Tag: Earth Science
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SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | WorldView Legion 1 & 2
WorldView Legion is a constellation of Earth observation satellites built and operated by Maxar. Constellation is planned to consist of 6 satellites in both polar and mid-inclination orbits, providing 30 cm-class resolution.
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SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | EarthCARE
EarthCARE (Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) is a joint mission of ESA and JAXA. The main goal of the mission is the observation and characterization of clouds and aerosols as well as measuring the reflected solar radiation and the infrared radiation emitted from Earth’s surface and atmosphere.
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Rocket Lab | Electron | Capella Acadia 3
Payload consists of a single SAR Earth-imaging Acadia satellite, a new generation satellite designed, manufactured, and operated by Capella Space.
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Firefly Aerospace | Firefly Alpha | FLTA005 (VCLS Demo 2 Mission Two)
Fourth flight of the Firefly Alpha small sat launcher, carrying its first payload for NASA.
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kondor-FKA No.2
The Kondor-FKA is a small civilian radar Earth observation satellite designed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya as a civilian counterpart to the Kondor-E satellite. The Kondor satellite features a S-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), which can conduct both continous swath surweys or detailed spot surveys. The swath width is 10 km. Ground resolution is 1 to…
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SpaceX | Falcon Heavy | GOES-U
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S Series (GOES-S) is the second of the next generation of geostationary weather satellites. The four satellites of the series will provide advanced imaging with increased spatial resolution and faster coverage for more accurate forecasts, real-time mapping of lightning activity, and improved monitoring of solar activity.
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Rocket Lab | Electron | StriX 5
Synthetic aperture radar satellites for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
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Rocket Lab | Electron | StriX 6
Synthetic aperture radar satellites for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
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Rocket Lab | Electron | 6x HawkEye 360
HawkEye 360 is a a space-based civil global intelligence satellite network using radio frequency (RF) technology to help monitor transportation across air, land and sea and assist with emergencies, and to provide civil SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) mission. The constellation of small satellites (named Hawk ) will collect information on specific radio signals worldwide to…
