NASA's Earth Observing System (2024)

TIROS

Event:Launch Apr 1 1960

Nimbus 1

Event:Launch Aug 28 1964

ESSA

Event:Launch Feb 3 1966

Nimbus 2

Event:Launch May 15 1966

ATS

Event:Launch Dec 7 1966

Nimbus 3

Event:Launch Apr 14 1969

Nimbus 4

Event:Launch Apr 8 1970

Nimbus 5

Event:Launch Dec 11 1972

SMS

Event:Launch May 17 1974

Nimbus 6

Event:Launch Jun 12 1975

GOES A-C

Event:Launch Oct 16 1975

Seasat 1

Event:CompletionOct 10th 1978

Seasat 1

Event:Launch Jun 28 1978

Nimbus 7

Event:Launch Oct 24 1978

GOES D-H

Event:Launch Sep 9 1980

DE 1

Event:Launch Aug 3 1981

DE 2

Event:Launch Aug 3 1981

MOMS

Event:Launch Jun 18 1983

ERBS

Event:Launch Oct 5 1984

GEOSAT

Event:Launch Mar 12 1985

MOS-1

Event:Launch Feb 19 1987

CRRES

Event:Launch Jul 25 1990

ERS-1

Event:Launch Jul 17 1991

UARS

Event:CompletionDec 15th 2005

Sep 12th 1994

UARS

Event:Launch Sep 12 1991

ATLAS-1

Event:Launch Mar 24 1992

TOPEX

Event:Launch Aug 10 1992

NOAA-POES

Event:Launch Mar 28 1993

GOES I-M

Event:CompletionAug 16th 2013

GOES I-M

Event:Launch Apr 13 1994

SIR-C

Event:Launch Apr 19 1994

See Also

5 Hazards of Human Spaceflight - NASAIce clouds warm the arcticCould space dust help protect the Earth from climate change?Clouds and Climate: NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory

RADARSAT

Event:Launch Nov 4 1995

TOMS-EP

Event:Launch Jul 2 1996

ADEOS

Event:CompletionJun 30th 1997

ADEOS

Event:Launch Aug 17 1996

SeaWiFS

Event:CompletionDec 11th 2010

Aug 1st 2012

SeaWiFS

Event:Launch Aug 1 1997

Nov 27th 2000

TRMM

Event:Launch Nov 27 1997

Landsat 7

Event:Launch Apr 15 1999

QuikSCAT

Event:CompletionNov 23rd 2009

Jun 19th 2002

QuikSCAT

Event:Launch Jun 19 1999

Dec 18th 2005

Terra

Event:Launch Dec 18 1999

ACRIMSAT

Event:Launch Dec 20 1999

SRTM

Event:Launch Feb 11 2000

CHAMP

Event:CompletionSep 19th 2010

CHAMP

Event:Launch Jul 15 2000

EO-1

Event:CompletionMar 30th 2017

EO-1

Event:Launch Nov 21 2000

Jason-1

Event:CompletionJul 1st 2013

Jason-1

Event:Launch Dec 7 2001

SAGE-III

Event:CompletionMar 6th 2006

SAGE-III

Event:Launch Dec 10 2001

GRACE

Event:CompletionOct 7th 2017

GRACE

Event:Launch Mar 17 2002

May 4th 2008

Aqua

Event:Launch May 4 2002

SeaWinds

Event:CompletionOct 24th 2003

SeaWinds

Event:Launch Dec 14 2002

ICESat

Event:CompletionAug 14th 2010

ICESat

Event:Launch Jan 12 2003

SORCE

Event:CompletionFeb 25th 2020

SORCE

Event:Launch Jan 25 2003

See Also

Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) | Earthdata

Jul 15th 2010

Aura

Event:Launch Jul 15 2004

PARASOL

Event:CompletionDec 18th 2013

Dec 4th 2006

PARASOL

Event:Launch Dec 4 2004

NOAA-N

Event:Launch May 20 2005

GOES 13-15

Event:Launch May 24 2005

CALIPSO

Event:Launch Apr 28 2006

Apr 28th 2009

CloudSat

Event:Launch Apr 28 2006

OSTM/Jason-2

Event:CompletionOct 1st 2019

OSTM/Jason-2

Event:Launch Jan 20 2008

OCO

Event:CompletionFeb 24th 2009

OCO

Event:Launch Feb 24 2009

Glory

Event:CompletionMar 4th 2011

Glory

Event:Launch Mar 4 2011

Aquarius

Event:CompletionJun 8th 2015

Aquarius

Event:Launch Jun 10 2011

Suomi NPP

Event:Launch Oct 28 2011

GCOM-W1

Event:Launch May 18 2012

Feb 11th 2018

Landsat 8

Event:Launch Feb 11 2013

Feb 27th 2017

GPM Core

Event:Launch Feb 27 2014

Jul 2nd 2019

OCO-2

Event:Launch Jul 2 2014

ISS-RapidScat

Event:CompletionOct 17th 2016

ISS-RapidScat

Event:Launch Sep 21 2014

CATS on ISS

Event:CompletionNov 14th 2017

Jan 10th 2018

CATS on ISS

Event:Launch Jan 10 2015

May 31st 2018

SMAP

Event:Launch Jan 31 2015

Feb 11th 2017

DSCOVR

Event:Launch Feb 11 2015

Jason-3

Event:Launch Jan 17 2016

Nov 19th 2026

GOES-16

Event:Launch Nov 19 2016

CYGNSS

Event:Launch Dec 15 2016

Feb 19th 2019

LIS on ISS

Event:Launch Feb 19 2017

SAGE III-ISS

Event:Launch Feb 19 2017

JPSS-1

Event:Launch Nov 18 2017

Dec 15th 2022

TSIS-1

Event:Launch Dec 15 2017

GRACE-FO

Event:Launch May 22 2018

ECOSTRESS

Event:Launch Jun 29 2018

Sep 15th 2021

ICESat-2

Event:Launch Sep 15 2018

Dec 5th 2020

GEDI on ISS

Event:Launch Dec 5 2018

ISS-OCO-3

Event:Launch May 4 2019

Sentinel-6 Mi...

Event:Launch Nov 21 2020

Sep 27th 2026

Landsat 9

Event:Launch Sep 27 2021

EMIT on ISS

Event:Launch Jul 14 2022

JPSS-2

Event:Launch Nov 10 2022

SWOT

Event:Launch Dec 16 2022

TEMPO

Event:Launch Apr 7 2023

TROPICS

Event:Launch May 7 2023

GeoCarb

Event:Launch 2024

PREFIRE

Event:Launch 2024

PACE

Event:Launch Feb 8 2024

NISAR

Event:Launch Oct 2024

TSIS-2

Event:Launch May 2025

MAIA

Event:Launch Nov 2025

GLIMR

Event:Launch 2026

Sentinel-6B

Event:Launch Nov 2026

INCUS

Event:Launch 2027

JPSS-4

Event:Launch 2027

PolSIR

Event:Launch 2027

JPSS-3

Event:Launch 2032

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