The Earth observation satellite reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Earth observation satellite

Earth observation satellites are satellites specifically designed to observe Earth from orbit, similar to spy satellites but intended for non-military uses such as environmental monitoring, meteorology, map making etc.

Satellites or satellite series include:

• Landsat
• ERS
• SPOT
• EOS
  • Terra (EOS AM-1)
• Envisat
• RADARSAT-1
• CBERS
• Munin
• IKONOS
• QuickBird

See also weather satellite

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