For a consolidated statement of the Earth observation programmes and plans of the world’s civil space agencies, please consult the CEOS EO Handbook, as well as the CEOS Missions, Instruments & Measurement (MIM) database, available at: www.eohandbook.com.
| SATELLITE | AGENCY | SENSOR / Data Link | LAUNCH DATE | SWATH (km) | SPATIAL RESOLUTION (m) | # OF BANDS | SPECTRAL COVERAGE (nm) | ORBIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HY-1E/F (China) | CNSA (China) | CZI | 2021 | 2900 1000 | 1100 250 | 10 4 | 402 - 12,500 433 - 885 | Polar |
| EnMAP | DLR (Germany) | HSI | 2021-2022 | 30 | 30 | 242 | 420 - 2450 | Polar |
| OCEANSAT-3 | ISRO (India) | OCM-3 | mid-2021 | 1400 | 360 / 1 | 13 | 400 - 1,010 | Polar |
| SABIA-MAR | CONAE | Multi-spectral Optical Camera | 2023 | 200/2200 | 200/1100 | 16 | 380 - 11,800 | Polar |
| PACE | NASA | OCI SPEXone HARP-2 | 2022/2023 | 2000 100 1550 | 1000 2500 3000 | Hyperspec (5 nm, 350-890nm + 7 bands NIR-SWIR) Hyperspec (2 nm) 4 bands | 350-2250 nm 385-770 nm 440-870 nm | Polar |
| GISAT-1 | ISRO (India) | HYSI-VNIR | *(planned) | 250 | 320 | 60 | 400-870 | Geostationary (35.786 km) at 93.5°E |
| SBG | NASA | *Hyper-VSWIR *TIR-Imager | 2026 | ∼185 ∼600 | 30 60-100 | >200 ∼8 | 380-2500 | Polar |
| GLIMR | NASA | *VNIR-imager *WFOV-sensor | >2023 | TBD | 300 133 | 141 | 340-1040 | Geostationary -Cont.US coasts, Amazon, Caribbean |
The fourth International Ocean Colour Science (IOCS) meeting took place in Busan, South Korea from 9 to 12 April 2019, and was convened by the International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG), in partnership with, and thanks to sponsorship from the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST).