Scheduled Ocean-Colour Sensors


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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