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Earth observation satellites are satellites specifically designed to observe Earth from orbit, similar to spy satellites but intended for non-military uses such as environmental monitoring, meteorology, map making etc.

Satellites or satellite series include:

Landsat[?]
ERS[?]
SPOT[?]
EOS[?], Terra[?]
Envisat
RADARSAT-1

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