Environmental-observing (Earth-observation) satellites

Below are checklists of Environmental-observing (Earth-observation) satellites, including launch dates and images of the satellites. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.

Satellite series covered:

USA Landsat / Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Landsat-1 / ERTS-1 (ERTS-A)	1972-07-23	Landsat / ERTS Landsat / ERTS Landsat-1 Landsat-1/2/3 type Landsat-3 ERTS / Landsat (patch) Landsat-2 (newspaper article) Landsat-2 (newspaper article)	Landsat / ERTS	Landsat / ERTS
Landsat-2 / ERTS-2 (ERTS-B)	1975-01-22
Landsat-3 (Landsat-C / ERTS-C)	1978-03-05
Landsat-4 (Landsat-D)	1982-07-16	Landsat-4 Landsat-4/5 type Landsat-5
Landsat-5 (Landsat-D1)	1984-03-01
Landsat-6 [failed]	1993-10-05	Landsat-6 Landsat-6 Landsat-6 Landsat-6 Landsat-6 (patch)
Landsat-7	1999-04-15	Landsat-7 Landsat-7 (patch)
Landsat-8 / LDCM	2013-02-11	Landsat-8 Landsat-8
Landsat-9 / LDCM	2021-09-27

French Satellite Probatoire de l'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SPOT-1 (SPOT-A)	1986-02-22	SPOT-1 SPOT-1 SPOT-1/2/3 type	SPOT	SPOT
SPOT-2 (SPOT-B)	1990-01-22
SPOT-3	1993-09-26
SPOT-4	1998-03-24	SPOT-4 SPOT-4 SPOT-4
SPOT-5	2002-05-03	SPOT-5
SPOT-6	2012-09-09	SPOT-6
SPOT-7 / now Azersky	2014-06-30

Indian (ISRO) Remote Sensing (IRS) series satellites (including OceanSat, ResourceSat, and CartoSat):

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
IRS-1A	1988-03-17	IRS IRS-1 IRS-1A	IRS	IRS
IRS-1B	1991-08-29
IRS-1E / IRS-P1 [failed]	1993-09-20	IRS-1E
IRS-P2	1994-10-15	IRS-P2
IRS-1C	1995-12-28	IRS-1C IRS-1C/1D type IRS-1D
IRS-1D	1997-09-29
IRS-P3	1996-03-21	IRS-P3
IRS-P4 / OceanSat-1	1999-05-26	IRS-P4
IRS-P6 / ResourceSat-1	2003-10-17	IRS-P6
IRS-P5 / CartoSat-1	2005-05-05	IRS-P5
CartoSat-2	2007-01-10	CartoSat-2
CartoSat-2A	2008-04-28
CartoSat-2B	2010-07-12
CartoSat-2C	2016-06-22
CartoSat-2D	2017-02-15
CartoSat-2E	2017-06-23
CartoSat-2F	2018-01-12
IRS-P7 / OceanSat-2	2009-09-23	OceanSat-2
CartoSat-3	2019-11-27	CartoSat-3
CartoSat-3A	202x
CartoSat-3B	202x
OceanSat-3	2022-11-26
OceanSat-3A	2026-?
ResourceSat-2	2011-04-20	ResourceSat-2
ResourceSat-2A	2016-12-07
ResourceSat-3	2027-?
ResourceSat-3A	2028-?
ResourceSat-3B	202x
ResourceSat-3S	2026-?
ResourceSat-3SA	2027-?

European Remote Sensing (ERS) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
ERS-1	1991-07-16	ERS ERS ERS ERS-1 ERS-1 ERS-1 ERS-1 ERS-1	ERS	ERS
ERS-2	1995-04-20

Japanese Marine Observation Satellite (MOS) / Momo series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
MOS-1A / Momo-1	1987-02-19	MOS MOS MOS-1	MOS / Momo	MOS / Momo
MOS-1B / Momo-1B	1990-02-07	MOS-2

Japanese ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) / Midori series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
ADEOS-1 / Midori / TOMS-(4?)	1996-08-17	ADEOS ADEOS ADEOS ADEOS ADEOS ADEOS-1	ADEOS / Midori	ADEOS / Midori
ADEOS-2 / Argos-2+	2002-12-14	ADEOS-2

Japanese Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) / Daichi series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
ALOS-1 / Daichi-1	2006-01-24	ALOS-1	ALOS / Daichi	ALOS / Daichi
ALOS-2 / Daichi-2	2014-05-24	ALOS-2
ALOS-3 [failed]	2023-03-07	ALOS-3
ALOS-4	2024-07-01	ALOS-4

USA Earth Observing (EO) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
EO-1 / NMP	2000-11-21	EO-1 EO-1 EO-1 EO-1 (patch)	EO-1	EO-1
EO-2 / NMP	Canceled
EO-3 / NMP	Canceled

USA Earth Observation System (EOS) satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
EOS-AM1 / EOS-Terra	1999-12-18	EOS-Terra (early-design) EOS-Terra EOS-Terra EOS (patch) EOS (patch) EOS (patch, back) EOS-Terra (patch)	EOS	EOS
EOS-PM1 / EOS-Aqua	2002-05-04	EOS-Aqua EOS-Aqua EOS-Aqua
EOS-Aura / formerly EOS-Chem	2004-07-15	EOS-Aura EOS-Aura EOS-Aura EOS-Aura (patch)

Russian Resurs-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Resurs-OE-1 / Kosmos-1484	1983-07-24		Resurs	Resurs
Resurs-O1-1 / Kosmos-1689	1985-10-03
Resurs-O1-2 / Kosmos-1939	1988-04-20
Resurs-F1, Pion-1, Pion-2	1989-05-25
Resurs-F2	1989-06-27	Resurs-F2
Resurs-F3, Pion-3, Pion-4	1989-07-18
Resurs-F4	1989-08-15
Resurs-F5	1989-09-06
Resurs-F6	1990-05-29
Resurs-F7	1990-07-17
Resurs-F8	1990-08-16
Resurs-F9	1990-09-07
Resurs-F10	1991-05-21
Resurs-F11	1991-06-28
Resurs-F12	1991-07-23
Resurs-F13	1991-08-21
Resurs-F14	1992-04-29
Resurs-F15	1992-06-23
Resurs-F16, Pion-5, Pion-6	1992-08-19
Resurs-500	1992-11-15
Resurs-F17	1993-05-21
Resurs-F18	1993-06-25
Resurs-F19	1993-08-24
Resurs-O1-3	1994-11-04	Resurs-O1 Resurs-O1
Resurs-F20	1995-09-26
Resurs-F1M-1	1997-11-18
Resurs-O1-4	1998-07-10	Resurs-O1 Resurs-O1
Resurs-F1M-2	1999-09-28
Resurs-O2	19xx-?	Resurs-O2 Resurs-O2
Resurs-DK1	2006-06-15	Resurs-DK1
Resurs-P1	2013-06-25	Resurs-P1
Resurs-P2, Koronas-Nuklon	2014-12-26
Resurs-P3	2016-03-13
Resurs-P4	2024-03-31
Resurs-P5	2024-12-25

Russian Almaz-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Almaz-T #1 / Resurs-R #1 / Kosmos-(1803) [failed]	1986-11-29	Almaz-1 Almaz-2	Almaz-1	Almaz-1
Almaz-T #2 / Resurs-R #2 / Kosmos-1870	1987-07-25
Almaz-T #3 / Almaz-1 / Resurs-R #3	1991-03-31

Russian Okean-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Okean-E1 / Kosmos-1076	1979-02-12		Okean	Okean
Okean-E2 / Kosmos-1151	1980-01-23
Okean-OE1 / Kosmos-1500	1983-09-28	Kosmos-1500 Kosmos-1500
Okean-OE2 / Kosmos-1602	1984-09-28
Okean-O1 #1 / Kosmos-1766	1986-06-28	Okean-O1 Okean-O1 Okean-O1
Okean-O1 #2 / Kosmos-1869	1987-07-16
Okean-1 (Okean-O1 #3)	1988-07-05
Okean-(2) (Okean-O1 #4) [failed]	1989-06-09
Okean-2 (Okean-O1 #5)	1990-02-28
Okean-3 (Okean-O1 #6)	1991-06-04
Okean-4 (Okean-O1 #7)	1994-10-11
Okean-O 1 (Okean-5)	1999-07-17	Okean-O

Russian-Ukraine Sich-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Sich-1 (Okean-O1 #8)	1995-08-31	Sich-1 Sich Sich-1	Sich	Sich
Sich-1M (Okean-O1 #9) [partial failure]	2004-12-24	Sich-1M
Sich-2 (Sich-2-30)	2011-08-17	Sich-2
Sich-2-1 [Transporter-3 group]	2022-01-13
Sich-2M	20xx	Sich-2M

China/PRC Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS) / ZY-1 series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
ZY-1-01 / CBERS-1	1999-10-14	ZY-1 ZY-1 (CBERS)	ZY-1 / CBERS	ZY-1 / CBERS
ZY-1-02 / CBERS-2	2003-10-21
ZY-1-02B / CBERS-2B	2007-09-19
ZY-1-02C (not CBERS)	2011-12-22
ZY-1-03 / CBERS-3 [failed]	2013-12-09	ZY-1-03
ZY-1-04 / CBERS-4	2014-12-07	ZY-1-04
ZY-1-04A / CBERS-4A	2019-12-20

China/PRC ZY-2 and ZY-3 series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
ZY-2-01 / Resource-2A	2000-09-01	ZY-2	ZY-2 / Resource-2 and ZY-3 / Resource-3	ZY-2 / Resource-2 and ZY-3 / Resource-3
ZY-2-02 / Resource-2B	2002-10-27
ZY-2-03 / Resource-2C	2004-11-06
ZY-3-01 / Resource-3A	2012-01-09	ZY-3
ZY-3-02 / Resource-3B	2016-05-30

China/PRC HaiYang (HY) / Ocean series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
HY-1 / Ocean-1	2002-05-16	HY-1 HY-1	HY	HY
HY-1B / Ocean-1B	2007-04-11
HY-1C	2018-09-07	HY-1C
HY-1D	2020-06-10
HY-2A	2011-08-15	HY-2
HY-2B	2018-10-24
HY-2C	2020-09-21
HY-2D	2021-05-19	HY-2D
HY-3A	2023-11-16	HY-3A HY-3A
HY-3B	2026-?
HY-4A	2024-11-13

China/PRC Huan Jing (HJ) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
HJ-1A, HJ-1B	2008-09-06	HJ-1A	HJ	HJ
HJ-1C	2012-11-18	HJ-1C
HJ-2A, HJ-2B	2020-09-27	HJ-2A
HJ-2E	2022-10-12	HJ-2E
HJ-2F	2023-08-08

China/PRC ShiYan (SY) / TanSuo (TS) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SY-1 / TS-1	2004-04-18	SY-1	SY	SY
SY-2 / TS-2	2004-11-18
SY-3 / TS-3	2008-11-05	SY-3
SY-4 / TS-4	2011-11-20
SY-5 / TS-5	2013-11-25	SY-5
SY-6-01 / TS-6-01	2018-11-19	SY-6-03
SY-6-02 / TS-6-02	2020-07-04
SY-6-03 / TS-6-03	2021-04-08
SY-7A / TS-7A	2013-07-19
SY-7B / TS-7B	2013-07-19
SY-9	2021-11-03
SY-10-01	2021-09-07
SY-10-02	2022-12-29
SY-11	2021-11-25
SY-12-01, SY-12-02	2021-12-23
SY-13	2021-11-25
SY-14	2022-09-26
SY-15	2022-09-24
SY-16A, SY-16B	2022-09-26
SY-17	2022-09-26
SY-19	2023-03-15
SY-20A, SY-20B	2022-12-12
SY-20C	2022-10-29
SY-21	2022-12-16
SY-22A, SY-22B	2023-01-13
SY-24A, SY-24B	2023-06-07
SY-25	2023-06-20

China/PRC Yaogan (YG) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Yaogan-1	2006-04-27	Yaogan-1/3/10 type	Yaogan	Yaogan
Yaogan-2	2007-05-25	Yaogan-2/4/7 type
Yaogan-3	2007-11-12	Yaogan-1/3/10 type
Yaogan-4	2008-12-01	Yaogan-2/4/7 type
Yaogan-5	2008-12-15	Yaogan-5
Yaogan-6	2009-04-22	Yaogan-6
Yaogan-7	2009-12-09	Yaogan-2/4/7 type
Yaogan-8	2009-12-15	Yaogan-8
Yaogan-9A/9B/9C	2010-03-05	Yaogan-9
Yaogan-10	2010-08-10	Yaogan-1/3/10 type
Yaogan-11	2010-09-22	Yaogan-11
Yaogan-12	2011-11-09	Yaogan-5
Yaogan-13	2011-11-29	Yaogan-13
Yaogan-14	2012-05-10	Yaogan-14
Yaogan-15	2012-05-29	Yaogan-8
Yaogan-16A/16B/16C	2012-11-25	Yaogan-9
Yaogan-17A/17B/17C	2013-09-01	Yaogan-9
Yaogan-18	2013-10-29	Yaogan-13
Yaogan-19	2013-11-20	Yaogan-8
Yaogan-20A/20B/20C	2014-08-09	Yaogan-9
Yaogan-21	2014-09-08	Yaogan-5
Yaogan-22	2014-10-20	Yaogan-8
Yaogan-23	2014-11-14	Yaogan-13
Yaogan-24	2014-11-20	Yaogan-11
Yaogan-25A/25B/25C	2014-12-10	Yaogan-9
Yaogan-26	2014-12-27	Yaogan-26
Yaogan-27	2015-08-27	Yaogan-8
Yaogan-28	2015-11-08	Yaogan-14
Yaogan-29	2015-11-26	Yaogan-29
Yaogan-30	2016-05-15	Yaogan-11
Yaogan-34	2021-04-30

China/PRC GaoFen (GF) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
GF-1	2013-04-26	GF-1 GF-1	GF	GF
GF-1-02	2018-03-30	GF-1-02
GF-1-03	2018-03-30
GF-1-04	2018-03-30
GF-2	2014-08-19	GF-2
GF-3	2016-08-09	GF-3
GF-3-02	2021-11-22
GF-3-03	2022-04-06
GF-4	2015-12-29	GF-4
GF-5	2018-05-08	GF-5
GF-5-01A	2022-12-08
GF-5-02	2021-09-07
GF-6	2018-06-02	GF-6
GF-7	2019-11-03	GF-7
GF-7-02	202x
GF-8	2015-06-26	GF-8
GF-9-01	2015-09-14	GF-9
GF-9-02	2020-05-31
GF-9-03	2020-06-17
GF-9-04	2020-08-06
GF-9-05	2020-08-23
GF-10 [failed]	2016-08-31	GF-10
GF-10R	2019-10-04
GF-11-01	2018-07-31	GF-11
GF-11-02	2020-09-07
GF-11-03	2021-11-20
GF-11-04	2022-12-27
GF-11-05	2024-07-19
GF-12	2019-11-27
GF-12-02	2021-03-30
GF-12-03	2022-06-27
GF-12-04	2023-08-20
GF-12-05	2024-10-15
GF-13	2020-10-11	GF-13
GF-13-02	2023-03-17
GF-14	2020-12-06	GF-14
GF-14-02	2025-10-16
GF-DM	2020-07-03	GF-DM

Republic Of China (Taiwan) SATellite (Rocsat) / FORMOsa SATellite (Formosat) / Chunghua series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Rocsat-1 / Formosat-1 / Chunghua-1	1999-01-26	Rocsat-1	Formosat / Rocsat / Chunghua	Formosat / Rocsat / Chunghua
Rocsat-2 / Formosat-2	2004-05-20	Rocsat-2 Rocsat-2 Rocsat-2 Rocsat-2 (newspaper article)
Formosat-3A/3F / COSMIC-1/6	2006-04-15	Formosat-3 Formosat-3
Formosat-5	2017-08-24	Formosat-5
Formosat-6	202?-?	Formosat-6
Formosat-7A/7F / COSMIC-2-1/6	2019-06-25	Formosat-7 Formosat-7 (patch)
Formosat-7R / TRITON	2023-10-09	Formosat-7R
Formosat-8A/8F [with Transporter-15]	2025-11-28	Formosat-8
Formosat-9A/9C	20xx	Formosat-9

Israeli Earth Resources Observation Satellite (EROS) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
EROS-A1	2000-12-06	EROS-A1 EROS-1	EROS	EROS
EROS-A2	Canceled
EROS-B	2006-04-25	EROS-B
EROS-C (EROS-C1)	Canceled	EROS-C
EROS-C2	Unknown
EROS-C3-1	2022-12-30	EROS-C3
EROS-C3-2	2026-?

Argentina Satellite de Aplicaciones Cientifico (SAC) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SAC-A [STS-88/Endeavour-deployed]	1998-12-04	SAC-A	SAC	SAC
SAC-B	1996-11-04	SAC-B
SAC-C	2000-11-21	SAC-C SAC-C
SAC-D / Aquarius / ESSP-6	2011-06-10	SAC-D
SAC-E / SABIA-Mar-1	2026-?	SAC-E

Brazilian SAtellite CIentífico (SACI) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SACI-1	1999-10-14	SACI-1	SACI	SACI
SACI-2 [failed]	1999-12-11	SACI-2

Canadian RADAR SATellite (Radarsat) / Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Radarsat-1	1995-11-04	Radarsat-1 Radarsat-1 Radarsat-1 Radarsat-1	Radarsat / RCM	Radarsat / RCM
Radarsat-2	2007-12-14	Radarsat-2
RCM-1/2/3	2019-06-12	RCM

(Selected) Finland ICEYE (SAR) constellation satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
ICEYE-X1	2018-01-12	ICEYE-X1	ICEYE-X1 (with Cartosat-2F)
ICEYE-X2 [SmallSat Express group]	2018-12-03	ICEYE-X2	ICEYE-X2 (with SmallSat Express)
ICEYE-X3 / Harbinger	2019-05-05	ICEYE-X3
ICEYE-X4/X5	2019-07-05	ICEYE-X4	ICEYE-X4/X5 (with Meteor-M2-2)
ICEYE-X6/X7	2020-09-28		ICEYE-X6/X7 (with Gonets-M17/M18/M19)
ICEYE-X8/X9/X10(XR-1) [Transporter-1 group]	2021-01-24		ICEYE-X8/X9 (with Transporter-1)
ICEYE-X11/X12/X13/X15 [Transporter-2 group]	2021-06-30		ICEYE-X11/X12/X13/X15 (with Transporter-2)
ICEYE-X14/X16 [Transporter-3 group]	2022-01-13		ICEYE-X14/X16 (with Transporter-3)
ICEYE-X17-X20/X24 [Transporter-5 group]	2022-05-25		ICEYE-X17-X20/X24 (with Transporter-5)
ICEYE-X21/X22/X27 [Transporter-6 group]	2023-01-03		ICEYE-X21/X22/X27 (with Transporter-6)
ICEYE-X23/X25/X26/X30 [Transporter-8 group]	2023-06-12		ICEYE-X23/X25/X26/X30 (with Transporter-8)
ICEYE-X31/X32/X34/X35 [Transporter-9 group]	2023-11-11		ICEYE-X31/X32/X34/X35 (with Transporter-9)
ICEYE-X36/X37/X38 [Transporter-10 group]	2024-03-04		ICEYE-X36/X37/X38 (with Transporter-10)
ICEYE-X33/X39/X40/X43 [Transporter-11 group]	2024-08-16		ICEYE-X33/X39/X40/X43 (with Transporter-11)
ICEYE-X47/X49 [Bandwagon-2 group]	2024-12-21
ICEYE-X41/X42/X44/X45 [Transporter-12 group]	2025-01-14
ICEYE-X46/X48/X50/X51 [Transporter-13 group]	2025-03-15
ICEYE-X52/X57 [Transporter-14 group]	2025-06-23
ICEYE-X-TBD1/TBD2/TBD3 [Bandwagon-4 group]	2025-11-02
ICEYE-X-TBD1/TBD2 [Twilight group]	2025-01-11
ICEYE-X58/X62 [Transporter-15 group]	2025-11-28
ICEYE-X71/X73/X76 [Transporter-16 group]	2026-03-30

(South) KOrean Multi-Purpose SATellite (Kompsat) / Arirang series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Kompsat-1 / Arirang-1	1999-12-21	Kompsat-1 Kompsat (+ ACRIMSAT) (patch)	Kompsat / Arirang	Kompsat / Arirang
Kompsat-2 / Arirang-2	2006-07-28	Kompsat-2 Kompsat-2
Kompsat-3 / Arirang-3	2012-05-17	Kompsat-3
Kompsat-3A / Arirang-3A	2015-03-25
Kompsat-5 / Arirang-5	2013-08-22	Kompsat-5
Kompsat-6 / Arirang-6	2026-?	Kompsat-6
Kompsat-7 / Arirang-7	2025-12-01	Kompsat-7
Kompsat-7A / Arirang-7A	202x

USA-France Jason / Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Jason-1	2001-12-07	Jason-1 Jason-1 Jason-series (patch) Jason-series (patch, back)	Jason	Jason
Jason-2 / OSTM	2008-06-20	Jason-2 Jason-2 Jason-2 (patch)
Jason-3	2016-01-17
Jason-CS1 / Sentinel-6A	2020-11-21	Jason-CS Sentinel-6B (passport stamp)
Jason-CS2 / Sentinel-6B	2026-11-17

Italian (ASI) COnstellation of small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO-SkyMed) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
COSMO-SkyMed-1	2007-06-08	COSMO-SkyMed	COSMO-SkyMed	COSMO-SkyMed
COSMO-SkyMed-2	2007-12-09
COSMO-SkyMed-3	2008-10-25
COSMO-SkyMed-4	2010-11-06
(Later) CSG-series

Italian (ASI) COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
(Earlier) COSMO-SkyMed-series
CSG-1	2019-12-18	CSG	CSG	CSG
CSG-2	2022-01-31
CSG-3	2026-01-03
CSG-4	2026-?

European Space Agency (ESA) CRYOsphere SATellite (CryoSat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
CryoSat-1 [failed]	2005-10-08	CryoSat CryoSat-1	CryoSat	CryoSat
CryoSat-2 / Earth Explorer-3	2010-04-08	CryoSat-2 (patch)

NIGERIA SATellite (NigeriaSat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
NigeriaSat-1	2003-09-27	NigeriaSat-1
NigeriaSat-2	2011-08-17	NigeriaSat-2

ALgeria SATellite (AlSat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
AlSat-1	2002-11-28	AlSat-1	AlSat	AlSat
AlSat-1B	2016-09-26	AlSat-1B
AlSat-2A	2010-07-12	AlSat-2
AlSat-2B	2016-09-26
AlSat-3A	2026-01-15
AlSat-3B	2026-01-31

French Pleiades (Pléiades) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Pleiades-HR1 (Pleiades-1A)	2011-12-17	Pleiades-HR	Pleiades	Pleiades
Pleiades-HR2 (Pleiades-1B)	2012-12-03
Pleiades-Neo3	2021-04-29	Pleiades-Neo
Pleiades-Neo4	2021-08-17
Pleiades-Neo5 [failed]	2022-12-21
Pleiades-Neo6 [failed]	2022-12-21

USA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation SATellite (ICESat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
ICESat-1	2003-01-12	ICESat-1 ICESat-1	ICESat	ICESat
ICESat-2	2018-09-15	ICESat-2 ICESat-2 ICESat-2 ICESat-2 (patch)

KAZakhstan Earth Observation Satellite (KazEOSat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
KazEOSat-1	2014-04-30	KazEOSat-1		"KazEOSat-1" "KazEOSat-1" KazEOSat-1 KazEOSat-1 (ms3) KazEOSat-1 (a-c, fdc)
KazEOSat-2	2014-06-19	KazEOSat-2	KazEOSat-2 (with Lemur-1 and OSCAR-79/80 and Flock-1c-1/11 and CanX-3E/3F and AeroCube-6A/6B)

A-train constellation satellites (see also EOS-Aqua and Aura, OCO-1 and OCO-2, and GCOM-W):

Satellite	Country	Launch Date	Images
			reference	launch covers	other postal items
PARASOL	France	2004-12-18	PARASOL	PARASOL	PARASOL
CloudSat / ESSP-4	USA	2006-04-28	CloudSat (early-design) CloudSat CloudSat CloudSat (patch) CloudSat (patch, back) CloudSat (patch) CloudSat (patch, back) CloudSat (+ CALIPSO) (patch)	CloudSat	CloudSat
CALIPSO / ESSP-3	France-USA	2006-04-28	CALIPSO CALIPSO CALIPSO CALIPSO (patch) CALIPSO (+ CloudSat) (patch)	CALIPSO	CALIPSO
Glory [failed]	USA	2011-03-04	Glory Glory Glory Glory (patch)	Glory	Glory

USA Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
OCO-1 / ESSP-5 [failed]	2009-02-24	OCO OCO OCO (patch)	OCO	OCO
OCO-2 / ESSP-5 [replacement]	2014-07-02	OCO-2 OCO-2 (patch)
OCO-3 payload / ESSP-8 [Dragon-CRS-17 launched]	2019-05-04 (launched to ISS) 2019-? (attached to ISS)	OCO-3 (payload)

Japanese Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
GCOM-W / Shizuku	2012-05-17	GCOM-W	GCOM-W / Shizuku	GCOM-W / Shizuku
GCOM-C / Shikisai	2017-12-23	GCOM-C

European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Sentinel-1A	2014-04-03	Sentinel-1	Sentinel	Sentinel
Sentinel-1B	2016-04-25
Sentinel-1C	2024-12-05
Sentinel-1D	2025-11-04
Sentinel-2A	2015-06-23	Sentinel-2
Sentinel-2B	2017-03-07
Sentinel-2C	2024-09-05
Sentinel-2D	2028-?
Sentinel-3A / Copernicus	2016-02-16	Sentinel-3
Sentinel-3B	2018-04-25
Sentinel-3C	2026-?
Sentinel-3D	2028-?
Sentinel-4A payload (on MTG-S1)	2025-07-01	MTG-S MTG-S
Sentinel-4B payload (on MTG-S2)	2035-?
Sentinel-5-Precursor	2017-10-13	Sentinel-5-Precursor
Sentinel-5A / MetOp-SG-A1 / EPS-SG-A1	2025-08-13	MetOp-SG-A
Sentinel-5B / MetOp-SG-A2 / EPS-SG-A2	2033-?
Sentinel-5C / MetOp-SG-A3 / EPS-SG-A3	2039-?
Sentinel-6A / Jason-CS1	2020-11-21	Jason-CS Sentinel-6B (passport stamp)
Sentinel-6B / Jason-CS2	2026-11-17
Sentinel-7 / CO2M	2027-?	CO2M
Sentinel-8 / LSTM	2029-?	LSTM
Sentinel-9 / CRISTAL	2027-?	CRISTAL
Sentinel-10 / CHIME	2029-?	CHIME
Sentinel-11 / CIMR	2028-?	CIMR
Sentinel-12 / ROSE-L	202x	ROSE-L

Indonesia "National Institute of Aeronautics and Space" (LAPAN) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
LAPAN-TUBsat / LAPAN-A1	2007-01-10	LAPAN-TUBsat	LAPAN	LAPAN
LAPAN-A2 / Indonesia-OSCAR-86 / IO-86 / LAPAN-ORARI	2015-09-28	OSCAR-86	OSCAR-86	OSCAR
LAPAN-A3	2016-06-22	LAPAN-A3	LAPAN	LAPAN

BELarus Kosmic Apparatus (BelKa and BKA) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
BelKa-1 [failed]	2006-07-26	BelKa-1	BelKa / BKA	BelKa / BKA
BKA-1 / BelKa-2	2012-07-22	BelKa-2
BKA-2	202x

Morocco Mohammed-series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Mohammed-6A (Mohammed-VIA)	2017-11-08	Mohammed-6	Mohammed	Mohammed
Mohammed-6B (Mohammed-VIB)	2018-11-21

Japanese Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
GOSAT-1 / Ibuki-1	2009-01-23	GOSAT-1	GOSAT / Ibuki	GOSAT / Ibuki
GOSAT-2 / Ibuki-2	2018-10-29	GOSAT-2
GOSAT-GW / formerly GOSAT-3	2025-06-28	GOSAT-GW

EGYPTian SATellite (EgyptSat) / MisrSat series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
EgyptSat-1 (MisrSat-1)	2007-04-17	EgyptSat-1 (early-design?) EgyptSat-1	EgyptSat	EgyptSat
EgyptSat-2 (MisrSat-2)	2014-04-16	EgyptSat-2
EgyptSat-A (MisrSat-A)	2019-02-19	EgyptSat-A

United Arab Emirates (UAE) DUBAI SATellite (DubaiSat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
DubaiSat-1	2009-07-29	DubaiSat-1	DubaiSat / KhalifaSat	DubaiSat / KhalifaSat
DubaiSat-2	2013-11-21	DubaiSat-2
KhalifaSat / DubaiSat-3	2018-10-29	KhalifaSat

Argentina SAOCOM (Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SAOCOM-1A	2018-10-07	SAOCOM-1	SAOCOM	SAOCOM
SAOCOM-1B	2020-08-30
SAOCOM-CS	Canceled	SAOCOM-CS

Indian (ISRO) Radar Imaging SATellite (RISAT) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
RISAT-2	2009-04-20	RISAT-2
RISAT-1	2012-04-26	RISAT-1
RISAT-2B	2019-05-02
RISAT-2BR1	2019-12-11	RISAT-2BR1	RISAT-2BR1 (+ others)
RISAT-2BR2 / EOS-01	2020-11-07
RISAT-1A / EOS-04	2022-02-14
RISAT-1B [failed]	2025-05-18
RISAT-2A	202x	RISAT-2A

(Selected) Argentina ÑuSat (NuSat, NewSat, Aleph) constellation satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
ÑuSat-1 / NewSat-1 / Aleph-1-1 / OSCAR-87	2016-05-30	ÑuSat-1	ÑuSat	ÑuSat
ÑuSat-2 / NewSat-2 / Aleph-1-2	2016-05-30
ÑuSat-6 / NewSat-6 / Aleph-1-6	2020-09-02
ÑuSat-19/22 / NewSat-19/22 / Aleph-1-19/22 [Transporter-2 group]	2021-06-30
ÑuSat-23/27 / NewSat-23/27 / Aleph-1-23/27 [Transporter-4 group]	2022-04-01
ÑuSat-28/31 / NewSat-28/31 / Aleph-1-28/31 [Transporter-5 group]	2022-05-25
ÑuSat-32/35 / NewSat-32/35 / Aleph-1-32/35 [Transporter-6 group]	2023-01-03
ÑuSat-36/39 / NewSat-36/39 / Aleph-1-36/39 [Transporter-7 group]	2023-04-15
ÑuSat-40/43 / NewSat-40/43 / Aleph-1-40/43 [Transporter-8 group]	2023-06-12
ÑuSat-44 / NewSat-44 / Aleph-1-44 [Transporter-10 group]	2024-03-04
ÑuSat-48/50 / NewSat-48/50 / Aleph-1-48/50 [Transporter-11 group]	2024-08-16
ÑuSat-53/54 / NewSat-53/54 / Aleph-1-53/54 [Transporter-16 group]	2026-03-30

(Selected) USA (Spire Global) Lemur constellation satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Lemur-1	2014-06-19	Lemur-1	Lemur	Lemur
Lemur-2 (series)	2015-09-28 →	Lemur-2 Lemur-2 (2nd generation)
Lemur-2-5/13 [Cygnus-CRS-6 launched]	2016-03-23 (launched to ISS) 2016-? (deployed from ISS)
Lemur-2-14/17 [Cygnus-CRS-5 launched]	2016-10-17 (launched to ISS) 2017-? (deployed from ISS)
Lemur-2-18/21 [HTV-6 launched]	2016-12-09 (launched to ISS) 2017-? (deployed from ISS)
Lemur-2-22/29	2017-02-15
Lemur-2-30/33 [Cygnus-CRS-7 launched]	2017-04-18 (launched to ISS) 2017-? (deployed from ISS)
Lemur-2-34/41	2017-06-23
Lemur-2-50/57 [Cygnus-CRS-8 launched]	2017-11-12 (launched to ISS) 2017-? (deployed from ISS)
Lemur-2-68/71	2019-01-12
Lemur-2-72/73	2018-01-21
Lemur-2-74/77	2018-02-01
Lemur-2-78/81 [Cygnus-CRS-9 launched]	2018-05-21 (launched to ISS) 2018-07-03 (deployed from ISS)
Lemur-2-112/119	2020-09-02
Lemur-2-124/125 [Cygnus-CRS-14 launched]	2020-10-03 (launched to ISS) 2020-? (deployed from ISS)
Lemur-2-130/137 [Transporter-1 group]	2021-01-24
Lemur-2-140/145 [Transporter-2 group]	2021-06-30
Lemur-2-146/150 [Transporter-3 group]	2022-01-13
Lemur-2-152/156 [Transporter-5 group]	2022-05-25
Lemur-2-157/162 [Transporter-6 group]	2023-01-03
Lemur-2-164/165 [Transporter-7 group]	2023-04-15
Lemur-2-166/168 [Transporter-8 group]	2023-06-12
Lemur-2-169/170	2023-07-18
Lemur-2-171/172/173 / GHGSat-C9/C10/C11 [Transporter-9 group]	2023-11-11
Lemur-2-179/181 [Transporter-9 group]	2023-11-11
Lemur-2-184/185 [Transporter-10 group]	2024-03-04
Lemur-2-191/196 [Transporter-11 group]	2024-08-16
Lemur-2-197/202 [Transporter-12 group]	2025-01-14
Lemur-2-TBD1/TBD7 [Transporter-13 group]	2025-03-15
Lemur-2-TBD1/TBD8 / OTC-P1-1/8	2025-03-27
Lemur-2-TBD1/TBD2 [Transporter-14 group]	2025-06-23
Lemur-2-224/227 [Transporter-15 group]	2025-11-28
Lemur-2-228/234 [Transporter-15 group]	2025-11-28
Lemur-2-TBD2/TBD9 [Twilight group]	2026-01-11

(Selected) USA BlackSky (Global) constellation satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
BlackSky Pathfinder	2016-09-26	BlackSky-Pathfinder	BlackSky	BlackSky
BlackSky-Global-2 (BlackSky-2) [SmallSat Express group]	2018-12-03
BlackSky-Global-10/11 (BlackSky-8/9) [failed]	2021-05-15	BlackSky-Global
BlackSky-Global-31 (BlackSky-20)	2025-02-18
BlackSky-Global-32 (BlackSky-21)	2025-06-02
BlackSky-Global-33 (BlackSky-22)	2025-11-20
BlackSky-Global-34 (BlackSky-23)	2026-03-05

USA Capella / Acadia constellation satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Capella-1 / Denali [SmallSat Express group]	2018-12-03		Capella	Capella
Capella-2 / Sequoia	2020-08-31	Capella-2
Capella-3 / Whitney-1, Capella-4 / Whitney-2 [Transporter-1 group]	2021-01-24
Capella-5 / Whitney-3 [Transporter-2 group]	2021-06-30
Capella-6 / Whitney-4	2021-05-15
Capella-7 / Whitney-5, Capella-8 / Whitney-6 [Transporter-3 group]	2022-01-13
Capella-9 / Whitney-7, Capella-10 / Whitney-8	2023-03-16
Capella-11 / Acadia-1	2023-08-23	Capella-11
Capella-12 / Acadia-2 [failed]	2023-09-19
Capella-13 / Acadia-3	2024-08-11
Capella-14 / Acadia-4 [Bandwagon-1 group]	2024-04-07
Capella-15 / Acadia-5 [Transporter-11 group]	2024-08-16
Capella-17 / Acadia-7 [Transporter-14 group]	2025-06-23
Capella-18, Capella-19 [Twilight group]	2026-01-11
Capella-20 / Acadia-10 [Transporter-16 group]	2026-03-30

USA TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
TROPICS-01 (TROPICS Pathfinder) [Transporter-2 group]	2021-06-30	TROPICS	TROPICS	TROPICS
TROPICS-02, TROPICS-04 [failed]	2022-06-12
TROPICS-03, TROPICS-07	2023-05-26
TROPICS-05, TROPICS-06	2023-05-08

(Selected) Russian Kanopus series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Kanopus-V1	2012-07-22	Kanopus-V	Kanopus	Kanopus
Kanopus-ST / Kosmos-2511	2015-12-05	Kanopus-ST
Kanopus-V-IK	2017-07-14	Kanopus-V-IK
Kanopus-V3/V4	2018-02-01	Kanopus-V

(Selected) Japanese StriX series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
StriX-a	2020-12-15	StriX-a	StriX	StriX
StriX-b	2022-02-28
StriX-1	2022-09-15	StriX-1
StriX-2	2024-12-21
StriX-3	2024-03-12
StriX-4	2024-08-02
StriX-5	2025-10-14

Japanese Q-shu Pioneers of Space (QPS) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
QPS-SAR-1	2019-12-11	QPS-SAR-1	QPS-SAR	QPS-SAR
QPS-SAR-2 [Transporter-1 group]	2021-01-24
QPS-SAR-3, QPS-SAR-4 [failed]	2022-10-12	QPS-SAR-3
QPS-SAR-5	2023-12-15
QPS-SAR-6 [Transporter-8 group]	2023-06-12
QPS-SAR-7 [Bandwagon-1 group]	2024-04-07
QPS-SAR-8 [Transporter-11 group]	2024-08-16
QPS-SAR-9	2025-03-15
QPS-SAR-10	2025-05-17
QPS-SAR-11	2025-06-11
QPS-SAR-12	2025-08-05
QPS-SAR-14	2025-11-05
QPS-SAR-15	2025-12-21

Djibouti series satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Djibouti-1A [Transporter-9 group]	2023-11-11	Djibouti-1A Djibouti-1A	Djibouti	Djibouti
Djibouti-1B [Bandwagon-2 group]	2024-12-21

USA Green House Gas SATellite (GHGSat) series:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
GHGSat-D	2016-06-22	GHGSat-D
GHGSat-C1	2020-02-03
GHGSat-C2	2021-01-24 [Transporter-1 group]
GHGSat-C3/C4/C5	2022-05-22 [Transporter-5 group]
GHGSat-C6/C7/C8	2023-04-14 [Transporter-7 group]
GHGSat-C9/C10/C11 / Lemur-2-171/172/173	2023-11-11 [Transporter-9 group]	GHGSat-C9
GHGSat-C12/C13	2023-06-23 [Transporter-14 group]

USA Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems - Demonstrator (TEMPEST-D) satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
TEMPEST-D [Cygnus-CRS-9 launched]	2018-05-21 (launched to ISS) 2018-07-13 (deployed from ISS)	TEMPEST-D TEMPEST-D (patch) TEMPEST-D (patch, back)	TEMPEST-D (with Cygnus-CRS-9)
TEMPEST-D_copy [Dragon-CRS-24 launched] / STP-H8	2021-12-21 (launched to ISS) 2021-? (attached to ISS)	STP-H8	TEMPEST-D_copy / STP-H8 (with Dragon-CRS-24)

USA Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
PREFIRE-1	2024-05-25	PREFIRE	PREFIRE-1 (GSC) PREFIRE-1 (GSC, back, also "PREFIRE-2") PREFIRE-1 (Red Eagle)
PREFIRE-2	2024-06-05	PREFIRE	PREFIRE-2 (GSC) PREFIRE-2 (GSC, back, also "PREFIRE-1") PREFIRE-2 (Red Eagle)

USA GEOdetic SATellite (Geosat) and Geosat Follow On (GFO) satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
Geosat-1	1985-03-13	Geosat	Geosat-1 and GFO	Geosat-1 and GFO
GFO	1998-02-10	GFO GFO

Other (selected) USA environmental-observing satellites:

Satellite	Launch Date	Images
		reference	launch covers	other postal items
SeaSat-1 (SeaSat-A)	1978-06-27	SeaSat SeaSat	SeaSat	SeaSat
ERBS / SAGE-2 [STS-41G/Challenger-deployed]	1984-10-05	ERBS ERBS ERBS ERBS (patch, with STS-41G/Challenger) ERBS (patch)	ERBS	ERBS
UARS [STS-48/Discovery-deployed]	1991-09-12	UARS UARS (early-design?) UARS (early-design?) UARS UARS (deployment from STS-48/Discovery) UARS (deployed by STS-48/Discovery) UARS (patch, with STS-48/Discovery)	UARS	UARS
TOPEX-Poseidon	1992-08-10	TOPEX-Poseidon TOPEX-Poseidon TOPEX-Poseidon TOPEX-Poseidon TOPEX-Poseidon (animation) TOPEX-Poseidon (early-design) TOPEX-Poseidon (patch)	TOPEX-Poseidon	TOPEX-Poseidon
TOMS-EP / TOMS-3	1996-07-02	TOMS-EP TOMS-EP	TOMS-EP	TOMS-EP
TRMM	1997-11-28	TRMM TRMM TRMM TRMM TRMM TRMM (patch) TRMM (patch, back)	TRMM	TRMM
QuikScat	1999-06-20	QuikScat QuikScat QuikScat (patch)	QuikScat	QuikScat
MTI	2000-03-12	MTI
QuikTOMS / TOMS-5 [failed]	2001-09-21	QuikTOMS	QuikTOMS (with OrbView-4)
Coriolis / WindSat	2003-01-06	Coriolis Coriolis (patch)	Coriolis / WindSat	Coriolis / WindSat
Hydros / ESSP-7	Canceled	Hydros
VCL / ESSP-1	Canceled	VCL
GPM	2014-02-27	GPM GPM	GPM (with OSCAR-77)
SMAP	2015-01-31	SMAP SMAP (patch)	SMAP (+ others) SMAP (+ others)
CYGNSS-1/8 / ESSP-EVM1	2016-12-15	CYGNSS CYGNSS
Landmapper-BC5	2020-11-20	Landmapper-BC	Landmapper-BC5 (+ others) Landmapper-BC5 (+ others)
TEMPO payload (on Intelsat-40e) / ESSP-EVI1	2023-04-07	TEMPO / Intelsat-40e	TEMPO payload (on Intelsat-40e)
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem)	2024-02-08	PACE PACE	PACE	PACE
MethaneSat [Transporter-10 group]	2024-03-04	MethaneSat	MethaneSat (with Transporter-10)
NEONSat-1	2024-04-23	NEONSat-1	NEONSat-1 (with ACS3)
NEONSat-1A	2026-01-31
GeoCarb / ESSP-EVM2	Canceled
FireSat-0 / MuSat-4 [Transporter-13 group]	2025-03-15	FireSat-0	FireSat-0 (with Transporter-13)
INCUS-A/B/C / ESSP-EVM3	2027-?	INCUS
GLIMT / ESSP	20xx

Other (selected) non-USA environmental-observing satellites:

Satellite	Country	Launch Date	Images
			reference	launch covers	other postal items
JERS-1 / Fuyo-1	Japan (NASDA)	1992-02-11	JERS-1 JERS	JERS / Fuyo-1	JERS / Fuyo-1
Temisat	Italy	1993-08-31	Temisat		Temisat Temisat
PPF (Envisat forerunner)	Europe (ESA)	Canceled	PPF		PPF
POEM (Envisat forerunner)	Europe (ESA)	Canceled	POEM		POEM
Tsinghua-1	China/PRC	2000-06-28	Tsinghua-1	Tsinghua-1 (with Nadezhda-6)
Envisat	Europe (ESA)	2002-03-01	Envisat Envisat Envisat Envisat-1 Envisat	Envisat	Envisat
CESAR	Spain-Argentina	Canceled			CESAR
SciSat-1	Canada	2003-08-12	SciSat-1 SciSat-1	SciSat	SciSat
Bilsat	Turkey	2003-09-27	Bilsat-1
Monitor-E	Russia	2005-08-26	Monitor-E
TerraSAR-X	Germany (DLR)	2007-06-15	TerraSAR-X	TerraSAR-X	TerraSAR-X
RapidEye-1 (Tachys), RapidEye-2 (Mati), RapidEye-3 (Choma), RapidEye-4 (Choros), RapidEye-5 (Trochia)	Germany	2008-08-29	RapidEye	RapidEye
THEOS	Thailand	2008-10-01	THEOS	THEOS	THEOS
RazakSat / MACSat	Malaysia	2009-07-14	RazakSat		RazakSat (unknown a) RazakSat (unknown a, detail) RazakSat (unknown pair) RazakSat (unknown ms20)
SMOS / Earth Explorer-2	Europe (ESA)	2009-11-02	SMOS	SMOS	SMOS
TanDEM-X	Germany (DLR)	2010-06-21	TanDEM-X	TanDEM-X	TanDEM-X
Rasat	Turkey	2011-08-17	Rasat		Rasat Rasat (fdc)
Megha-Tropiques	India (ISRO)-France (CNES)	2011-10-12	Megha-Tropiques	Megha-Tropiques	Megha-Tropiques
VRSS-1	Venezuela	2012-09-29	VRSS-1 VRSS-1
SARAL / Argos-3	India (ISRO)-France (CNES)	2013-02-25	SARAL SARAL SARAL	SARAL	SARAL
Kondor #1 / Kosmos-2487	Russia (Ministry of Defense)	2013-06-27	Kondor-E1		"Kondor-1"
Kondor (optical)	Russia (Ministry of Defense)	Unknown	Kondor (optical)
Kuaizhou-1	China/PRC	2013-09-25
VNREDSat-1a	Vietnam	2014-05-07	VNREDSat-1		"VNREDSat-1a"
Deimos-2	Spain	2014-06-19	Deimos-2
DMC-3	UK	2015-07-10	DMC-3
PeruSat-1	Peru	2016-09-16	PeruSat-1	PeruSat-1 (with SkySat-4/7)	"PeruSat" [known illegal issue]
SCATSAT-1	India (ISRO)	2016-09-26	SCATSAT	SCATSAT (with CanX-7)
TanSat (CarbonSat)	China/PRC	2016-12-21	TanSat	TanSat
Spark-1, Spark-2	China/PRC	2016-12-21	Spark-1	Spark-1/2
Yijian?	China/PRC	2016-12-21		Yijian
GaoJing-1-01, GaoJing-1-02	China/PRC	2016-12-28	GaoJing-1	GaoJing-1/2
Toloo [failed]	Iran	2017-07-22	Toloo		"Tolou" (Toloo)
VENuS	Israel (IAI)-France (CNES)	2017-08-02	VENuS	VENuS	VENuS
VRSS-2	Venezuela	2017-10-09	VRSS-2
Paz / SEOSAR	Spain	2018-02-22	Paz
Luojia-1-01	China/PRC	2018-06-02	Luojia-1
PRSS	Pakistan	2018-07-09	PRSS PRSS-1	PRSS	PRSS
PakTES-1A	Pakistan	2018-07-09	PakTES-1A	PakTES	PakTES
ADM-Aeolus / Earth Explorer-4	Europe (ESA)	2018-08-22	ADM-Aeolus	ADM-Aeolus	ADM-Aeolus
FACSAT-1	Colombia	2018-11-29	FACSAT-1		FACSAT-1 FACSAT-1 FACSAT-1 (fdc)
PRISMA	Italy (ASI)	2019-03-22	PRISMA (early-design) PRISMA PRISMA PRISMA PRISMA	PRISMA	PRISMA
CE-Sat-2B	Japan	2020-10-28	CE-Sat-2B	CE-Sat-2B (with Flock-4e-1/9)
Ingenio / SEOSat [failed]	Spain	2020-11-17	Ingenio
Arktika-M1	Russia	2021-02-28	Arktika-M	Arktika-M1 Arktika-M1
Amazonia-1		2021-02-28	Amazonia-1
Stork-4, Stork-5 (MARTA)	Poland	2021-06-03	STORK	STORK-4/5 (+ 5-others) (Ranski)
SWOT	France (CNES)-USA (NASA)	2022-12-16	SWOT	SWOT (Ranski) SWOT (Ranski, back) SWOT (multi-color)
HotSat-1 [Transporter-8 group]	UK	2023-06-12	HotSat-1	HotSat-1 (with Transporter-8)
Yunyao-18/19/20	China/PRC	2024-01-11	Yunyao-1-18	Yunyao-1-18/19/20 Yunyao-1-18/19/20
EarthCARE / Hakuryu / Earth Explorer-6	Europe (ESA)-Japan (JAXA)	2024-05-28	EarthCARE	EarthCARE / Hakuryu	EarthCARE / Hakuryu
OTC-P1-1/8 / Lemur-2-TBD1/TBD8	Germany	2025-03-27	OTC-P1
Biomass* / Earth Explorer-7	Europe (ESA)	2025-04-29	Biomass Biomass	Biomass Biomass Biomass
NISAR	India (ISRO)-USA (NASA)	2025-07-30	NISAR
NAOS	Luxembourg	2025-08-26	NAOS	NAOS (with Capella-Acadia-6)
Paya, Zafar-2, Kosar-1.5	Iran	2025-12-28
FLEX / Earth Explorer-8	Europe (ESA)	2026-?	FLEX
FORUM / Earth Explorer-9	Europe (ESA)	2027-?	FORUM
Harmony-A/B / Earth Explorer-10A/10B	Europe (ESA)	2029-?	Harmony-A/B

^*Biomass: 'Nothing short of spectacular': ESA's Biomass satellite releases 1st views of Earth from orbit (photos)

USA commercial environmental-observing satellites:

Satellite	Company	Launch Date	Images
			reference	launch covers	other postal items
Earlybird-1 [failed]	Earth Watch Inc.	1997-12-24	Earlybird	Earlybird-1	Earlybird-1
Ikonos-1 [failed]	Space Imaging Co.	1999-04-27	Ikonos	Ikonos	Ikonos
Ikonos-2	Space Imaging Co.	1999-09-24
QuickBird-1 [failed]	DigitalGlobe Inc.	2000-11-20	QuickBird	QuickBird	QuickBird
QuickBird-2	DigitalGlobe Inc.	2001-10-18	QuickBird-2
OrbView-1	Orbital Imaging Corp.	1995-04-03	OrbView-1	OrbView	OrbView
OrbView-2 / SeaStar/SeaWiFS	Orbital Imaging Corp.	1997-08-01	OrbView-2 OrbView-2	SeaWiFS	SeaWiFS
OrbView-3	Orbital Imaging Corp.	2003-06-26	OrbView-3	OrbView	OrbView
OrbView-4 [failed]	Orbital Imaging Corp.	2001-09-21	OrbView-4
GeoEye-1 / formerly OrbView-5	GeoEye Inc.	2008-09-06	GeoEye-1	GeoEye	GeoEye
WorldView-1	Satellite Imaging Corp.	2007-09-18	WorldView-1 WorldView-1	WorldView	WorldView
WorldView-2	Satellite Imaging Corp.	2009-10-08	WorldView-2 WorldView-2
WorldView-3	Satellite Imaging Corp.	2014-08-13
WorldView-4 / formerly GeoEye-2	GeoEye Inc.	2016-11-11	WorldView-4
WorldView-Legion-1/2	Digital Globe/Maxar	2024-05-02	WorldView-Legion-1/2 type	WorldView-Legion	WorldView-Legion
WorldView-Legion-3/4	Digital Globe/Maxar	2024-08-15
WorldView-Legion-5/6	Digital Globe/Maxar	2025-02-04
SkySat-1	Skybox Imaging Inc., then Terra Bella, now Planet Labs	2013-11-21	SkySat-1	SkySat	SkySat
SkySat-2	Skybox Imaging Inc., then Terra Bella, now Planet Labs	2014-07-08
SkySat-3 (C1) — 21 (C19)	Skybox Imaging Inc., then Terra Bella, now Planet Labs [SkySat-14/15 in SmallSat Express group]	2016-09-16 — 2020-08-18	SkySat-3

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