-17		1
PIONEER VENUS		1978-05-20		2
POLAR	CAMMICE CEPPAD EPI HYDRA MDI MFE-P PIXIE PWI-P SEPS TIDE TIMAS UVI VIS	1996-02-24	Highly Elliptical Orbit	2
QUICKBIRD		2001-10-18	Polar Sun-Synchronous	7
QUIKSCAT	SEAWINDS	1999-06-19	Polar Sun-Synchronous	16
RADARSAT-1	SAR	1995-11-04		16
RADARSAT-2		2007-12-08		5
RAE-A		1968-07-04		1
RAE-B				1
RESURS-O1	MSU-SK	1994-11-04	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
RHESSI	HESSI IMAGER HESSI SPECTROMETER	2002-02-05	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
SAC-C	GOLPE HCS HRTC ICARE INES IST MMRS MOBLAS	2000-11-21	Polar Sun-Synchronous	3
SAMPEX	ION CHROMATOGRAPHS SOLAR TELESCOPES	1992-07-03		1
SATELLITES				51
SEASAT 1	ALT LT (SEASAT 1) SAR SASS SMMR VIRR	1978-06-27		11
SEASTAR	SEAWIFS	1997-08-01	Polar Sun-Synchronous	76
SKYLAB		1973-05-14		4
SMAP	SMAP L-BAND RADAR SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER	2013-07-01		1
SME		1981-09-06		5
SMM	ACRIM HXRBS UVSP	1980-02-14	Inclined Non-Polar	7
SMS		1966-12-07		2
SMS-1	DCS EPM Magnetic Field Monitor SEM SXM VISSR	1974-05-17		2
SMS-2	DCS EPM Magnetic Field Monitor SXM VISSR	1975-02-06		2
SNOE	AP GPS SXP UVS	1998-02-26	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
SOHO	CDS CELIAS COSTEP EIT ERNE GOLF LASCO MDI SUMER SWAN UVCS VIRGO	1995-12-02	Halo Orbit	14
SOLRAD-1		1962-03-07		1
SOLRAD-10	SXP	1971-07-08		1
SOLRAD-7A	SXP	1964-01-11		1
SOLRAD-7B	SXP	1965-03-09		1
SOLRAD-8	SXP	1966-05-20		1
SOLRAD-9	SXP	1968-03-15		1
SORCE	SIM SOLSTICE TIM XPS	2003-01-25	Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous	7
SPACE SHUTTLES				22
SPACELAB-1		1983-11-28		1
SPACELAB-3				2
SPACELAB-3				2
SPOT-1	HRV	1986-02-22	Polar Sun-Synchronous	16
SPOT-2	DORIS HRV	1990-01-22	Polar Sun-Synchronous	11
SPOT-3	DORIS HRV POAM II	1993-09-26	Polar Sun-Synchronous	7
SPOT-4	DORIS HRV HRVIR POAM III VEGETATION-1	1998-03-24	Polar Sun-Synchronous	13
SPOT-5	DORIS HRG-1 HRG-2 HRS VEGETATION-2	2002-05-04	Polar Sun-Synchronous	2
SRL-1	X-SAR	1994-04-09		2
SRL-2	X-SAR	1994-09-30		1
STARLETTE		1975-02-06		2
STELLA				1
STEREO A	IMPACT PLASTIC SECCHI SWAVES	2006-10-26		1
STEREO B	IMPACT PLASTIC SECCHI SWAVES	2006-10-26		1
STS-2		1981-11-12		3
STS-34		1989-10-23		4
STS-41		1984-08-30		3
STS-41G		1984-10-05		4
STS-43		1991-08-02		4
STS-45		1992-03-24		4
STS-51B		1985-04-29		1
STS-51F				1
STS-56		1993-04-08		3
STS-59		1994-04-09		3
STS-62				2
STS-64		1994-09-09		1
STS-66		1994-11-03		3
STS-68		1994-09-30		3
STS-72		1996-01-11		2
STS-9		1983-11-28		1
STS-99	CAMERAS SRTM	2000-02-11		2
SUNSAT	GPS RECEIVERS MAGNETOMETERS	1999-02-23		1
TERRA	ASTER CERES-FM1 CERES-FM2 MISR MODIS MOPITT	1999-12-18	Polar Sun-Synchronous	323
TIMED	GUVI SABER SEE TIDI	2001-12-07	Inclined Non-Polar	1
TIPS	RIS	1996-06-20	Inclined Non-Polar	1
TIROS		1960-04-01		1
TIROS-7	SR	1963-06-19		2
TIROS-N	AVHRR TOVS	1978-10-13		45
TOPEX/POSEIDON	DORIS LRA NRA SSALT TMR TRSR	1992-08-10	Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous	17
TRACE	TRACE IMAGING TELESCOPE	1998-04-02	Polar Sun-Synchronous	1
TRMM	CERES-PFM LIS PR TMI VIRS	1997-11-27	Inclined Non-Polar	257
UARS	ACRIM II CLAES HALOE HRDI ISAMS MLS PEM SOLSTICE SUSIM WINDII	1991-09-12	Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous	30
ULYSSES	COSPIN DUST EPAC FGM-U GRB HI-SCALE SWICS-U SWOOPS URAP	1990-10-06		2
VOYAGER 1		1977-09-05		1
VOYAGER 2		1977-08-20		1
WESTPAC	SLR	1998-07-10		1
WIND	3DP EPACT KONUS MFI SMS SWE SWIMS TGRS WAVES	1994-11-01	Halo Orbit	8
YOHKOH	BCS HXT SXT WBS	1991-08-30	Inclined Non-Polar	1
ZEIA				1

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