Earth Science:
|
Project |
Status |
Estimated Launch |
|
Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite ACRIMsat |
Operational until Sep 09 |
Launched Dec 99 |
|
Aqua |
Operational until May 08 |
Launched May 02 |
|
Aquarius |
Development |
Jul 09 Delta II |
|
Aura |
Operational until Jul 10 |
Launched Jul 10 |
|
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations CALIPSO |
Operational until Apr 09 |
Launched Apr 06 |
|
CloudSat |
Operational until Feb 08 |
Launched Apr 06 |
|
Earth Observing-1 EO-1 |
Operational until Nov 07 |
Launched Nov 00 |
|
Earth Probe / Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer EP / TOMS |
Operational until Sep 08 |
Launched Jul 96 |
|
Global Precipitation Measurement GPM |
Formulation |
Jun 13 and Jun 14 H-IIA and Taurus XL |
|
Glory |
Development |
Dec 08 Taurus XL |
|
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment GRACE |
Operational until Sep 09 |
Launched Mar 02 |
|
Ice, Clouds, and Land Evevation Satellite ICESat |
Operational until Sep 09 |
Launched Jan 03 |
|
Jason |
Operational until Sep 09 |
Launched Dec 01 |
|
Landsat 7 |
Operational until Oct 10 |
Launched Apr 99 |
|
Landsat Data Continuity Mission LDCM, Replacement for Landsat 7 |
Development |
Jan 11 |
|
NPOESS Prepatory Project NPP |
Development |
Sep 09 Delta II 7920 |
|
Ocean Surface Topography Mission OSTM |
Development |
Jul 08 |
|
Orbiting Carbon Observatory OCO |
Development |
Sep 08 Taurus |
|
Quick Scatterometer QuikSCAT |
Operational until Sep 09 |
Launched Jun 99 |
|
Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment SORCE |
Operational until Mar 08 |
Launched Jan 03 |
|
Terra |
Operational until Sep 09 |
Launched Dec 99 |
|
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission TRMM |
Operational until Nov 09 |
Launched Nov 97 |
Heliophysics:
|
Project |
Status |
Estimated Launch |
|
Advanced Composition Explorer ACE |
Operational until Aug 11 |
Launched Aug 97 |
|
AIM |
Operational until Aug 08 |
Launched Oct 06 |
|
CINDI |
Development |
Jun 08 |
|
Cluster-II |
Operational until Jul 10 |
Launched Jul 00 |
|
Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer FAST |
Operational until Feb 08 |
Launched Aug 96 |
|
Geotail |
Operational until Jul 08 |
Launched Jul 92 |
|
IBEX |
Development |
Jun 08 |
|
Magnetospheric Multiscale MMS |
Formulation |
Oct 13 EELV |
|
Polar |
Operational until Mar 07 |
Launched Feb 96 |
|
Radiation Belt Storm Probes RBSP |
Development |
Mar 11 EELV |
|
RHESSI |
Operational until Feb 11 |
Launched Feb 02 |
|
SDO |
Development |
Aug 08 Atlas V |
|
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory SOHO |
Operational until Dec 11 |
Launched Dec 95 |
|
Solar-B HINODE |
Operational until Oct 10 |
Launched Oct 06 |
|
Space Technology 7 |
Development |
Oct 09 |
|
Space Technology 8 |
Development |
Feb 09 |
|
STEREO |
Operational until Jan 10 |
Launched Jan 07 |
|
THEMIS |
Operational until Mar 09 |
Launched Mar 07 |
|
Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics TIMED |
Operational until Dec 11 |
Launched Dec 01 |
|
Transition Region and Coronal Explorer TRACE |
Operational until Nov 08 |
Launched Apr 98 |
|
TWINS-B |
Operational until Jun 09 |
Launched Jun 07 |
|
Ulysses |
Operational until Apr 08 |
Launched Oct 90 |
|
Voyager |
Operational until Aug 11 |
Launched Aug 77 |
|
Wind |
Operational until Nov 11 |
Launched Nov 94 |
Planetary Science:
|
Project |
Status |
Estimated Launch |
|
ASPERA-3 |
Operational until Sep 08 |
Launched Jun 03 |
|
Cassini |
Operational until Sep 12 |
Launched Oct 97 |
|
Dawn |
Operational until Nov 15 |
Launched Sep 07 |
|
Hayabusa |
Operational until Sep 11 |
Launched May 03 |
|
Juno |
Development |
Aug 11 |
|
Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit & Opportunity |
Operational until Sep 08 |
Launched Jun 03 |
|
Mars Express |
Research until Oct 08 |
Launched Jun 03 |
|
Mars Odyssey |
|
|
|
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter MRO |
Operational until Dec 10 |
Launched Aug 05 |
|
Mars Science Laboratory MSL |
Development |
Sep 09 |
|
Mars Scout Phoenix |
Operational until Aug 08 |
Launched Aug 07 |
|
MESSENGER |
Operational until Sep 12 |
Launched Aug 04 |
|
Moon Mineralogy Mapper M3 |
Development |
Mar 08 |
|
New Horizons |
Operational until Sep 17 |
Launched Jan 06 |
|
Rosetta |
Operational until Sep 17 |
Launched Mar 04 |
Astrophysics:
|
Project |
Status |
Estimated Launch |
|
Chandra |
Operational until Jul 11 |
Launched Jul 11 |
|
FUSE |
Operational until Sep 09 |
Launched Jun 99 |
|
GALEX |
Operational until Sep 11 |
|
|
GLAST |
Development |
Nov 07 Delta II 2920H |
|
GP-B |
|
|
|
Herschel |
Development |
|
|
Hubble Space Telescope HST |
Operational until Sep 13 |
Launched Apr 90 |
|
INTEGRAL |
Operational until Sep 11 |
|
|
James Webb Space Telescope JWST |
Formulation |
Jul 13 Ariane 5 |
|
Kepler |
Development |
Nov 08 Delta II 2925-10L |
|
Planck |
Development |
|
|
RXTE |
Operational until Sep 09 |
|
|
SOFIA |
Development |
|
|
Space Interferometer Mission SIM |
Formulation |
|
|
Spitzer |
Operational until Sep 09 |
Launched Aug 03 |
|
Suzaku |
Operational until Sep 11 |
Launched Jul 05 |
|
Swift |
Operational until Sep 11 |
Launched Nov 04 |
|
WISE |
Development |
Oct 09 |
|
WMAP |
Operational until Sep 10 |
|
|
XMM |
Operational until Sep 09 |
Launched Dec 09 |
Exploration Systems:
|
Project |
Status |
Estimated Launch |
|
Ares I |
Development |
Sep 14 |
|
COTS |
Development |
|
|
ISS |
Operational until Sep 16 |
|
|
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LRO with LCROSS |
Development |
Nov 08 Atlas V |
|
Orion |
Development |
Sep 14 |
|
Space Shuttle |
Operational until Sep 10 |
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