This section covers the Earth Observation satellite’s data portals provided by ESA, NASA, CSA, JAXA, ISRO and details of their associated satellite missions. To get a complete catalogue of satellites missions (Operational/ De-active/Archived) serving in Earth Observation, refer to The CEOS Database.
Open Data Sources: Spaceborne Remote Sensing Missions
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA)
| Name | Details | Data Use Constraints | Data Portal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth Online | Find all about ESA’s earth observation satellite missions >> | Freely available on registration | See here |
| Third Party Mission | Find all about ESA Third Party Mission Dissemination Service >> | Available on registration and approval | See here |
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)
| Name | Details | Data Use Constraints | Data Portal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth Observing System (EOS) | Find all about NASA’s current, past and future earth observation satellite missions >> | Freely available on registration | See here |
CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY (CSA)
Active Missions
| Name | Launch | Application | Link | Data Portal | Data Use Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RADARSAT Constellation (CSA) | June 12, 2019 | Ice and environmental monitoring, marine surveillance, disaster management, resource management and mapping. | RADARSAT | EODMS (Earth Observation Data Management System) >> | Freely available on registration |
| RADARSAT-2 | December 14, 2007 | Ice and environmental monitoring, marine surveillance, disaster management, resource management and mapping. | RADARSAT-2 | EODMS (Earth Observation Data Management System) >> | Freely available on registration |
| SCISAT | August 12, 2003 | Ozone Monitoring. | SCISAT | Open data and information Portal >> | Freely available on registration |
Past/Inactive Missions
| Name | Launch | Application | Link | Data Portal | Data Use Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENVISAT (ESA) | March 1, 2002 | ENVISAT complemented RADARSAT-1 and assured data continuity between RADARSAT-1 and RADARSAT-2. | ENVISAT | Earth Online >> | Archive is available online FTP or HTTP/MERCI access upon Fast Registration |
| RADARSAT-1 | November 4, 1995 | Global environmental monitoring. | RADARSAT-1 | EODMS (Earth Observation Data Management System) >> | Freely available on registration |
JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY (JAXA)
Active Missions
| Name | Launch | Application | Link | Data Portal | Data Use Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhouse gases observing Satellite-2 “IBUKI-2” (GOSAT-2) | October 29, 2018 | Greenhouse gas observations- Carbon dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide. | GOSAT-2 | GOSAT-2 Product Archive >> | Search and Order Data is available upon registration. [Data Capacity] The size of data which can be ordered at a time differs depending on the user category(‘General user’, Authorized user’ etc.). When the ordering data size is larger than the limit, order data separately in multiple times. There is no daily capacity limit. [Target Data] Only Standard Products (Users cannot order Research Product.) |
| Global change observation mission-climate”SHIKISAI” (GCOM-C) | Long-term monitoring of aerosols and clouds, as well as vegetation and temperatures, in the land and ocean regions | GCOM-C | G-Portal >> | Available upon registration | |
| Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2″DAICHI-2″(ALOS-2) | May 24, 2014 | 1) Disaster monitoring of damage areas, both in cosiderable detail, and when these areas may be large 2) Continuous updating of data archives related to national land and infrastructure information 3) Effective monitoring of cultivated areas 4) Global monitoring of tropical rain forests to identify carbon sinks. | ALOS-2 | AUIG2 (ALOS/ALOS2 User Interface Gateway2) >> | Available upon registration |
INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ISRO)
| Name | Details | Data Portal | Data Use Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|
| BHUVAN | A Geo-portal comprising of Geo Spatial Data, Services and Tools for Analysis. | See here | Freely available on registration |
| MOSDAC | Meteorological & Oceanographic Satellite Data Archival Centre (MOSDAC)- a data repository for all the meteorological missions of ISRO and deals with weather related information, oceanography and tropical water cycles. | See here | For Research Purposes only. Not for Commercial use. |
| VEDAS | Visualization of Earth observation Data and Archival System (VEDAS)- an online geoprocessing platform for academia, research and problem solving. | See here | Available on ISRO’s approval |
