Give some information about remote sensing satellites of USA France Japan
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1. Japan’s Earth observation satellites
Momo-1 (Marine observing satellite, MOS-1/1b) : Optical sensor, passive micro wave sensor
Fuyo-1 (Japanese earth resources satellite, JERS-1) : Optical sensor, active micro wave sensor
Midori-1 (Advanced earth observing satellite, ADEOS) : Optical sensor, Passive micro wave sensor
Midori-2 (Advanced earth observing satellite, ADEOSII) : Optical sensor, passive micro wave sensor
Daichi (Advanced land observing satellite, ALOS) : Optical sensor, active micro wave sensor
2. International satellites equipped with Japanese sensors
Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission, TRMM) : Active micro wave sensor
Aqua : Passive micro wave sensor
3. International satellites
Landsat (USA) : Optical sensor
SPOT (France) : Optical sensor
IRS (India) : Optical sensor, etc
Envisat (ESA) : Active micro wave sensor
RADARSAT (Canada) : Active micro wave sensor, etc
IKONOS : Optical sensor
Quickbird : Optical sensor
OrbView 3 : Optical sensor