Future Missions
| Satellite Name | Sponsor | Exp.Life Time | Purpose | Launch Date |
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Approved by ILRS for Future SLR Tracking |
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| Astrocast | ETH Zurich and Astrocast SA | 1-2 yrs | Positioning information, precise orbit determination | April 1, 2019 |
| COSMIC-2 | UCAR | 5 yrs | Atmospheric research, validation of GNSS orbits | June 25, 2019 |
| ELSA-d | Astroscale | 6 mos | Precise orbit determination | November 2020 |
| HY-2C | CNES, CNSA | Earth observation | May 2020 | |
| NISAR | NASA/JPL, ISRO | 3 yrs | Earth observation | 2022 |
| LARES-2 | ASI | Decades | Positioning, geodesy | Fall 2020 |
| PN-1B, -1C, -1D | Beijing Aerospace Control Center | 1 yr | Precise orbit determination | September 2015 |
| RANGE | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 yr | Positioning information, precise orbit determination | December 03, 2018 |
| Sentinel-6A/Jason-CSA | NASA, NOAA, ESA, EUMETSAT, CNES | 5.5 yrs | Ocean altimetry | November 2020 |
Future Satellites with Retroreflectors |
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| GPS-III (n=??) | DoD, DoT | Positioning, navigation, timing, geodesy | ||
| GRASP | NASA | Positioning, geodesy | TBD | |
| HY-2D | CNES, CNSA | Earth observation | 2020 | |
| IRS-P5 (CARTOSAT-1) | ISRO | 5 yrs | Earth observation | May 2005 |
| NXD-1 (SLAG) | Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | 3 years | Positioning, geodesy | September 2020 |
| SWOT | NASA, CNES | SAR altimeter | 2020 | |
Related information
- Proposed but not implemented missions
