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 an ESA-NASA solar probe launched in 2020, notable for close solar passes and the first detailed views o...

Solar Active Nasa Orbiter

8.6 Great

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Envisat

Envisat was an ESA Earth-observation satellite launched in 2002, the largest then built for the task and carrying 10 ins...

Environment Radar Past Earth

8.5 Great

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ICESat-2

ICESat-2 is NASA's 2018 follow-on laser altimetry mission, notable for using ATLAS to measure ice elevation and sea ice...

Laser Active Nasa Ice

8.4 Great

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Mars Express

Mars Express is an ESA orbiter launched in 2003 and ESA's first Mars mission, mapping the planet and probing subsurface...

Active Planetary Mars Orbiter

8.4 Great

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Landsat 7

Landsat 7 is a NASA-USGS Earth imaging satellite launched in 1999, notable for ETM+ data and a 2003 scan-line corrector...

Imaging Nasa Past Earth

8.3 Great

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Sentinel-1A

Sentinel-1A is an ESA Copernicus radar satellite launched in 2014, the first Sentinel spacecraft and a source of day-nig...

Radar Past Earth Esa

8.3 Great

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Landsat 9

Landsat 9 is the 2021 NASA-USGS land imaging satellite, notable for continuing the 50-year Landsat record with OLI-2 and...

Imaging Active Nasa Earth

8.2 Great

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GRACE-FO

GRACE-FO is the 2018 NASA-GFZ follow-on twin mission, notable for continuing gravity mapping and testing laser inter-sat...

Active Nasa Gravity Earth

8.2 Great

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Sentinel-3A

Sentinel-3A is an ESA Copernicus satellite launched in 2016 to monitor oceans, land, ice, and atmosphere for climate and...

Ocean Active Earth Esa

8.1 Great

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Sentinel-5P

Sentinel-5P is an ESA Copernicus atmosphere satellite launched in 2017, notable for the Tropomi instrument that maps tra...

Active Atmosphere Earth Esa

8.0 Great

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SMAP

SMAP is a NASA Earth-observing satellite launched in 2015 to map soil moisture and freeze-thaw state for weather, drough...

Soil Moisture Active Radar Nasa

7.9 Good

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SWOT

SWOT is a NASA-CNES Earth-observing satellite launched in 2022 to make the first global survey of surface water and ocea...

Water Active Nasa Earth

7.9 Good

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Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is a Copernicus sea-level satellite launched in 2020 to extend the precision altimetry recor...

Ocean Nasa Earth Esa

7.8 Good

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ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is a 2016 ESA-Roscosmos Mars orbiter that studies trace gases such as methane and relays surfa...

Active Mars Orbiter Esa

7.7 Good

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EarthCARE

EarthCARE is an ESA-JAXA Earth Explorer satellite launched in 2024 to measure clouds, aerosols, and radiation with four...

Active Earth Esa Jaxa

7.2 Good

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Biomass

Biomass is an ESA Earth Explorer satellite launched in 2025, notable for carrying the first P-band synthetic aperture ra...

Active Radar Forest Earth

6.9 Fair