swap_horiz ALOS-2 Alternatives

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WorldView-3

Launched in 2014, WorldView-3 is a commercial Earth observation satellite associated with Maxar's high-resolution imager...

High Resolution 2010S Polar Orbit Maxar

9.05 Excellent

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TanDEM-X

Germany's TanDEM-X radar satellite was launched in 2010 as a partner to TerraSAR-X in a mission involving DLR and indust...

2010S Sar Polar Orbit Airbus Dlr

9.05 Excellent

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Himawari-8

Himawari-8 is a Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Launched in...

Japan Geostationary 2010S Weather

9.00 Excellent

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Sentinel-2B

Part of Europe's Copernicus Programme, Sentinel-2B is an optical Earth observation satellite launched in 2017. Its multi...

2010S Esa Earth Observation Polar Orbit

8.85 Great

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CryoSat-2

CryoSat-2 is an Earth observation satellite developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and launched in 2010. Its prima...

Radar 2010S Esa Polar Orbit

8.80 Great

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Seasat

Seasat was a NASA ocean-observing satellite launched in 1978, the first spacecraft dedicated to remote sensing of Earth'...

1970S Nasa Sar Polar Orbit

8.80 Great

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Himawari-9

Himawari-9 is a geostationary meteorological satellite operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Launched in 2016, it...

Japan Geostationary 2010S Weather

8.65 Great

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NOAA-20

NOAA-20 is a polar-orbiting environmental monitoring satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ...

2010S Weather Noaa Polar Orbit

8.55 Great

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TerraSAR-X

TerraSAR-X is an Earth observation satellite launched in 2007 through a public-private partnership between the German Ae...

2000S Sar Polar Orbit Airbus Dlr

8.45 Great

10

ALOS

ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite), also called Daichi, was a JAXA Earth observation satellite launched on an H-II...

Japan Multi Sensor 2000S Jaxa

8.35 Great

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Sentinel-1C

Sentinel-1C is a European Space Agency Copernicus program satellite carrying a C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ins...

2020S Esa Sar Earth Observation

8.35 Great

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Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) is a NASA satellite launched in 2014 to measure global atmospheric carbon diox...

Nasa 2010S CO2 Polar Orbit

8.35 Great

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Radarsat-2

Radarsat-2 is a Canadian synthetic aperture radar satellite launched on December 14, 2007 aboard a Soyuz rocket from Bai...

Canada 2000S Sar Polar Orbit

8.30 Great

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Sentinel-3B

Sentinel-3B is an Earth observation satellite operated by the European Space Agency as part of the Copernicus Programme,...

2010S Esa Earth Observation Polar Orbit

8.25 Great

15

GaoFen-3

GaoFen-3 is a Chinese Earth observation satellite launched in August 2016 as part of the country's High-Resolution Earth...

China 2010S Sar Cnsa

7.75 Good

16

KOMPSAT-5

KOMPSAT-5, also known as Arirang-5, is a South Korean Earth observation satellite equipped with a synthetic aperture rad...

Korea 2010S Sar Polar Orbit

7.50 Good

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RISAT-1

RISAT-1 is an Earth observation satellite launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2012. It holds th...

India 2010S Sar Isro

7.50 Good

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RISAT-2B

RISAT-2B is an Indian radar imaging reconnaissance satellite launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) i...

India 2010S Sar Isro

7.35 Good

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Sentinel-1B

Sentinel-1B was a European Space Agency (ESA) Earth observation satellite launched in April 2016 as part of the Copernic...

2010S Esa Sar Earth Observation

6.95 Fair

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ALOS-3

ALOS-3 was a Japanese optical Earth-observation satellite developed by JAXA, designed to supply high-resolution imagery...

Japan Optical 2020S Jaxa

2.60 Poor