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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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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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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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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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IMAGE

IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration) was a NASA satellite launched on March 25, 2000 from Vanden...

2000S Nasa Magnetosphere Polar Orbit

8.0 Great

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NOAA-18

NOAA-18 is an environmental monitoring satellite launched in May 2005 as part of the U.S. Polar Operational Environmenta...

2000S Weather Noaa Earth Observation

7.9 Good

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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

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COSMO-SkyMed 2

COSMO-SkyMed 2 is an Earth observation satellite launched in December 2007 as part of the Italian Space Agency's COSMO-S...

Italy 2000S Sar Asi

7.9 Good

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AIM

AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere) is a NASA satellite launched in 2007 as the first mission dedicated solely to st...

2000S Nasa Polar Orbit Noctilucent Clouds

7.9 Good

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AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere)

The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) is a NASA satellite launched in April 2007 to study polar mesospheric clouds...

2000S Nasa Polar Orbit Mesosphere

7.9 Good

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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

2.6 Poor