swap_horiz Sentinel-2A Alternatives

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Landsat 5

Landsat 5 is a NASA space mission providing continuous global imagery since its launch in 1984. This satellite’s extende...

Imaging Nasa Earth Landsat

9.1 Excellent

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Landsat 1

Landsat 1 is an American Earth observation satellite that began continuous monitoring of our planet in 1972. Launched by...

Imaging Nasa Earth Landsat

8.9 Great

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Landsat 8

Landsat 8 is an active Earth observation satellite operated by NASA and the USGS. This mission continues a decades-long...

Imaging Active Nasa Earth

8.8 Great

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars since 2006. It provides high-resolution imaging of th...

Imaging Active Nasa Mars

8.8 Great

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Solar Orbiter

Solar Orbiter is a spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency with NASA participation to study the Sun and the in...

Solar Active Nasa Orbiter

8.6 Great

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Envisat

Envisat was a large Earth-observation satellite operated by the European Space Agency (ESA). Launched into polar orbit i...

Environment Radar Past Earth

8.5 Great

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ICESat-2

ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2) is an Earth observation satellite launched by NASA in 2018 as a fo...

Laser Active Nasa Ice

8.4 Great

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Mars Express

Mars Express is a planetary exploration mission developed by the European Space Agency (ESA), launched in 2003 to study...

Active Planetary Mars Orbiter

8.4 Great

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Landsat 7

Landsat 7 is an Earth observation satellite launched on April 15, 1999, as part of the joint NASA–U.S. Geological Survey...

Imaging Nasa Past Earth

8.3 Great

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Sentinel-1A

Sentinel-1A is a European Space Agency Earth observation satellite launched in 2014 as part of the Copernicus Programme....

Radar Past Earth Esa

8.3 Great

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Landsat 9

Launched in September 2021, Landsat 9 is an Earth observation satellite jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological...

Imaging Active Nasa Earth

8.2 Great

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GRACE-FO

GRACE-FO, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On, is a joint NASA and German Research Centre for Geoscien...

Active Nasa Gravity Earth

8.2 Great

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Sentinel-3A

Sentinel-3A is an Earth-observation satellite operated as part of the European Union's Copernicus program, with the Euro...

Ocean Active Earth Esa

8.1 Great

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Sentinel-5P

Sentinel-5 Precursor (Sentinel-5P) is an environmental satellite operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of...

Active Atmosphere Earth Esa

8.0 Great

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SMAP

The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) is an environmental satellite launched by NASA in January 2015 to monitor Earth'...

Soil Moisture Active Radar Nasa

7.9 Good

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SWOT

SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) is a satellite jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, wi...

Water Active Nasa Earth

7.9 Good

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Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is an Earth observation satellite developed jointly by NASA, ESA, EUMETSAT, and NOAA to meas...

Ocean Nasa Earth Esa

7.8 Good

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OCO-2

OCO-2 (Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2) is a NASA Earth science satellite launched on 2 July 2014 to measure atmospheric c...

Climate Active Carbon Nasa

7.7 Good

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EarthCARE

EarthCARE, short for Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer, is a joint Earth-observation mission developed by the...

Active Earth Esa Jaxa

7.2 Good

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Biomass

Biomass is an ESA Earth Explorer satellite mission launched on 29 April 2025 aboard a Vega-C rocket from French Guiana....

Active Radar Forest Earth

6.9 Fair