Current Missions

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

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

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

TSIS-2

Event: Launch 2025

NISAR

Event: Launch Mar 2025

Sentinel-6B

Event: Launch Nov 2025

MAIA

Event: Launch Nov 2025

JPSS-3

Event: Launch 2026

INCUS

Event: Launch 2027

JPSS-4

Event: Launch 2027

PolSIR

Event: Launch 2028

Mission	Mission Category	Status
Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2)	Decadal Survey 2007 Earth Systematic Missions Program	Current, Extended Mission
Jason-3	Inter-Agency Partnerships	Current
Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1)	Inter-Agency Partnerships	Current
Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2)	Inter-Agency Partnerships	Current
Landsat 8	Earth Systematic Missions Program Inter-Agency Partnerships	Current, Extended Mission
Landsat 9	Earth Systematic Missions Program Inter-Agency Partnerships	Current
NOAA-19 (NOAA-N)	Inter-Agency Partnerships	Current
Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2)	Earth System Science Pathfinder Program A-Train	Current, Extended Mission
Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3 (ISS-OCO-3)	Earth System Science Pathfinder Program Other	Current, Extended Mission
Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE)	Earth Systematic Missions Program	Current

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