"In sum, I believe that every organization active in remote sensing will find Dr. Kramer's book to be an essential addition to its technical library, and I believe that every serious practitioner of remote sensing will find it a permanently useful and vital reference."
John H. McElroy, Dean of Engineering, The University of Texas and Chair of the Committee on Earth studies of the U.S. National Research Council's Space Studies Board)

Foreword to the 2nd Edition.- Foreword to the 3rd Edition.- A Survey of Spaceborne Missions and Sensors.- A.1 ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer).- A.2 ACTIVE (AKTIVNY-IK).- A.2.1 Subsatellite Magion-2 (C2-AK).- A.3 ADEOS (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite).- A.4 ADEOS-II (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II).- A.5 AEM-2 (Applications Explorer Mission-2).- A.6 ALEXIS (Array of Low Energy X-Ray Imaging Sensors).- A.7 ALMAZ Program.- A.7.1 COSMOS-1870.- A.7.2 ALMAZ-1.- A.7.3 ALMAZ-1B.- A.8 ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite).- A.9 AMPTE (Active Magnetosphere Tracer Explorers).- A.9.1 IRM Instrumentation (Sensors).- A.9.2 UKS Instrumentation (Sensors).- A.9.3 CCE Instrumentation (Sensors).- A.10 APEX (Active Plasma Experiment).- A.10.1 APEX Subsatellite (Magion-3) Scientific Payload.- A.11 ARGOS (Data Collection System).- A.12 ASTRID-1.- A.13 ATLAS.- A.14 CBERS (China/Brazil - Earth Resources Satellite).- A.15 CHAMP (Challenging Minisatellite Payload).- A.16 CLUSTER (Four S/C Mission in Concert with SOHO).- A.17 Commercial Remote Sensing Imaging Satellites.- A.17.1 CRSS (Commercial Remote Sensing System).- A.17.2 EarlyBird.- A.17.3 QuickBird.- A.17.4 Resource21.- A.18 CORONAS-I.- A.18.1 PHOTON.- A. 19 CRRES (Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite).- A.20 Dynamics Explorers (DE-1 and DE-2).- A.20.1 DE-1 Instruments (High Altitude Mission).- A.20.2 DE-2 Instruments (Low Altitude Mission).- A.21 DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program).- A.21.1 DMSP Data Availability - Visible and Infrared Imagery.- A.22 EGS (Experimental Geodetic Satellite, Ajisai).- A.23 EOS (Earth Observation System).- A.23.1 EOS Mission Elements.- A.23.1.1 EOS/AM-1 Satellite.- A.23.1.2 EOS/PM Series.- A.23.1.3 EOS SAGE III Series.- A.23.1.4 EOS Radar ALT Series.- A.23.1.5 EOS Laser ALT Series.- A.23.1.6 EOS CHEM Series.- A.23.1.7 EOS Special Missions.- A.23.2 EOS Instruments.- A.23.3 EOSDIS (EOS Data and Information System).- A.23.4 MTPE (Mission to Planet Earth).- A.24 Equator-S.- A.25 ERBS (Earth Radiation Budget Satellite).- A.26 ERS-1 (European Remote-Sensing Satellite).- A.27 ERS-2.- A.28 E-SAT System.- A.29 ETALON.- A.30 EURECA (European Retrievable Carrier).- A.30.1 EURECA-1 Mission.- A.31 EXOS (Exospheric Observations).- A.31.1 EXOS-A (Kyokko).- A.31.2 EXOS-B (Jikiken).- A.31.3 EXOS-C (Ohzora).- A.31.4 EXOS-D (Akebono).- A.32 FAISAT (Final Analysis Inc. Satellite).- A.33 FAST (Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer).- A.34 Fengyun-1.- A.34.1 Fengyun-1C and -1D.- A.35 Fengyun-2.- A.36 FORTE (Fast On-Orbit Recording of Transient Events).- A.37 FREJA.- A.38 GEMINI.- A.39 GEO-IK.- A.40 GEOS (GEOstationary Satellite).- A.40.1 GEOS-1.- A.40.2 GEOS-2.- A.41 GEOS-3 (Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite).- A.42 GEOSAT (Geodetic/Geophysical Satellite).- A.43 GFO-1 (Geosat Follow-On Program).- A.44 GEOTAIL.- A.45 GFZ-1 (GeoForschungsZentrum-1 Geodesy Satellite).- A.46 GLONASS.- A.47 GPS (NAVSTAR-GPS).- A.47.1 Availability of GPS/GLONASS Systems.- A.47.2 GPS Applications.- A.47.3 GPS Tensor.- A.47.4 IGS (International GPS Service for Geodynamics).- A.47.5 CIGNET.- A.47.6 DGPS.- A.47.7 Future of GPS/GLONASS Services.- A.48 GMS (Geostationary Meteorological Satellite).- A.48.1 GMS Data Collection System (DCS).- A.49 GOMS (Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite).- A.49.1 Radio Complex for Data Collection, Transmission and Relay.- A.50 GP-B (Gravity Probe B Relativity Mission).- A.51 HCMM (Heat Capacity Mapping Mission).- A.52 IMP-8 (International Monitoring Platform).- A.53 INSAT.- A.54 INTERBALL.- A.54.1 "Auroral Probe" Sensors.- A.54.2 "Tail Probe" Sensors.- A.55 IRS-1A (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite).- A.55.1 IRS-1B.- A.55.2 IRS-1C/1D.- A.55.3 IRS-1E (P1).- A.55.4 IRS-P2.- A.55.5 IRS-P3.- A.56 ISEE (International Sun-Earth Explorer).- A.56.1 ISEE-1 and -2 Mission.- A.56.2 ISEE-3 Mission.- A.57 JERS-1 (Japanese Earth Resources Satellite).- A.58 LAGEOS-I (Laser Geodynamics Satellite).- A.58.1 LAGEOS-II.- A.59 LANDSAT.- A.59.1. Landsat-6.- A.59.2 Landsat-7.- A.60 LDEF (Long Duration Exposure Facility).- A.61 LFC (LARGE FORMAT CAMERA).- A.62 Lewis and Clark Missions.- A.62.1 Lewis S/C.- A.62.2 Clark S/C.- A.63 LITE (Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment).- A.64 MAGSAT.- A.65 MAPS (Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites).- A.66 METEOR-1 Series.- A.67 METEOR-2 Series.- A.68 METEOR-Priroda Series.- A.69 METEOR-3 Series.- A.70 METEOR-3M Series.- A.71 METEOSAT.- A.71.1 Meteosat Data Collection System (DCS).- A.71.2 Meteosat DCP Retransmission System.- A.71.3 MOSAIC.- A.71.4 MSG (METEOSAT Second Generation).- A.72 Microlab-1.- A.73 MIR-1 Orbital Station.- A.74 MOMS-01.- A.75 MOMS-02.- A.76 MOS (Marine Observation Satellite).- A.77 MSX (Midcourse Space Experiment).- A.78 NIMBUS.- A.79 NOAA-GOES.- A.79.1 NOAA-GOES Data Collection System (DCS).- A.79.2 NOAA-GOES SEM Instruments.- A.79.3 NOAA-GOES Second Generation.- A.80 NOAA-POES.- A.80.1 Planned POES series of NOAA.- A.80.2 ARGOS on NOAA-POES Satellites.- A.80.3 S&RSAT on NOAA-POES Satellite Series.- A.81 ODIN.- A.82 OKEAN-O.- A.82.1 Experimental Cosmos Program.- A.82.2 OKEAN-O1 Operational Series.- A.82.3 OKEAN-O Series.- A.83 Orbcomm Satellite System.- A.84 Ørsted.- A.85 POEM (Polar Orbit Earth-Observation Missions).- A.85.1 ENVISAT-1.- A.85.2 METOP-1.- A.86 POLAR.- A.87 PRARE Tracking System.- A.88 PRIRODA.- A.89 RADARSAT.- A.90 RESURS-F.- A.91 RESURS-O.- A.92 SAC-B (Satélite de Applicaciones Científicas).- A.93 SAFIR.- A.94 Salyut Space Station.- A.95 SAMPEX (Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer).- A.96 SAN MARCO D/L.- A.97 SCD1 (Satélite de Coleta de Dados).- A.97.1 SSR1.- A.98 SEASAT.- A.99 SeaStar.- A.100 Shuttle EO Imaging Cameras.- A.100.1 Shuttle Film Camera Systems.- A.101 SIR-A (Shuttle Imaging Radar).- A.102 SIR-B.- A.103 SIR-C/X-SAR.- A.104 SKYLAB Space Station.- A.105 SME (Solar Mesosphere Explorer).- A.106 SMM (Solar Maximum Mission).- A.107 SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory).- A.108 SOLAR-A (Yohkoh).- A.109 Spacelab-1.- A.110 Spacelab-3.- A.111 SPOT (Système Pour l'Observation de la Terre).- A.111.1 Spot-3.- A.111.2 Spot-4.- A.111.3 Spot-5A and 5-B.- A. 112 SSBUV (Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectrometer).- A.113 Starlette.- A.114 Stella.- A.115 STARSYS.- A. 116 STEDI (Student Explorer Demonstration Initiative).- A.116.1 SNOE (Student Nitric Oxide Explorer).- A.116.2 TERRIERS.- A.116.3 CATSAT (Cooperative Astrophysical and Technology Satellite).- A.117 TEMISAT (Telespazio MicroSatellite).- A. 118 TIMED (Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics).- A.119 TOMS Missions.- A.119.1 TOMS-EP.- A.119.2 TOMS/NSCAT on ADEOS.- A.120 TOPEX/Poseidon.- A.120.1 DORIS.- A.121 TPFO (TOPEX/Poseidon Follow-On).- A.122 TRACE (Transition Region and Coronal Explorer).- A.123 TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission).- A.123.1 ATMOS Program of Japan.- A.124 TUBSAT (Technical University of Berlin Satellite).- A.124.1 TUBSAT-A.- A.124.2 TUBSAT-B.- A.124.3 DLR-TUBSAT.- A.125 UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite).- A.126 Ulysses.- A.127 UoSAT/SSTL Microsatellite Missions.- A.127.1 UoSAT-1 (University of Surrey Satellite-1).- A.127.2 UoSAT-2.- A.127.3 UoSAT-3 (HealthSat-1).- A.127.4 UoSAT-4.- A.127.5 UoSAT-5.- A.127.6 KITSAT-1 (Korea Institute of Technology Satellite).- A.127.7 S-80/T.- A.127.8 HealthSat-2.- A.127.9 PoSAT-1 (Portuguese Satellite).- A.127.10 KITSAT-2.- A.127.11 CERISE.- A.127.12 FASat-Alfa (Fuerza Aerea Satellite - Alfa).- A.127.13 UoSAT-12.- A.127.14 TMSAT (Thai Microsatel…