remote sensing satellite

C28991
concept

A remote sensing satellite is an orbiting spacecraft equipped with sensors that collect data about the Earth's surface and atmosphere for applications such as mapping, environmental monitoring, and resource management.

All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
remote sensing satellite canonical 25
Landsat program satellite 4
oceanography satellite 4

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: remote sensing satellite
Generated description
A remote sensing satellite is an orbiting spacecraft equipped with sensors that collect data about the Earth's surface and atmosphere for applications such as mapping, environmental monitoring, and resource management.

Instances (47)

Instance Via concept surface
IRS-1A
IRS-1B
IRS-P2
Oceansat-1
Oceansat-2
IRS-1C
IRS-1D
IRS-P3
IRS-P6 Indian remote sensing satellite
Resourcesat-1 Indian remote sensing satellite
Oceansat-3
IRS-P5
PRISMA Earth observation mission
surface form: PRISMA
hyperspectral imaging mission
DAICHI
EOS PM-1 Aqua satellite
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A weather satellite sensor
Landsat 9 Landsat program satellite
Landsat 4
Landsat 5
Sentinel satellites
surface form: Sentinel-2
optical imaging satellite
Landsat 6 Landsat spacecraft
Landsat 7 Landsat program satellite
EOS AM-1 Terra satellite
Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Earth‑observing satellite payload
Landsat 8 Landsat program satellite
NASA SWOT satellite altimetry mission
NASA Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
surface form: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
oceanography satellite
ERBS spacecraft Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
Jason-1 oceanography satellite
Jason-2 oceanography satellite
Gaofen-1
Amazonia-1 satellite
surface form: Amazonia-1
Jason-3 oceanography satellite
Gaofen-2
Gaofen-3
Gaofen-4 optical imaging satellite
Gaofen-7
Gaofen-8
Gaofen-10
Gaofen-12
Gaofen-13
Gaofen-14
IRS-1E
OCM satellite imaging sensor
Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-II satellite imaging sensor
WiFS satellite imaging sensor
Resourcesat-2