The ESA Meteosat, ERS-1, and Earthnet programs are outlined, and their follow-ons and solid Earth and Columbus missions are presented. The NASA Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, the NASA Scatterometer, the TOPEX/POSEIDON program, shuttle-borne Earth observation payloads, airborne programs, and the implementation of a global Earth observation system are introduced. The NOAA GOES satellites and polar orbiting satellites are discussed. Japanese meteorological and polar orbiting satellites are described.
Overview of the Current Earth Observation Programs (Europe, USA, and Japan)
1987
4 pages
Report
No indication
English
Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather , Natural Resource Surveys , Astronautics , Earth observations (From space) , European space programs , Japanese space program , Nasa space programs , Noaa satellites , Atmospheric sounding , Columbus space station , Ers-1 (Esa satellite) , Goes satellites , Japanese spacecraft , Meteosat satellite , Polar orbits , Scatterometers , Space shuttle payloads , Foreign technology
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