SENSOR	AGENCY	SATELLITE	SCHEDULED LAUNCH	SWATH (km)	RESOLUTION (m)	# OF BANDS	SPECTRAL COVERAGE (nm)	ORBIT
GOCI	KARI/KORDI	COMS-1 (South Korea)	June 2009	2500	500	8	400 - 865	Geostationary
HICO (Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean)	ONR & DOD Space Test Programme	Japanese Experi. Module-Exposed Facility (JEM-EF) on Int. Space Stn.	July 2009	50 km (selected coastal scenes)	100	124	380 - 1000	51.6 deg., 15.8 orbits per day
OCM-2	ISRO (India)	Oceansat-2 (India)	Sept 2008	1420	1 - 4 km	8	400 - 900	Polar
OLCI	ESA (Europe)	GMES-Sentinel 3A (ESA/EUMETSAT)	Oct 2012	1120	300/1200	15	400 - 900	Polar
OLCI	ESA (Europe)	GMES-Sentinel 3B (ESA/EUMETSAT)	April 2015	1120	300/1200	15	400 - 900	Polar
S-GLI	JAXA (Japan)	GCOM-C (Japan)	early 2014	1150 - 1400	250/1000	19	375 - 12,500	Polar
VIIRS	NOAA / IPO	NPP (USA)	June 2010	3000	370 / 740	22	402 - 11,800	Polar
VIIRS	NOAA / IPO	NPOESS (USA)	Jan 2013	3000	370 / 740	22	402 - 11,800	Polar

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