Satellite Catalog

South Korean very high resolution optical satellite from KARI, delivering roughly 30 cm panchromatic imagery and distributed commercially by SI Imaging Services (SIIS).

The world first commercial satellite with SWIR capabilities, delivering up to 31 cm resolution imagery with 16 spectral bands for advanced material analysis.

Six-satellite constellation delivering industry-leading revisit rates with 30 cm class imagery for rapid change detection and time-sensitive applications.

Next-generation BlackSky constellation delivering 35cm resolution with SWIR capability, targeting 30 satellites for unprecedented revisit frequency.

Advanced Korean imaging satellite with 40cm resolution and infrared capability for day and night Earth observation.

High-agility commercial imaging satellite delivering 41cm resolution with exceptional pointing accuracy for precise geolocation.

First commercial satellite with 8-band multispectral capability, delivering consistent high-resolution imagery since 2009.

High-resolution Korean imaging satellite delivering 50cm imagery for detailed mapping, urban monitoring, and environmental applications.

High-resolution panchromatic imaging satellite optimized for mapping and stereo collection with exceptional geometric accuracy.

High-revisit constellation of 12 satellites delivering 80cm resolution imagery with multiple daily passes for real-time monitoring and change detection.

Korean X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite providing all-weather, day-night imaging with up to 1-meter resolution for maritime and land monitoring.

Joint NASA and ISRO radar mission carrying L-band and S-band SAR to map ground deformation, ice, forests and crops across all of the Earth's land every 12 days, with free and open data.

ESA C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mission providing all-weather, day-night imaging for land and ocean monitoring under the Copernicus programme.

Wyvern operational hyperspectral constellation delivering 31-band VNIR imagery at 5.3m resolution for precision agriculture, forestry, and environmental monitoring.

First-generation Wyvern hyperspectral satellite delivering 23-band VNIR imagery at 5.3m resolution for precision agriculture and environmental monitoring.

ESA high-resolution multispectral mission providing 13-band imagery at 10-60m resolution for land monitoring under the Copernicus programme.

NASA/USGS flagship Earth observation satellite providing 11-band imagery including thermal bands for comprehensive land and water monitoring.

Latest NASA/USGS Landsat mission continuing 50+ years of Earth observation with improved radiometric performance and 8-day combined revisit with Landsat-8.

NASA's flagship Earth Observing System satellite, carrying MODIS, ASTER and three other instruments to observe land, ocean and atmosphere since 1999.

ESA Earth Explorer carrying the first fully polarimetric P-band SAR in space, designed to see through forest canopies and map the world's forest biomass, height and disturbance.

Joint NASA and CNES Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission using a wide-swath Ka-band radar interferometer to measure the height of rivers, lakes, reservoirs and the ocean surface.

NASA Earth Observing System satellite focused on the water cycle, carrying the afternoon MODIS imager and AIRS sounder since 2002.

ESA Fluorescence Explorer that measures the faint glow plants emit during photosynthesis, giving an early indicator of vegetation stress and health from space.

ESA ocean and land monitoring mission whose OLCI imager delivers 21-band optical coverage at 300 m, supporting near-daily global observation of sea and land surfaces under the Copernicus programme.

Copernicus reference sea-level mission whose radar altimeters measure global sea surface height to centimetre accuracy every 10 days, continuing the satellite altimetry record that began with TOPEX/Poseidon in 1992.

NOAA and NASA's polar-orbiting weather satellites. Their VIIRS imager provides 375 m daily global imagery for fire detection, night lights, ocean colour and weather forecasting.

Joint ESA and JAXA mission that combines lidar, cloud radar, a multispectral imager and a radiometer to measure how clouds and aerosols heat and cool the planet.

NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission, whose hyperspectral Ocean Color Instrument maps ocean life, water quality and aerosols across the globe every one to two days.

ESA Copernicus atmospheric composition mission carrying the TROPOMI spectrometer to map air quality and trace gases such as NO2, O3, SO2, CO, CH4 and HCHO. It delivers daily global coverage rather than optical surface imagery.

Copernicus atmospheric composition mission carried on EUMETSAT's MetOp-SG A1 satellite. Its UVNS spectrometer maps air pollutants and greenhouse gases across the whole planet every day, succeeding Sentinel-5P.

ESA Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Explorer using an L-band microwave radiometer with aperture synthesis to map soil moisture, sea surface salinity and thin sea ice worldwide.

Vantage is a planned class of 20 cm-class electro-optical satellites from Vantor, billed as the first 20 cm-class satellites on orbit and delivering industry-leading geolocation accuracy, with first launches planned as early as 2029.

Pulse is a planned proliferated fleet of high-revisit satellites delivering 40 cm-class imagery of any location as frequently as every 15 minutes, with the first satellites planned to launch as early as 2027.

Planned Korean X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite delivering all-weather, day-night imaging at up to 0.5 m resolution, succeeding KOMPSAT-5 in the KOMPSAT radar line.

Former high-resolution commercial satellite decommissioned in 2019. Archive imagery remains available for historical analysis.

Pioneering commercial high-resolution satellite that operated from 2001 to 2015. Extensive archive available for historical analysis.

The first sub-meter commercial imaging satellite, operational from 1999 to 2015. Now decommissioned, with its global archive still available for historical analysis.

Long-serving Korean Earth observation satellite delivering 1-meter resolution imagery since 2006 for mapping and environmental monitoring.

Long-serving NASA/USGS Earth observation satellite providing continuous medium-resolution imagery since 1999 for land change monitoring.

Holder of the Guinness World Record for the longest-operating Earth observation satellite, Landsat 5 carried the Thematic Mapper and Multispectral Scanner instruments for nearly three decades. Its multi-decade archive remains freely available through the USGS.