---
- description: "ACRIMSAT is a NASA funded minisatellite mission to monitor the amount of total solar energy received (part of EOS program). The objective is to monitor the solar constant, or TSI (Total Solar Irradiation), with maximum precision and provide an important link in the long-term TSI database. ACRIMSAT is part of a multi-decade effort to understand variations in the sun's output and resulting effects on Earth."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/acrimsat
  end_date: 2015-09-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/active-cavity-radiometer-irradiance-monitor.yaml
  identifier: active-cavity-radiometer-irradiance-monitor
  name: Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1999-12-20T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/active-cavity-radiometer-irradiance-monitor
  url: http://acrim.jpl.nasa.gov/
- description: "ADEOS (Midori) is the first Japanese (NASDA) satellite mission with international cooperation. In Japan, the ADEOS satellite is also referred to as `Midori', meaning `green'. The overall objective of the mission is dedicated to Earth environmental research: integrated observation of geophysical parameters, global observation of land, ocean and atmospheric processes (ocean color and sea surface temperature). In addition, communication demonstrations are planned for the study (feasibility) of interorbit links, called IOCS (Inter-Orbital Communication Subsystem)."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/adeos
  end_date: 1997-06-30T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/advanced-earth-observing-satellite.yaml
  identifier: advanced-earth-observing-satellite
  name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1996-08-17T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/advanced-earth-observing-satellite
  url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/adeos/index_e.html
- description: 'ADEOS-II is a Japanese (JAXA, formerly NASDA) Earth environmental observation satellite, a successor mission to ADEOS with international cooperation. Overall objectives are to provide and improve Earth observation services with advanced payload instruments.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/adeos-ii
  end_date: 2003-10-24T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii.yaml
  identifier: advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii
  name: 'Advanced Earth Observing Satellite - II'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2002-11-01T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii
  url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/adeos2/index_e.html
- description: "ALOS (nicknamed ” ”) is a Japanese Earth-observation satellite, developed by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tokyo; formerly NASDA), and manufactured by NEC, Toshiba, and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. The objectives call for an optical and an active microwave sensor payload who's high-resolution data may be used for such applications as cartographic mapping, environmental and hazard monitoring (within 48 hours). The intent is to provide the user community with data of sufficient resolution to be able to generate 1:25,000 scale maps. This in turn requires observational data of 2.5 m horizontal resolution for the determination of land conditions, and a 3-5 m vertical accuracy for contour mapping. Multispectral data with 10 m horizontal resolution is needed for the classification of land cover (vegetation, forests, etc.). Short-term hazard monitoring (within 24 hours on average) will be accommodated by the use of pointing mechanisms. Particular application features of the ALOS mission are:"
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/alos
  end_date: 2011-04-22T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/advanced-land-observing-satellite.yaml
  identifier: advanced-land-observing-satellite
  name: Advanced Land Observing Satellite
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2006-01-24T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/advanced-land-observing-satellite
  url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/alos/index_e.html
- description: 'ALOS-2 is the follow-on JAXA L-SAR satellite mission of ALOS (Daichi) approved by the Japanese government in late 2008. The overall objective is to provide data continuity to be used for cartography, regional observation, disaster monitoring, and environmental monitoring.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/alos-2
  end_date: 2019-05-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/advanced-land-observing-satellite-2.yaml
  identifier: advanced-land-observing-satellite-2
  name: Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2014-05-24T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/advanced-land-observing-satellite-2
  url: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/alos2/index_e.html
- description: 'The Almaz program (Russian for “diamond”), a military space program of the former Soviet Union, had its origin in 1964 when officials of the OKB-52 design bureau (chief designer Vladimir N. Chelomey - also spelled “Chelomei”), based in Reutov (near Moscow), announced the start of the development of the, code-named as. The Almaz small space station design concept was to support a crew of 2-3 cosmonauts (on a rotating basis) with an operational spacecraft life of one to two years. This new space station was intended to be serviced by the ferry system called (Transportniy Korabl Snabzheniya - Transport Logistics Spacecraft), consisting of a landing capsule (or return apparatus, 11F74 VA) and FGB (Funktsionalno Gruzovoy Blok - Functional Cargo Block) intended to raise the orbit of Almaz and to control the attitude of the Almaz complex.. Eventually, four TKS spacecraft were launched in the timeframe 1977 to 1984. - In 1966, the OKB-52 design bureau was renamed to “Central Design Bureau of Machine-Building,” or simply TsKBM, by the Ministry of General Machine-Building.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/almaz
  end_date: 2000-01-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/almaz-1b.yaml
  identifier: almaz-1b
  name: ALMAZ-1B
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1997-01-01T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/almaz-1b
  url: ~
- description: "The Aqua mission is a part of the NASA's international Earth Observing System (EOS). Aqua was formerly named EOS/PM-1, signifying its afternoon equatorial crossing time. NASA renamed the EOS/PM-1 satellite to Aqua on Oct. 18, 1999. The Aqua mission is part of NASA's ESE (Earth Science Enterprise) program."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/aqua
  end_date: 2015-10-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/aqua.yaml
  identifier: aqua
  name: Aqua (formerly EOS PM-1)
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2002-05-04T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/aqua
  url: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov
- description: "Aura (formerly EOS/Chem-1) is the chemistry mission of NASA with the overall objective to study the chemistry and dynamics of Earth's atmosphere from the ground through the mesosphere. The goal is to monitor the complex interactions of atmospheric constituents from both natural sources, such as biological activity and volcanoes, and man-made sources, such as biomass burning, are contributing to global change and effect the creation and depletion of ozone. The Aura mission will provide global surveys of several atmospheric constituents which can be classified into anthropogenic sources (CFC types), radicals (e.g., ClO, NO, OH), reservoirs (e.g., HNO, HCl), and tracers (e.g., N O, CO, H O). Temperature, geopotential heights, and aerosol fields will also be mapped."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/aura
  end_date: 2015-10-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/aura.yaml
  identifier: aura
  name: Aura (formerly EOS Chemistry)
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2004-07-15T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/aura
  url: http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov/
- description: ~
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/aissat-1
  end_date: 2014-12-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/automatic-identification-system-satellite-1.yaml
  identifier: automatic-identification-system-satellite-1
  name: Automatic Identification System Satellite-1
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2010-07-12T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/automatic-identification-system-satellite-1
  url: ~
- description: ~
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/aissat-1
  end_date: 2017-06-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/automatic-identification-system-satellite-2.yaml
  identifier: automatic-identification-system-satellite-2
  name: Automatic Identification System Satellite-2
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2014-07-08T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/automatic-identification-system-satellite-2
  url: ~
- description: 'Baumanets-2 is a follow-up microsatellite mission of Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU), Moscow, Russia. The educational goals of the Baumanets-2 microsatellite project aim at training students through a full life cycle of satellite creation, in-orbit operation and implementation of scientific and educational programs through conducting scientific experiments onboard. Specific goals of the project are:'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/b/baumanets-2
  end_date: 2006-12-31T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/baumanets.yaml
  identifier: baumanets
  name: Baumanets
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2005-12-05T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/baumanets
  url: ~
- description: ~
  description_attribution: ~
  end_date: 2010-10-27T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/beijing-1-small-satellite.yaml
  identifier: beijing-1-small-satellite
  name: Beijing-1 Small Satellite
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2005-10-27T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/beijing-1-small-satellite
  url: www.blmit.com.cn
- description: ~
  description_attribution: ~
  end_date: 2006-01-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/belka.yaml
  identifier: belka
  name: BelKA
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2006-01-01T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/belka
  url: ~
- description: ~
  description_attribution: ~
  end_date: 2006-08-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/bilsat-research-satellite.yaml
  identifier: bilsat-research-satellite
  name: BILSAT Research Satellite
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2003-09-01T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/bilsat-research-satellite
  url: http://www.uzay.tubitak.gov.tr/
- description: 'BIRD is a DLR (German Aerospace Center) microsatellite technology demonstration mission with the overall objectives to observe fires/hot spots on Earth (caused by lightning, volcanism, oil wells, smoke/water-cloud discrimination, and by man) to permit environmental impact studies. Secondary objectives involve technology demonstrations, namely the operation of a new type of infrared sensor system on a microsatellite and on-board preprocessing techniques.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/b/bird
  end_date: 2005-12-31T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/bi-spectral-infrared-detection.yaml
  identifier: bi-spectral-infrared-detection
  name: Bi-spectral Infrared Detection
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2001-10-22T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/bi-spectral-infrared-detection
  url: http://spacesensors.dlr.de/SE/bird/
- description: ~
  description_attribution: ~
  end_date: 2015-12-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/cartography-satellite-1.yaml
  identifier: cartography-satellite-1
  name: 'Cartography Satellite - 1'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2005-05-05T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/cartography-satellite-1
  url: http://www.isro.org/
- description: 'CartoSat-2 is a direct follow-on satellite to CartoSat-1 (IRS-P5) of ISRO, Bangalore, India. The objective is to provide high-resolution imagery (≤ 1 m, with an event monitoring capability) from a highly agile spacecraft.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cartosat-2
  end_date: 2015-12-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/cartography-satellite-2.yaml
  identifier: cartography-satellite-2
  name: 'Cartography Satellite - 2'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2007-01-10T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/cartography-satellite-2
  url: http://www.isro.org/
- description: "CartoSat-2A is a follow-up optical imaging mission of CartoSat-2 (launch Jan. 10, 2007), representing India's first dedicated military satellite (funding by the Ministry of Defense of the Government of India). The overall objective is to provide scene-specific spot imagery in high resolution to the Indian Armed Forces - which is in the process of establishing an Aerospace Command."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cartosat-2a
  end_date: 2016-04-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/cartography-satellite-2a.yaml
  identifier: cartography-satellite-2a
  name: 'Cartography Satellite - 2A'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2008-04-28T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/cartography-satellite-2a
  url: ~
- description: "CartoSat-2B is a follow-up optical imaging mission of CartoSat-2 (launch Jan. 10, 2007) and CartoSat-2A (launch April 28, 2008, representing India's second dedicated military satellite (funding by the Ministry of Defense of the Government of India). The overall objective is to provide scene-specific spot imagery in high resolution to the Indian Armed Forces - which is in the process of establishing an Aerospace Command."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cartosat-2b
  end_date: 2015-07-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/cartography-satellite-2b.yaml
  identifier: cartography-satellite-2b
  name: 'Cartography Satellite - 2B'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2010-07-12T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/cartography-satellite-2b
  url: ~
- description: 'CHAMP is a German BMBF-funded geophysical minisatellite mission of GFZ (GeoForschungsZentrum), Potsdam, Germany, in cooperation with DLR (German Aerospace Center). The satellite was built by the German space industry with the intent to foster high-tech capabilities especially in the East-German space industry. The spacecraft prime contractor is DJO (Jena Optronic GmbH) in Jena, a daughter of DASA (now EADS Astrium GmbH).'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/champ
  end_date: 2010-09-19T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/challenging-mini-satellite-payload-for-geophysical-research-and-application.yaml
  identifier: challenging-mini-satellite-payload-for-geophysical-research-and-application
  name: Challenging Mini-Satellite Payload for Geophysical Research and Application
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2000-07-15T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/challenging-mini-satellite-payload-for-geophysical-research-and-application
  url: http://op.gfz-potsdam.de/champ/index_CHAMP.html
- description: "is a cooperative program between CAST (Chinese Academy of Space Technology) of the People's Republic of China, and INPE (Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais) of Brazil (government agreement of both countries for the development and operation of two satellites). The program was signed in July 1988 to establish a complete remote sensing system (space and ground segment) to supply both countries with multispectral remotely sensed imagery. - Prior to the international cooperative program of CBERS, there existed already a Chinese program, referred to as or simply, meaning in Chinese. The satellite ZY-1 FM1 (Zi Yuan-1 Flight Model 1) of this 1 generation program came to be known as CBERS-1."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cbers-1-2
  end_date: 2003-10-12T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/china-brazil-earth-resources-satellite-1.yaml
  identifier: china-brazil-earth-resources-satellite-1
  name: 'China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite - 1'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1999-10-14T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/china-brazil-earth-resources-satellite-1
  url: http://www.cbers.inpe.br/en/programas/cbers1-2.htm
- description: "is a cooperative program between CAST (Chinese Academy of Space Technology) of the People's Republic of China, and INPE (Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais) of Brazil (government agreement of both countries for the development and operation of two satellites). The program was signed in July 1988 to establish a complete remote sensing system (space and ground segment) to supply both countries with multispectral remotely sensed imagery. - Prior to the international cooperative program of CBERS, there existed already a Chinese program, referred to as or simply, meaning in Chinese. The satellite ZY-1 FM1 (Zi Yuan-1 Flight Model 1) of this 1 generation program came to be known as CBERS-1."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cbers-1-2
  end_date: 2009-01-10T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/china-brazil-earth-resources-satellite-2.yaml
  identifier: china-brazil-earth-resources-satellite-2
  name: 'China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite - 2'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2003-10-21T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/china-brazil-earth-resources-satellite-2
  url: http://www.cbers.inpe.br/en/programas/cbers1-2.htm
- description: "is a cooperative program between CAST (Chinese Academy of Space Technology) of the People's Republic of China, and INPE (Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais) of Brazil (government agreement of both countries for the development and operation of two satellites). The program was signed in July 1988 to establish a complete remote sensing system (space and ground segment) to supply both countries with multispectral remotely sensed imagery. - Prior to the international cooperative program of CBERS, there existed already a Chinese program, referred to as or simply, meaning in Chinese. The satellite ZY-1 FM1 (Zi Yuan-1 Flight Model 1) of this 1 generation program came to be known as CBERS-1."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cbers-1-2
  end_date: 2010-04-16T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/china-brazil-earth-resources-satellite-2b.yaml
  identifier: china-brazil-earth-resources-satellite-2b
  name: 'China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite - 2B'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2007-09-19T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/china-brazil-earth-resources-satellite-2b
  url: http://www.cbers.inpe.br/en/programas/cbers1-2.htm
- description: ~
  description_attribution: ~
  end_date: 2017-12-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/china-brazil-earth-resources-satellite-4.yaml
  identifier: china-brazil-earth-resources-satellite-4
  name: 'China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite - 4'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2014-12-06T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/china-brazil-earth-resources-satellite-4
  url: http:/www.cresda.com/
- description: 'CALIPSO, alias PICASSO-CENA (Pathfinder Instruments for Cloud and Aerosol Spaceborne Observations / Climatologie Etendue des Nuages et des Aerosols), and alias ESSP-3 (Earth System Science Pathfinder-3), is a satellite science mission, a collaborative NASA/CNES project in the ESSP (Earth System Science Pathfinder) program of NASA. Other project partners (algorithm development, etc.) are Hampton University in Hampton, VA, and IPSL (Institut Pierre Simon Laplace), Jussieu, France.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/calipso
  end_date: 2015-10-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/cloud-aerosol-lidar-and-infrared-pathfinder-satellite-observations.yaml
  identifier: cloud-aerosol-lidar-and-infrared-pathfinder-satellite-observations
  name: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2006-04-28T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/cloud-aerosol-lidar-and-infrared-pathfinder-satellite-observations
  url: http://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/
- description: "A NASA/CSA (USA/Canada) cooperative research mission in the ESSP (Earth System Science Pathfinder) program to study the effects of clouds on climate and weather. CloudSat's primary goal is to furnish data needed to evaluate and improve the way clouds are represented in global models, thereby contributing to better predictions of clouds and thus to their poorly understood role in climate change and the cloud-climate feedback [focused on understanding the role of optically thick clouds on the Earth's radiation budget (a balance of solar energy reaching the Earth and lost to space that ultimately controls the temperature of the Earth)]."
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cloudsat
  end_date: 2015-10-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/cloudsat.yaml
  identifier: cloudsat
  name: CloudSat
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2006-04-28T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/cloudsat
  url: http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/
- description: 'In 1996, Korea established its long-term plan of the National Space Program which was revised in 2000 to accommodate the public and civilian demand for satellite utilization and to maintain the continuity of satellite services. The plan prospects the details of the future space activities of Korea until 2015 and serves as a basis for space development in Korea. In response to this space plan, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) started to define and formulate the basic requirements for COMS-1, the first geostationary meteorological satellite mission of Korea. - Note: The nickname Collian means long distance view (literally “Thousand Li View”) in Korean.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/coms-1
  end_date: 2018-03-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/communication-oceanographic-meteorological-satellite.yaml
  identifier: communication-oceanographic-meteorological-satellite
  name: 'Communication, Oceanographic, Meteorological Satellite'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2010-06-26T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/communication-oceanographic-meteorological-satellite
  url: ~
- description: 'The ROCSat-3/COSMIC (Republic of China Satellite-3 / Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) is an international collaborative project between NSPO (National Space Program Office) of Taiwan and UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) of the United States of America. Initiated in December 1997, the project will launch a LEO constellation of six microsatellites to collect atmospheric remote sensing data for operational weather prediction, climate, ionospheric (space weather monitoring), and geodesy research. NSPO is the prime sponsor and owner of the satellites. UCAR, located at NCAR in Boulder, CO, is primarily sponsored by NSF (National Science Foundation). Other partners in the project include JPL, NRL, USAF, NOAA, CWB (Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan), industry from both countries, universities, and other research organizations from the US, Taiwan, and other countries.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/f/formosat-3
  end_date: 2015-03-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-1.yaml
  identifier: constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-1
  name: 'Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate-1'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2006-04-14T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-1
  url: http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/
- description: 'The ROCSat-3/COSMIC (Republic of China Satellite-3 / Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) is an international collaborative project between NSPO (National Space Program Office) of Taiwan and UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) of the United States of America. Initiated in December 1997, the project will launch a LEO constellation of six microsatellites to collect atmospheric remote sensing data for operational weather prediction, climate, ionospheric (space weather monitoring), and geodesy research. NSPO is the prime sponsor and owner of the satellites. UCAR, located at NCAR in Boulder, CO, is primarily sponsored by NSF (National Science Foundation). Other partners in the project include JPL, NRL, USAF, NOAA, CWB (Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan), industry from both countries, universities, and other research organizations from the US, Taiwan, and other countries.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/f/formosat-3
  end_date: 2015-03-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-2.yaml
  identifier: constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-2
  name: 'Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate-2'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2006-04-14T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-2
  url: http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/
- description: 'The ROCSat-3/COSMIC (Republic of China Satellite-3 / Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) is an international collaborative project between NSPO (National Space Program Office) of Taiwan and UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) of the United States of America. Initiated in December 1997, the project will launch a LEO constellation of six microsatellites to collect atmospheric remote sensing data for operational weather prediction, climate, ionospheric (space weather monitoring), and geodesy research. NSPO is the prime sponsor and owner of the satellites. UCAR, located at NCAR in Boulder, CO, is primarily sponsored by NSF (National Science Foundation). Other partners in the project include JPL, NRL, USAF, NOAA, CWB (Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan), industry from both countries, universities, and other research organizations from the US, Taiwan, and other countries.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/f/formosat-3
  end_date: 2010-07-05T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-3.yaml
  identifier: constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-3
  name: 'Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate-3'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2006-04-14T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-3
  url: http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/
- description: 'The ROCSat-3/COSMIC (Republic of China Satellite-3 / Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) is an international collaborative project between NSPO (National Space Program Office) of Taiwan and UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) of the United States of America. Initiated in December 1997, the project will launch a LEO constellation of six microsatellites to collect atmospheric remote sensing data for operational weather prediction, climate, ionospheric (space weather monitoring), and geodesy research. NSPO is the prime sponsor and owner of the satellites. UCAR, located at NCAR in Boulder, CO, is primarily sponsored by NSF (National Science Foundation). Other partners in the project include JPL, NRL, USAF, NOAA, CWB (Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan), industry from both countries, universities, and other research organizations from the US, Taiwan, and other countries.'
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  end_date: 2015-03-01T00:00:00
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  identifier: constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-4
  name: 'Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate-4'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2006-04-14T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-4
  url: http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/
- description: 'The ROCSat-3/COSMIC (Republic of China Satellite-3 / Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) is an international collaborative project between NSPO (National Space Program Office) of Taiwan and UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) of the United States of America. Initiated in December 1997, the project will launch a LEO constellation of six microsatellites to collect atmospheric remote sensing data for operational weather prediction, climate, ionospheric (space weather monitoring), and geodesy research. NSPO is the prime sponsor and owner of the satellites. UCAR, located at NCAR in Boulder, CO, is primarily sponsored by NSF (National Science Foundation). Other partners in the project include JPL, NRL, USAF, NOAA, CWB (Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan), industry from both countries, universities, and other research organizations from the US, Taiwan, and other countries.'
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  end_date: 2015-03-01T00:00:00
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  identifier: constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-5
  name: 'Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate-5'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2006-04-14T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-5
  url: http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/
- description: 'The ROCSat-3/COSMIC (Republic of China Satellite-3 / Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) is an international collaborative project between NSPO (National Space Program Office) of Taiwan and UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) of the United States of America. Initiated in December 1997, the project will launch a LEO constellation of six microsatellites to collect atmospheric remote sensing data for operational weather prediction, climate, ionospheric (space weather monitoring), and geodesy research. NSPO is the prime sponsor and owner of the satellites. UCAR, located at NCAR in Boulder, CO, is primarily sponsored by NSF (National Science Foundation). Other partners in the project include JPL, NRL, USAF, NOAA, CWB (Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan), industry from both countries, universities, and other research organizations from the US, Taiwan, and other countries.'
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  end_date: 2015-03-01T00:00:00
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  identifier: constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-6
  name: 'Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate-6'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2006-04-14T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/constellation-observing-system-for-meteorology-ionosphere-and-climate-6
  url: http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/
- description: 'COSMO-SkyMed (Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation) is a 4-spacecraft constellation, conceived by ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), and funded by the Italian Ministry of Research (MUR) and the Italian Ministry of Defense (MoD), Rome, Italy. The program is managed in cooperation of ASI and MoD. The contract was assigned to an Italian industrial team, that is in charge of the project development. Thales Alenia Space Italia (TAS-I) is the prime contractor of the end-to-end system and leads an industrial team of small and medium sized Italian companies including many from the Finmeccanica group. Telespazio is the main Ground Segment contractor responsible for the development of the control center for the constellation, and of the user’s ground segments for acquiring, processing and distributing the data gathered by the satellites for civil and defence applications. -The COSMO-SkyMed program represents the largest Italian investment in space systems for Earth Observation.'
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  end_date: 2015-06-01T00:00:00
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  identifier: constellation-of-small-satellites-for-mediterranean-basin-observation-1
  name: 'COnstellation of small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation - 1'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2007-06-08T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/constellation-of-small-satellites-for-mediterranean-basin-observation-1
  url: http://www.asi.it/en/activity/earth_observation/cosmoskymed
- description: 'COSMO-SkyMed (Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation) is a 4-spacecraft constellation, conceived by ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), and funded by the Italian Ministry of Research (MUR) and the Italian Ministry of Defense (MoD), Rome, Italy. The program is managed in cooperation of ASI and MoD. The contract was assigned to an Italian industrial team, that is in charge of the project development. Thales Alenia Space Italia (TAS-I) is the prime contractor of the end-to-end system and leads an industrial team of small and medium sized Italian companies including many from the Finmeccanica group. Telespazio is the main Ground Segment contractor responsible for the development of the control center for the constellation, and of the user’s ground segments for acquiring, processing and distributing the data gathered by the satellites for civil and defence applications. -The COSMO-SkyMed program represents the largest Italian investment in space systems for Earth Observation.'
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  end_date: 2015-12-01T00:00:00
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  identifier: constellation-of-small-satellites-for-mediterranean-basin-observation-2
  name: 'COnstellation of small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation - 2'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2007-12-09T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/constellation-of-small-satellites-for-mediterranean-basin-observation-2
  url: http://www.asi.it/en/activity/earth_observation/cosmoskymed
- description: 'COSMO-SkyMed (Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation) is a 4-spacecraft constellation, conceived by ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), and funded by the Italian Ministry of Research (MUR) and the Italian Ministry of Defense (MoD), Rome, Italy. The program is managed in cooperation of ASI and MoD. The contract was assigned to an Italian industrial team, that is in charge of the project development. Thales Alenia Space Italia (TAS-I) is the prime contractor of the end-to-end system and leads an industrial team of small and medium sized Italian companies including many from the Finmeccanica group. Telespazio is the main Ground Segment contractor responsible for the development of the control center for the constellation, and of the user’s ground segments for acquiring, processing and distributing the data gathered by the satellites for civil and defence applications. -The COSMO-SkyMed program represents the largest Italian investment in space systems for Earth Observation.'
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  end_date: 2015-10-01T00:00:00
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  identifier: constellation-of-small-satellites-for-mediterranean-basin-observation-3
  name: 'COnstellation of small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation - 3'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2008-10-25T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/constellation-of-small-satellites-for-mediterranean-basin-observation-3
  url: http://www.asi.it/en/activity/earth_observation/cosmoskymed
- description: 'COSMO-SkyMed (Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation) is a 4-spacecraft constellation, conceived by ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), and funded by the Italian Ministry of Research (MUR) and the Italian Ministry of Defense (MoD), Rome, Italy. The program is managed in cooperation of ASI and MoD. The contract was assigned to an Italian industrial team, that is in charge of the project development. Thales Alenia Space Italia (TAS-I) is the prime contractor of the end-to-end system and leads an industrial team of small and medium sized Italian companies including many from the Finmeccanica group. Telespazio is the main Ground Segment contractor responsible for the development of the control center for the constellation, and of the user’s ground segments for acquiring, processing and distributing the data gathered by the satellites for civil and defence applications. -The COSMO-SkyMed program represents the largest Italian investment in space systems for Earth Observation.'
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  end_date: 2017-11-01T00:00:00
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  identifier: constellation-of-small-satellites-for-mediterranean-basin-observation-4
  name: 'COnstellation of small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation - 4'
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2010-11-06T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/constellation-of-small-satellites-for-mediterranean-basin-observation-4
  url: http://www.asi.it/en/activity/earth_observation/cosmoskymed
- description: "CryoSat-2 is the follow-on Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission in ESA's Living Planet Program. It replaces CryoSat, which was selected for development in 1999 and lost as a result of launch failure on October 8, 2005. CryoSat-2 will have the same mission objectives as the original CryoSat mission; it will monitor the thickness of land ice and sea ice and help explain the connection between the melting of the polar ice and the rise in sea levels and how this is contributing to climate change."
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  end_date: 2015-09-01T00:00:00
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  identifier: cryosat-2-earth-explorer-opportunity-mission
  name: CryoSat-2 (Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission)
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2010-04-08T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/cryosat-2-earth-explorer-opportunity-mission
  url: http://www.esa.int/cryosat
- description: "CryoSat is the first Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission in ESA's Living Planet Program; it is a next-generation radar altimetry mission dedicated to observations of the polar regions. The science objectives are to determine variations in the thickness of Arctic sea ice and elevation changes of ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers that ring the Arctic Ocean (continental ice sheets). Sea ice plays a central role in Arctic climate. The CryoSat mission is to further knowledge of the wider role of the Earth's cryosphere and its effect on the sea level. The CryoSat mission was proposed by Duncan Wingham of the University College London (UCL) and an international science team. Duncan Wingham is also the mission PI. A nominal mission duration of three years is planned (excluding the commissioning and validation phases, which may last up to six months)."
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  end_date: 2005-10-08T00:00:00
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  identifier: cryosat-earth-explorer-opportunity-mission
  name: CryoSat (Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission)
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2005-10-08T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/cryosat-earth-explorer-opportunity-mission
  url: http://www.esa.int/export/esaLP/cryosat.html
- description: "The SCD satellite program of INPE (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais) or “National Institute of Space Research” is to provide a spaceborne environmental data collecting capability for Brazil. This program is considered complimentary to the Argos DCS (Data Collection System) flown on the POES (Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite) series of NOAA, USA. Most data collected by the SCD spacecraft are related to meteorological and hydrological phenomena, gathered and transmitted by around 700 terrestrial data collecting platforms (DCP's) spread over the country (and some platforms installed in other South America countries)."
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  end_date: 2014-12-01T00:00:00
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  identifier: data-collecting-satellite-1
  name: Data Collecting Satellite 1
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1993-02-09T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/data-collecting-satellite-1
  url: http://www.inpe.br
- description: "The SCD satellite program of INPE (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais) or “National Institute of Space Research” is to provide a spaceborne environmental data collecting capability for Brazil. This program is considered complimentary to the Argos DCS (Data Collection System) flown on the POES (Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite) series of NOAA, USA. Most data collected by the SCD spacecraft are related to meteorological and hydrological phenomena, gathered and transmitted by around 700 terrestrial data collecting platforms (DCP's) spread over the country (and some platforms installed in other South America countries)."
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  end_date: 2014-12-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/data-collecting-satellite-2.yaml
  identifier: data-collecting-satellite-2
  name: Data Collecting Satellite 2
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1998-10-22T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/data-collecting-satellite-2
  url: http://www.inpe.br
- description: 'DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) is a long-term operational meteorological program of the US DoD (Department of Defense), managed by the USAF and operated by the 6th Satellite Operations Group at Offutt AFB (Air Force Base), Nebraska. The program originated in the early 1960s with the objective to collect and disseminate worldwide cloud cover data on a daily basis (along with oceanographic and solar-geophysical environment parameters). The DMSP system is being used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the US military in planning operations at sea, on land and in the air.'
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  end_date: 1993-12-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-10.yaml
  identifier: defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-10
  name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-10
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1990-12-01T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-10
  url: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/dmsp.html
- description: 'DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) is a long-term operational meteorological program of the US DoD (Department of Defense), managed by the USAF and operated by the 6th Satellite Operations Group at Offutt AFB (Air Force Base), Nebraska. The program originated in the early 1960s with the objective to collect and disseminate worldwide cloud cover data on a daily basis (along with oceanographic and solar-geophysical environment parameters). The DMSP system is being used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the US military in planning operations at sea, on land and in the air.'
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  end_date: 1991-11-01T00:00:00
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  identifier: defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-11
  name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-11
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1991-11-01T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-11
  url: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/dmsp.html
- description: 'DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) is a long-term operational meteorological program of the US DoD (Department of Defense), managed by the USAF and operated by the 6th Satellite Operations Group at Offutt AFB (Air Force Base), Nebraska. The program originated in the early 1960s with the objective to collect and disseminate worldwide cloud cover data on a daily basis (along with oceanographic and solar-geophysical environment parameters). The DMSP system is being used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the US military in planning operations at sea, on land and in the air.'
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  end_date: 2004-09-30T00:00:00
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  identifier: defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-12
  name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-12
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1994-08-29T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-12
  url: http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp.html
- description: 'DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) is a long-term operational meteorological program of the US DoD (Department of Defense), managed by the USAF and operated by the 6th Satellite Operations Group at Offutt AFB (Air Force Base), Nebraska. The program originated in the early 1960s with the objective to collect and disseminate worldwide cloud cover data on a daily basis (along with oceanographic and solar-geophysical environment parameters). The DMSP system is being used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the US military in planning operations at sea, on land and in the air.'
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  end_date: 2008-05-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-13.yaml
  identifier: defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-13
  name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-13
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1997-03-24T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-13
  url: http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp.html
- description: 'DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) is a long-term operational meteorological program of the US DoD (Department of Defense), managed by the USAF and operated by the 6th Satellite Operations Group at Offutt AFB (Air Force Base), Nebraska. The program originated in the early 1960s with the objective to collect and disseminate worldwide cloud cover data on a daily basis (along with oceanographic and solar-geophysical environment parameters). The DMSP system is being used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the US military in planning operations at sea, on land and in the air.'
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  end_date: 2015-12-01T00:00:00
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  identifier: defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-14
  name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-14
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1997-04-04T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-14
  url: http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp.html
- description: 'DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) is a long-term operational meteorological program of the US DoD (Department of Defense), managed by the USAF and operated by the 6th Satellite Operations Group at Offutt AFB (Air Force Base), Nebraska. The program originated in the early 1960s with the objective to collect and disseminate worldwide cloud cover data on a daily basis (along with oceanographic and solar-geophysical environment parameters). The DMSP system is being used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the US military in planning operations at sea, on land and in the air.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/d/dmsp-block-5d
  end_date: 2015-05-01T00:00:00
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  identifier: defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-15
  name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-15
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 1999-12-12T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-15
  url: http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp.html
- description: 'DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) is a long-term operational meteorological program of the US DoD (Department of Defense), managed by the USAF and operated by the 6th Satellite Operations Group at Offutt AFB (Air Force Base), Nebraska. The program originated in the early 1960s with the objective to collect and disseminate worldwide cloud cover data on a daily basis (along with oceanographic and solar-geophysical environment parameters). The DMSP system is being used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the US military in planning operations at sea, on land and in the air.'
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  end_date: 2015-10-01T00:00:00
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  identifier: defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-16
  name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-16
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2003-10-18T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-16
  url: http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp.html
- description: 'DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) is a long-term operational meteorological program of the US DoD (Department of Defense), managed by the USAF and operated by the 6th Satellite Operations Group at Offutt AFB (Air Force Base), Nebraska. The program originated in the early 1960s with the objective to collect and disseminate worldwide cloud cover data on a daily basis (along with oceanographic and solar-geophysical environment parameters). The DMSP system is being used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the US military in planning operations at sea, on land and in the air.'
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  end_date: 2015-06-01T00:00:00
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  identifier: defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-17
  name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-17
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2006-11-04T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-17
  url: http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp.html
- description: 'DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) is a long-term operational meteorological program of the US DoD (Department of Defense), managed by the USAF and operated by the 6th Satellite Operations Group at Offutt AFB (Air Force Base), Nebraska. The program originated in the early 1960s with the objective to collect and disseminate worldwide cloud cover data on a daily basis (along with oceanographic and solar-geophysical environment parameters). The DMSP system is being used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the US military in planning operations at sea, on land and in the air.'
  description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/d/dmsp-block-5d
  end_date: 2015-04-01T00:00:00
  href: https://data.globalchange.gov/platform/defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-18.yaml
  identifier: defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-18
  name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-18
  platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
  start_date: 2009-10-18T00:00:00
  uri: /platform/defense-meteorological-satellite-program-f-18
  url: http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp.html