swap_horiz TRMM Alternatives

1

CORONA (KH-4)

CORONA was a highly classified United States military reconnaissance satellite program developed by the CIA and the Air...

1960S Reconnaissance Leo Cia Usaf

9.2 Excellent

2

SRTM

The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) was an international project led by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Age...

2000S Leo Dem Generation Nasa Usaf

9.2 Excellent

3

WorldView-3

WorldView-3 is a high-resolution commercial Earth observation satellite operated by Maxar and launched in 2014. It provi...

High Resolution 2010S Polar Orbit Maxar

9.1 Excellent

4

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

5

Syncom 3

Syncom 3, launched by NASA in 1964, was the world's first geostationary satellite, positioned over the Pacific Ocean and...

Geostationary 1960S Nasa Communications

9.1 Excellent

6

Himawari-8

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

Japan Geostationary 2010S Weather

9.0 Excellent

7

GOES-R (GOES-16)

GOES-16, the first satellite of the GOES-R series, is a geostationary weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic...

Geostationary 2010S Weather Noaa

9.0 Excellent

8

Sentinel-2B

Sentinel-2B is an Earth observation satellite operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of the Copernicus Prog...

2010S Esa Earth Observation Polar Orbit

8.9 Great

9

IKONOS

IKONOS was a pioneering commercial Earth observation satellite launched in 1999 by Space Imaging (later GeoEye). As the...

High Resolution 1990S Polar Orbit Commercial Imagery

8.9 Great

10

KH-9 Hexagon

The KH-9 Hexagon was a series of large photoreconnaissance satellites operated by the US National Reconnaissance Office...

1970S Reconnaissance Leo Declassified

8.9 Great

11

IKONOS-2

IKONOS-2 was a commercial Earth observation satellite launched in 1999 by Space Imaging (later GeoEye). It holds the dis...

High Resolution Commercial 1990S Polar Orbit

8.9 Great

12

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

13

SEASTAR (OrbView-2)

OrbView-2, also known as SeaStar, was a NASA-sponsored Earth observation satellite launched in 1997 to monitor the globa...

1990S Polar Orbit Ocean Color Nasa Orbimage

8.5 Great

14

UARS

UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) was a NASA satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-48...

1990S Nasa Atmosphere Leo

8.3 Great

15

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

16

FORMOSAT-7 (COSMIC-2)

FORMOSAT-7 (COSMIC-2) is a US-Taiwan constellation of six satellites launched together on June 25, 2019 aboard a SpaceX...

2010S Low Inclination Gnss Ro Nspo Noaa

8.1 Great

17

CYGNSS (constellation)

CYGNSS (Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System) is a NASA constellation of eight microsatellites launched on Decembe...

Nasa 2010S Low Inclination Ocean Winds

8.0 Great

18

NOAA-15

NOAA-15 is a polar-orbiting environmental satellite launched by the United States in 1998 as part of the Polar-orbiting...

1990S Weather Noaa Earth Observation

7.8 Good

19

SAMPEX

SAMPEX (Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer) was a NASA satellite launched in July 1992 as the first mi...

1990S Nasa Leo Solar Energetic Particles

7.8 Good

20

Helios-1A

Helios 1A is a French military optical reconnaissance satellite launched into a sun-synchronous low Earth orbit in July...

Defense France 1990S Reconnaissance

7.3 Good