[PS4] Databases of satellite and airborne sensors and missions

The listed databases provide information on past, operational and future remote sensing platforms and sensors. Use the following links to get more information on the sensors and missions.

External resources

• CEOS & ESA, 2020. The CEOS Database. CEOS EO Handbook - Catalogue of Satellite Missions.
  The CEOS database consists of list of satellite past, current and future missions, instruments, and measurements. This website provides information on many key measurements of interest to the main user groups of Earth observation satellite data.
• ESA, 2020. eo-Sharing Earth Observation Resources. eoPortal Directory.
  Categorised from A to Z and by Space Agency, there are over 1000 in-depth articles of satellite missions from 1959 to 2025 and information on airborne sensors. The missions database can be filtered by a range of criteria using the Search Missions filter drop down menus below, enabling you to find specific missions easily.
• NASA, 2012. NASA's Earth Observing System. Project Science Office.
  This website has been designed to cover all of NASA’s Earth-observing satellite missions (many of them joint with other nations and/or agencies), along with other elements of NASA’s Earth Science program.

Learning outcomes

• 1527 - Select the type of remote sensing sensor appropriate for your application

  Select the type of remote sensing sensor appropriate for your application

Self assessment

Outgoing relations

• [PS4] Databases of satellite and airborne sensors and missions (proposed relation) [GD10-2] Platforms and sensors
• [PS4] Databases of satellite and airborne sensors and missions (proposed relation) [GD11-2] Platforms and sensors
• [PS4] Databases of satellite and airborne sensors and missions subclassof [PS] Platforms, sensors and digital imagery

Incoming relations

• [PS1] Types of remote sensing sensors is prerequisite of [PS4] Databases of satellite and airborne sensors and missions
• [PS2] Types of remote sensing platforms and systems is similar to [PS4] Databases of satellite and airborne sensors and missions

Contributors

• Martyna A. Stelmaszczuk-Górska
  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3097-9278