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What Earth observation satellite launches happened on a specific day?

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Table 1: Earth observation satellite launches, failures, and data collection events

Date Year Event Multi Hyper Thermal SAR LiDAR Notes More info
12 Jan. 2003 Launch: ICESat satellite (NASA) x It operated until 2006. link
22 Jan. 1975 Launch: Landsat-2 satellite (NASA, USGS) x ** link
8 Feb. 2024 Launch: PACE satellite (NASA) x ** link
11 Feb. 2000 Start: SRTM mission (NASA, DLR) x data collection was from 11-22 Feb. 2000 link
11 Feb. 2013 Launch: Landsat-8 satellite (NASA) x x ** link
1 March 1984 Launch: Landsat-5 satellite (NASA, USGS) x x ** link
5 March 1978 Launch: Landsat-3 satellite (NASA, USGS) x ** link
7 March 2015 Launch: Sentinel-2B satellite (Copernicus) x ** link
3 April 2014 Launch: Sentinel-1A satellite (Copernicus) x ** link
15 April 1999 Launch: Landsat-7 satellite (NASA, USGS) x x ** link
25 April 2016 Launch: Sentinel-1B satellite (Copernicus) x Five and a half years in, the mission suffered an anomaly in Dec. 2021 and was decomissioned in Aug. 2022. news release
27 April 1999 Launch failure: IKONOS-1 satellite (Space Imaging) x ** link
29 April 2025 Launch: Biomass satellite (ESA) x ** video
4 May 2002 Launch: Aqua satellite (NASA) x x ** link
23 June 2015 Launch: Sentinel-2A satellite (Copernicus) x ** link
14 July 2022 Launch: EMIT instrument (NASA) x ** link
16 July 1982 Launch: Landsat-4 satellite (NASA, USGS) x x ** link
30 July 2025 Launch: NISAR satellite (NASA, ISRO) x ** video
23 July 1972 Launch: Landsat-1 satellite (NASA, USGS) x ** link
29 Aug. 2008 Launch: RapidEye satellite constellation (RapidEye AG) x ** link
5 Sept. 2024 Launch: Sentinel-2C satellite (Copernicus) x ** link
15 Sept. 2014 Launch: ICESat-2 satellite (NASA) x ** link
18 Sept. 2007 Launch: WorldView-1 satellite (DigitalGlobe) x ** link
24 Sept. 1999 Launch: IKONOS-2 satellite (Space Imaging) x ** link
24 Sept. 2014 SRTM 30m data (NASA) starts being released x previously, only 90m data were public link
27 Sept. 2021 Launch: Landsat-9 satellite (NASA, USGS) x x ** video
5 Oct. 1993 Launch failure: Landsat-6 satellite (NASA, USGS) x x ** link
18 Oct. 2001 Launch: QuickBird-2 satellite (DigitalGlobe) x ** link
28 Oct. 2011 Launch: Suomi NPP satellite (NASA, NOAA, DoD) x x ** link
10 Nov. 2022 Launch: NOAA-21 (formerly JPSS-2) satellite (NASA, NOAA) x x ** link
20 Nov. 2000 Launch failure: QuickBird-1 satellite (DigitalGlobe) x ** link
18 Nov. 2017 Launch: NOAA-20 (formerly JPSS-1) satellite (NASA, NOAA) x x ** link
5 Dec. 2018 Launch: GEDI instrument (NASA) x ** link
5 Dec. 2024 Launch: Sentinel-1C satellite (Copernicus) x ** link
18 Dec. 1999 Launch: Terra satellite (NASA) x x ** link
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Table 2: Various other noteworthy events in Earth observations

Date Year Event Notes More info
3 Feb. 2005 Establishment of the SERVIR program as the Regional Visualization & Monitoring System for Mesoamerica ** link
20 March 2019 Signing of NASA-SICA Joint Statement ** link
28 June 2005 Google Earth software launches ** link
14 July 2014 Establishment of the SERVIR-West Africa program (SERVIR Afrique de l'Ouest) ** link
31 July 2003 Establishment of the inter-governmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) this occurred at the Earth Observation Summit, which was hosted in Washington, DC, USA fact sheet
30 Sept. 2025 The SERVIR program officially ceases operations ** link
2 Dec. 2010 Google Earth Engine platform officially launched (Google) launched during the UNFCCC's COP-16 event in Cancun, Mexico link
6 Dec. 2024 Establishment of the SERVIR-Central America program (SERVIR Centroamérica) ** video
10 Dec. 1998 Signing of NASA-CCAD Memorandum of Understanding ** link
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