EOS
SAMPEX
GEOTAIL
Earth Observing
System (EOS)
June 27, 1982		 Solar Anomalous and
Magnetospheric Particle
Explorer (SAMPEX)
July 3, 1992		 GEOTAIL
July 24, 1992
WIND SAL XTE
WIND Satellite
Solar Wind Mission
November 1, 1994		 Spread Across
Liquids (SAL)
November 22, 1994		 X-Ray Timing
Explorer (XTE)
December 30, 1995
SURFSAT-1 POLAR FAST
Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowship
Satellite (SURFSAT)
November 4, 1995		 POLAR Satellite
Magnetosphere Mission
February 24, 1996		 Fast Aural Snapshot
Explorer (FAST)
August 21, 1996
TOMS SAC-B ACE
Total Ozone Mapping
Spectrometer (TOMS)
Earth Probe
August 25, 1996		 SAC-B
November 4, 1996		 Advanced Composition
Explorer (ACE)
August 25, 1997
TRMM TRACE SWAS
Tropical Rainfall
Measuring Mission (TRMM)
November 11, 1997		 Transition Region and
Coronal Explorer (TRACE)
April 2, 1998		 Submillimeter Wave
Astronomy Satellite (SWAS)
December 5, 1998
WIRE Landsat 7 Landsat 7
Wide-Field Infrared
Explorer (WIRE)
March 4, 1999		 Landsat 7
April 15, 1999		 Landsat 7
April 15, 1999
TERRIERS FUSE Seawinds
TERRIERS
May 18, 1999		 Far Ultraviolet
Spectroscopic Explorer
(FUSE)
June 24, 1999		 SeaWinds
on Quickscat
June 19, 1999
Chandra CERES MODIS
Chandra X-ray
Observatory
July 23, 1999		 Clouds and the Earth's
Radiant Energy System
(CERES)
December 18, 1999 		Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS)
December 18, 1999
EOS AM-1 EOS MPE EOS TERRA
EOS AM-1
Renamed to EOS TERRA
December 18, 1999 		EOS Mission to
Planet Earth
Program Insignia		 EOS TERRA
Formerly EOS AM-1
December 18, 1999
MOPITT Leonid 99 TIMED
Measurements of Pollution
in the Troposphere
(MOPITT)
December 18, 1999 		Leonid 1999
November 19, 1999		 Thermosphere, Ionosphere
Mesosphere, Energetics,
Dynamics (TIMED)
May 18, 2000
GOES I - M TWINS GRACE
GOES  I - M
GOES-I  April 13, 1994
GOES-M Some Time in 2000		 Two Wide-angle
Imaging Neutral-atom
Spectrometers (TWINS)
January, 2000		 Gravity Recover and
Climate Experiment
(GRACE)
Launch in Mid 2001
SIRTF FAME EOS CAPL
Space Infrared
Telescope Facility
(SIRTF)
December, 2001		 Full-sky Astrometric
Mapping Explorer (FAME)
2003 or 2004		 EOS Capillary Loop
Technology (CAPL)
Launch Date Unknown
GAMES Earth Orbiter 1 LiDAR
Gravity & Magnetic
Earth Surveyor (GAMES)
Launch Date Unknown		 Earth Orbiter 1
Launch Date Unknown		 Light Detection
and Ranging (LiDAR)
Program Insignia
International Space Station ISS Expedition 1 Crew Patch ISS Expedition 2 Crew Patch
International Space
Station (ISS)
First Module - December 4, 1998
Final Module - December 2003		 ISS Expedition 1
Crew Patch
October 31, 2000		 ISS Expedition 2
Crew Patch
October 31, 2000
NOTE: Launch dates in Green are tentative scheduled dates
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