RISAT-1 | India | 2012 | ≥ 5 years | C | Land observation |
KOMPSAT-5 | South Korea | 2013 | ≥ 7 years | X | Land observation |
ALOS-2 | Japan | 2014 | ≥ 7 years | L | Land observation |
Sentinel-1 | Europe | 2014 | ≥ 7 years | C | All-weather ocean and land high resolution multi-purpose observation |
SAOCOM | Argentina | 2018 | ≥ 5 years | L | Hydrology and land observation |
RCM | Canada | 2019 | ≥ 7 years | C | Multi-purpose SAR observation, expecially for ice |
NISAR | USA / India | 2023 planned | ≥ 3 years | L / S | High-resolution all-weather imagery of ocean and land, especially suited for soil moisture |
BIOMASS | Europe | 2023 planned | ≥ 5 years | P | To quantify the forest biomass, the extend of forest and deforested areas and the delimitation of flooded forests |
TanDEM-L | Germany | 2023 | ≥ 5 years | L | All-weather land observation, in-cluding surveillance and emergency management |
Capella | USA | 2018 | ≥ 3 years | X | All-weather high-resolution land observation; sea-ice |
ICEYE | Finland | 2018 | ≥ 2 years | X | All-weather high-resolution land observation; sea-ice |