In this article

the space remote sensing projects in the next decade

including the LANDSAT-6

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SIR-C/X-SAR Space Shuttle mission

NASA manned Station and Space Platform in the U.S.A.

the RADARSAT of Canada

ERS

AERS and Space Platform of the ESA

SPOT series in Franch

MOS series and JERS satellite in Japan

and IRS and SROSS-ii satellites in the India are introduced systematically. The purposes

sensors on board and the orbit parameters of these projects are described. The technical features of these projects are compared and the main application research fields in future space remote sensing are discussed.