Mid Resolution Satellites
LANDSAT 8
Landsat 8 will ensure the continued acquisition and availability of Landsat data with instruments that will collect image data for nine shortwave bands and two longwave thermal bands.
ASTER
Terra, the first Earth Observing System (EOS) satellite was launched on December 18, 1999. ASTER is one of five state-of-the-art instrument sensor systems on-board Terra.
LANDSAT 5&7
The LANDSAT-7 satellite was successfully launched from Vandenburg Air Force Base on April 15, 1999.