swap_horiz COSMO-SkyMed 2 Alternatives

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TanDEM-X

TanDEM-X (Terrain Digital Elevation Model) is a German radar satellite launched in 2010 by the German Aerospace Center (...

2010S Sar Polar Orbit Airbus Dlr

9.1 Excellent

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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

8.8 Great

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ALOS-2

ALOS-2 (Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2) is a Japanese Earth observation satellite operated by JAXA and launched in...

Japan 2010S Jaxa Sar

8.6 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

8.5 Great

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OSTM/Jason-2

OSTM/Jason-2 was a joint international oceanography mission launched in 2008 by NASA, CNES, NOAA, and EUMETSAT. The spac...

2000S Nasa Cnes Polar Orbit Ocean Altimetry

8.5 Great

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QuickBird

QuickBird was a commercial high-resolution Earth observation satellite operated by DigitalGlobe and launched in 2001. Ci...

High Resolution 2000S Polar Orbit Commercial Imagery

8.4 Great

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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

8.4 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

8.4 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

8.3 Great

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WorldView-2

WorldView-2 is a high-resolution commercial Earth observation satellite launched in 2009 and operated by DigitalGlobe, n...

High Resolution 2000S Polar Orbit Maxar

8.3 Great

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COSMIC (FORMOSAT-3)

COSMIC (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate), also designated FORMOSAT-3, was a join...

2000S Polar Orbit Gnss Ro Nspo Noaa

8.3 Great

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Metop-A

Metop-A was the first satellite in Europe's EUMETSAT Polar System, launched on October 19, 2006 aboard a Soyuz rocket fr...

Europe 2000S Weather Polar Orbit

8.3 Great

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COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation 1

COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation 1 (CSG-1) is an advanced Earth observation satellite designed to provide synthetic apertu...

Italy 2020S Sar Asi

8.2 Great

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EO-1

EO-1 (Earth Observing-1) was a NASA technology demonstration satellite launched in 2000, notable for first flying a hype...

2000S Nasa Technology Demo Polar Orbit

8.2 Great

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SMOS

SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) is an ESA Earth observation satellite launched on November 2, 2009 from Plesetsk...

Soil Moisture 2000S Esa Polar Orbit

8.1 Great

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Radarsat-1

Radarsat-1 was Canada's first commercial Earth observation satellite, launched on November 4, 1995 from Vandenberg Air F...

Canada 1990S Sar Polar Orbit

8.1 Great

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GeoEye-1

GeoEye-1 is a commercial high-resolution Earth observation satellite launched on September 6, 2008 from Vandenberg Air F...

High Resolution 2000S Polar Orbit Maxar

8.1 Great

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PROBA-1

PROBA-1 (Project for On-Board Autonomy) is an ESA minisatellite launched in 2001 that demonstrated spacecraft autonomy t...

2000S Esa Technology Demo Polar Orbit

8.1 Great

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NOAA-19

Launched in February 2009, NOAA-19 is the final spacecraft in the Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) serie...

2000S Weather Noaa Earth Observation

8.0 Great

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COSMO-SkyMed 1

COSMO-SkyMed 1 is an Earth observation satellite launched in June 2007, marking the first spacecraft in Italy's COSMO-Sk...

Italy 2000S Sar Asi

7.9 Good