Supported Missions
GEP supports a broad range of radar and optical satellite remote sensing imagery products of 40 EO missions from 24 space agencies and data distributors.
The list of EO Missions supported by the GEP is available in the below table.
| Agency | Satellite | Instruments | Modes | Product | Sensor type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABAE | VRSS-1 | PMC, WMC | PA, VIS | L2B | Optical |
| ABAE | VRSS-2 | HRC | L1A | Optical | |
| ASI | COSMO-SkyMed | SAR2000 | SM, SL | L1A | Radar |
| BlackSky | Global 1, 2, ..., 60 (*) | SpaceView 24 | PAN+MS | ORTHO | Optical |
| Airbus DS | Pléiades 1A, 1B | PHR 1A/1B | PA, XS, PMS, PX | ORTHO | Optical |
| Airbus DS | Pléiades NEO | PNEO | PAN, MS, MS-FS, PMS, PMS-N, PNS-X, PMS-FS | ORTHO | Optical |
| Airbus DS | SPOT-6, SPOT-7 | SPT | PA, XS, PMS | ORTHO | Optical |
| CNSA | Gaofen-1 | PMS | PMS, MS | L1G | Optical |
| CNSA | Gaofen-2 | PMS | PMS | L1A | Optical |
| CNSA | Gaofen-3 | SARC | FSI, FSII | L2A | Radar |
| CNSA | Gaofen-4 | PMI | L1A | Optical | |
| CONAE | Saocom 1A, 1B | SAR-SAO 1A/1B | SMDP, SMQP, TNDP, TNQP, TWDP, TWQP | SLC, GEC, GTC | Radar |
| CSA | RCM 1,2,3 | SAR_RCM | LSC100M, SC50M, SC30M, SCLN, 16M, 5M, 3M, FSL, QP | GRD | Radar |
| DLR | TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X | X-SAR | HS, SL, SM, SC, ST-SP, WSC | GEC, EEC | Radar |
| DMCII | UK-DMC-2 | SLIM-6-22 | L1T | Optical | |
| ASAL, SSTL | ALSAT-1B | ALITE | L1T | Optical | |
| Airbus DS | Vision-1 | S1 | L1T | Optical | |
| Copernicus, ESA | Sentinel 1A, 1B | C-SAR | EW, IW | GRD | Radar |
| Copernicus, ESA | Sentinel 2A, 2B | MSI | L1C, L2A | Optical | |
| ICEYE | ICEYE X2, X4, X5, X7 | ICEYE-X-SAR | SLH, SM | GRD | Radar |
| MCTI, INPE, AEB | Amazonia-1 | WFI | WFI | L2, L4 | Optical |
| INPE, AEB, CAST | CBERS-4 | PanMux, MUXCam, AWFI | PAN5M, PAN10M, MUX, AWFI | L2, L4 | Optical |
| INPE, AEB, CAST | CBERS-4A | WPM, MUX, WFI | WPM, MUX, WFI | L2, L4 | Optical |
| ISRO | Cartosat-2 | PAN_CARTOSAT2 | PAINT-BRUSH | L1C | Optical |
| ISRO | Resourcesat-2 | LISS-III | L1C | Optical | |
| ISRO | Resourcesat-2 | LISS-IV | L1C | Optical | |
| ISRO | Resourcesat-2A | LISS-III | L1C | Optical | |
| JAXA | ALOS-2 | PALSAR-2 | SM | L1.5G | Radar |
| KARI | KOMPSAT-3 | AEISS | PMS | L1G | Optical |
| KARI | KOMPSAT-3A | AEISS-A | PMS | L1G | Optical |
| KARI | KOMPSAT-5 | COSI | UH, HR, EHR, ST, EST | L1D | Radar |
| NAS | BKA | PSS, MSS | PAN, MUL | L1B, L1C | Optical |
| PLANET | PlanetScope (**) | PS2, PS2.SD | L1B | Optical | |
| PLANET | PlanetScope (**) | PSB.SD | L1B | Optical | |
| ROSCOSMOS | Kanopus-V | MSS-PSS | L1D | Optical | |
| ROSCOSMOS | Kanopus-V-IK | MSS-PSS | L1D | Optical | |
| SATELLOGIC | NewSat 1, 2, ...,30 (***) | MS | L1/L3 | Optical | |
| Maxar | GeoEye-1 | EO-IMAGER | L1B | Optical | |
| USGS | Landsat-8, Landsat-9 | OLI, TIRS | L1GT | Optical | |
| DigitalGlobe | Worldview-1 | EO-IMAGER | L1B | Optical | |
| DigitalGlobe | Worldview-2 | EO-IMAGER | L1B | Optical | |
| DigitalGlobe | Worldview-3 | EO-IMAGER | L1B | Optical |
Note
(*) As per press release of April 20221 the BlackSky constellation is expanding to 14 satellites. Planned full constellation is of 60 microsatellites.
(**) As of November 2022, the PlanetScope constellation operated by Planet consists of approximately 130 DOVE cubesats2.
(***) As of January 2023, Satellogic's Aleph-1 constellation consists of 30 operational NewSat (or ÑuSat) microsatellites3.
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BlackSky Global, "BlackSky Expands Constellation to 14 Satellites and Increases Capacity Over Critical Locations", 4 Apr 2022. Accessed Jan 2023 at https://www.blacksky.com/. ↩
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Planet, "PlanetScope Constellation and sensor overview", 8 Nov 2022. Accessed Jan 2023 at: https://developers.planet.com. ↩
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Satellogic, "Low Earth Orbit: The best vantage point to monitor the Earth". Accessed Jan 2023 at https://satellogic.com. ↩