Launched in 2001
Date Spacecraft Launcher Country/Remarks Best Resolution Status .............................................................................................................. 12 Jul 2001 ARTEMIS Ariane 5 ESA, SILEX sat-to-sat laser relay comm. exp. at 50Mb/s LAUNCHED IN A WRONG ORBIT! 23 July 2001 GOES-M USA, NASA/NOAA, weather 1 km LAUNCHED 21 Sep 2001 OrbView-4 Taurus USA commercial 1 m, IS 280 bands FAILED!!! See also Launch Info " QuikTOMS USA, Ozone Mapping 18 Oct 2001 QuickBird-2 Delta-II USA commercial 0.61 m LAUNCHED See also Boeing page NOT! EROS-A2 USA/Isreal 1 m CANCELED!!! NOT! NMP/EO-2 Shuttle USA, SPARCLE Lidar CANCELED Sep 30 0240 Starshine 3 Athena-1 Kodiak Science 43A 22 Oct 2001 TES PLSV India/defense 1m LAUNCHED " BIRD-1 Germany " Proba-1 ESA 50 m, IS 62 bands See also CHRIS-PROBA See also CHRIS-PROBA Mission Web page 7 Dec 2001 Jason-1 USA, Ocean Altimeter LAUNCHED " TIMED JHU/APL, Atmosphere, together with Jason LAUNCHED 10 Dec 2001 Meteor-3M#1 Zenit-2 Russia, microwave 1.5 km LAUNCHED " BADR-B Zenit-2 Pakistan/Europe, with Meteor 250 m LAUNCHED See also BADR-B LAUNCHED " Maroc-Tubsat Morocco/Univ. of Berlin LAUNCHED