case 10: agency="BNSC"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="AATSR"; longname="Advanced along track scanning radiometer"; break; case 11: agency="BNSC"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="ATSR"; longname="Along track scanning radiometer"; break; case 12: agency="BNSC"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="ATSR-2"; longname="Along track scanning radiometer-2"; break; case 13: agency="BNSC"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MWR"; longname="Microwave radiometer"; break; case 30: agency="CNES"; instype="Communications"; shortname="ARGOS"; longname="CNES ARGOS Communications"; break; case 40: agency="CNES"; instype="Lidar"; shortname="Laser reflectors"; longname="CNES Laser reflectors Lidar"; break; case 41: agency="CNES"; instype="Lidar"; shortname="DORIS"; longname="Doppler orbitography and radio-positioning integrated by satellite"; break; case 42: agency="CNES"; instype="Lidar"; shortname="DORIS-NG"; longname="Doppler orbitography and radio-positioning integrated by satellite-NG"; break; case 47: agency="CNES"; instype="Radar altimeter"; shortname="POSEIDON-1 (SSALT1)"; longname="Positioning ocean, solid Earth, ice dynamics orbiting navigator (single frequency solid stateradar altimeter)"; break; case 48: agency="CNES"; instype="Radar altimeter"; shortname="POSEIDON-2 (SSALT2)"; longname="Positioning ocean, solid Earth, ice dynamics orbiting navigator (double frequency solid state radar altimeter)"; break; case 49: agency="CNES"; instype="Radar altimeter"; shortname="POSEIDON-3 (SSALT3)"; longname="Positioning ocean, solid Earth, ice dynamics orbiting navigator (double frequency solidstate radar altimeter)"; break; case 50: agency="CNES"; instype="Imaging radiometer"; shortname="ATSR/M"; longname="ATSR/M"; break; case 51: agency="CNES"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="HRG"; longname="CNES HRG High-resolution optical imager"; break; case 52: agency="CNES"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="HRV"; longname="High-resolution visible"; break; case 53: agency="CNES"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="HRVIR"; longname="High-resolution visible and infrared"; break; case 54: agency="CNES"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="ScaRaB/MV2"; longname="Scanner for Earth's radiation budget"; break; case 55: agency="CNES"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="POLDER"; longname="POLDER"; break; case 56: agency="CNES"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer"; shortname="IIR"; longname="Imaging Infrared Radiometer"; break; case 60: agency="CNES"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="VEGETATION"; longname="VEGETATION"; break; case 61: agency="CNES"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="WINDII"; longname="WINDII"; break; case 62: agency="CNES"; instype="Altimeter"; shortname="AltiKa"; longname="Ka band Radar Altimeter"; break; case 80: agency="CSA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="RADARSAT DTT"; longname="CSA RADARSAT DTT Communications"; break; case 81: agency="CSA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="RADARSAT TTC"; longname="CSA RADARSAT TTC Communications"; break; case 85: agency="CSA"; instype="Radar"; shortname="SAR (CSA)"; longname="Synthetic aperture radar (CSA)"; break; case 90: agency="CSA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MOPITT"; longname="Measurements of pollution in the troposphere"; break; case 91: agency="CSA"; instype="Atmospheric chemistry instrument"; shortname="OSIRIS"; longname="Optical spectrograph and Infrared imagingsystem"; break; case 97: agency="CSIRO"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="Panchromatic imager"; longname="CSIRO Panchromatic imager Radiometer"; break; case 98: agency="CRCSS"; instype="Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; shortname="GPS receiver"; longname="CRCSS GPS receiver Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; break; case 102: agency="DLR"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="CHAMP GPS sounder"; longname="GPS turborogue space receiver (TRSR)"; break; case 103: agency="DLR"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="IGOR"; longname="Integrated GPS and Occultation Receiver"; break; case 116: agency="DLR"; instype="Magnetometer"; shortname="CHAMP gravity package"; longname="STAR accelerometer"; break; case 117: agency="DLR"; instype="Magnetometer"; shortname="CHAMP magnetometry2"; longname="Overhauser magnetometer (OVM) and"; break; case 120: agency="ESA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="ENVISAT Comms"; longname="Communications package on ENVISAT"; break; case 121: agency="ESA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="ERS Comms"; longname="Communication package for ERS"; break; case 130: agency="ESA"; instype="Lidar"; shortname="ALADIN"; longname="Atmospheric laser Doppler instrument"; break; case 131: agency="ESA"; instype="Lidar"; shortname="ATLID"; longname="Atmospheric lidar"; break; case 140: agency="ESA"; instype="Radar"; shortname="AMI/SAR/image"; longname="Active microwave instrumentation image mode"; break; case 141: agency="ESA"; instype="Radar"; shortname="AMI/SAR/wave"; longname="Active microwave instrumentation wave mode"; break; case 142: agency="ESA"; instype="Radar"; shortname="AMI/scatterometer"; longname="Active microwave instrumentation wind mode"; break; case 143: agency="ESA"; instype="Radar"; shortname="ASAR"; longname="ASAR"; break; case 144: agency="ESA"; instype="Imaging microwave"; shortname="ASAR"; longname="Advanced synthetic aperture radar(image mode)"; break; case 145: agency="ESA"; instype="Imaging microwave"; shortname="ASAR"; longname="Advanced synthetic aperture radar (wave mode)"; break; case 146: agency="ESA"; instype="Cloud profile andrain radar"; shortname="CPR"; longname="Cloud radar"; break; case 147: agency="ESA"; instype="Radar"; shortname="RA-2/MWR"; longname="Radar altimeter-2"; break; case 148: agency="ESA"; instype="Radar"; shortname="RA/MWR"; longname="Radar altimeter"; break; case 150: agency="ESA"; instype="Scatterometer"; shortname="SCATTEROMETER"; longname="Scatterometer"; break; case 161: agency="ESA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MIPAS"; longname="Michelson interferometric passive atmospheresounder"; break; case 162: agency="ESA"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer(passive microwave)"; shortname="MWR-2"; longname="Microwave radiometer-2"; break; case 163: agency="ESA"; instype="Atmospheric chemistry instrument"; shortname="SOPRANO"; longname="Sub-milimetre observation of processes in theabsorption noteworthy for ozone"; break; case 170: agency="ESA"; instype="Atmospheric chemistry instrument"; shortname="GOME"; longname="Global ozone monitoring experiment"; break; case 172: agency="ESA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="GOMOS"; longname="Global ozone monitoring by occultation of stars"; break; case 174: agency="ESA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="MERIS"; longname="Medium resolution imaging spectrometer"; break; case 175: agency="ESA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="SCIAMACHY"; longname="Scanning imaging absorption spectrometer foratmospheric cartography"; break; case 176: agency="ESA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MIRAS"; longname="Microwave imaging radiometer using aperture synthesis"; break; case 177: agency="ESA"; instype="Radar Altimeter"; shortname="SIRAL"; longname="SAR/Interferometric Radar Altimeter"; break; case 178: agency="ESA"; instype="Radar altimeter"; shortname="SRAL"; longname="Synthetic aperture radar altimeter"; break; case 179: agency="ESA"; instype="Moderate resolution optical imager"; shortname="OLCI"; longname="Ocean and land colour imager"; break; case 180: agency="ESA"; instype="Moderate resolution optical imager"; shortname="SLSTR"; longname="Sea and land surface temperature radiometer"; break; case 181: agency="EUMETSAT"; instype="Communications"; shortname="METEOSAT Comms"; longname="Communications package for METEOSAT"; break; case 182: agency="EUMETSAT"; instype="Communications"; shortname="MSG Comms"; longname="Communications package for MSG"; break; case 190: agency="ESA/EUMETSAT"; instype="Scatterometer"; shortname="ASCAT"; longname="Advanced scatterometer"; break; case 200: agency="EUMETSAT"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="GERB"; longname="Geostationary Earth radiation budget"; break; case 202: agency="ESA/EUMETSAT"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="GRAS"; longname="GNSS receiver for atmospheric sounding"; break; case 203: agency="EUMETSAT"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MHS"; longname="Microwave humidity sounder"; break; case 205: agency="EUMETSAT"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MVIRI"; longname="METEOSAT visible and infrared imager"; break; case 207: agency="EUMETSAT"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="SEVIRI"; longname="Spinning enhanced visible and infrared imager"; break; case 208: agency="EUMETSAT"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (vis/IR)"; shortname="VIRI"; longname="VIRI"; break; case 220: agency="ESA/EUMETSAT"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="GOME-2"; longname="Global ozone monitoring experiment-2"; break; case 221: agency="CNES/EUMETSAT"; instype="Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; shortname="IASI"; longname="Infrared atmospheric sounding interferometer"; break; case 240: agency="CAST"; instype="Communications"; shortname="DCP"; longname="Data-collection platform transponder"; break; case 245: agency="CAST"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="CCD"; longname="High-resolution CCD camera"; break; case 246: agency="INPE"; instype="Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; shortname="HSB"; longname="Humidity sounder/Brazil"; break; case 248: agency="INPE"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (vis/IR)"; shortname="OBA"; longname="Observador Brasileiro da Amazonia"; break; case 250: agency="CAST"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="WFI"; longname="Wide field imager"; break; case 255: agency="CAST"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="IRMSS"; longname="Infrared multispectral scanner"; break; case 260: agency="ISRO"; instype="Precision orbit"; shortname="BSS & FSS transponders"; longname="ISRO BSS & FSS transponders Precision orbit"; break; case 261: agency="ISRO"; instype="Precision orbit"; shortname="DRT-S&R"; longname="ISRO DRT-S&R Precision orbit"; break; case 262: agency="ISRO"; instype="Communications"; shortname="INSAT Comms"; longname="Communications package for INSAT"; break; case 268: agency="ISRO"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="HR-PAN"; longname="High-resolution panchromatic camera"; break; case 269: agency="ISRO"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (passive microwave)"; shortname="MSMR "; longname="Multi-frequency scanning microwave radiometer"; break; case 270: agency="ISRO"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (vis/IR)"; shortname="VHRR"; longname="Very high-resolution radiometer"; break; case 271: agency="ISRO"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (vis/IR)"; shortname="WiFS"; longname="Wide field sensor"; break; case 275: agency="ISRO"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="AWiFS"; longname="Advanced wide field sensor"; break; case 276: agency="ISRO"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="LISS-I"; longname="Linear imaging self scanner-I"; break; case 277: agency="ISRO"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="LISS-II"; longname="Linear imaging self scanner-II"; break; case 278: agency="ISRO"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="LISS-III"; longname="Linear imaging self scanner-III"; break; case 279: agency="ISRO"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="LISS-IV"; longname="Linear imaging self scanner-IV"; break; case 284: agency="ISRO"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="PAN"; longname="Panchromatic sensor"; break; case 285: agency="ISRO"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (vis/IR)"; shortname="MOS"; longname="Modular opto-electronic scanner"; break; case 286: agency="ISRO"; instype="Ocean colour Instrument"; shortname="OCM"; longname="Ocean colour monitor"; break; case 288: agency="ISRO"; instype="Scatterometer"; shortname="SCAT"; longname="Scatterometer"; break; case 290: agency="JMA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="MTSAT Comms"; longname="Communications package for MTSAT"; break; case 291: agency="JMA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="Himawari Comms"; longname="Communications package for Himawari"; break; case 294: agency="JMA"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer"; shortname="JAMI"; longname="Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager"; break; case 295: agency="JMA"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer"; shortname="IMAGER/MTSAT-2"; longname="Imager/MTSAT-2"; break; case 296: agency="JMA"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer"; shortname="VISSR"; longname="Visible and infrared spin scan radiometer"; break; case 297: agency="JMA"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer"; shortname="AHI"; longname="Advanced Himawari Imager"; break; case 300: agency="NASA"; instype="Lidar"; shortname="GLAS"; longname="Geoscience laser altimeter system"; break; case 301: agency="NASA"; instype="Precision orbit"; shortname="LRA"; longname="Laser retroreflector array"; break; case 302: agency="NASA"; instype="Lidar"; shortname="MBLA"; longname="Multi-beam laser altimeter"; break; case 303: agency="NASA"; instype="Lidar"; shortname="CALIOP"; longname="Cloud-aerosol lidar with orthogonal polarization"; break; case 309: agency="NASA"; instype="Cloud profile andrain radar"; shortname="Cloudsat CPR"; longname="Cloud profiling radar"; break; case 312: agency="NASA"; instype="Radar"; shortname="NSCAT"; longname="NASA scatterometer"; break; case 313: agency="NASA"; instype="Radar"; shortname="SeaWinds"; longname="ADEOS II – NASA scatterometer"; break; case 314: agency="NASA"; instype="Radar"; shortname="RapidScat"; longname="RapidScat scatterometer"; break; case 330: agency="NASA"; instype="Earth radiation budget radiometer"; shortname="ACRIM"; longname="Active cavity radiometer irradiance monitor"; break; case 334: agency="NASA"; instype="Total and profileozone"; shortname="BUV"; longname="Backscatter ultraviolet instrument"; break; case 336: agency="NASA"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="ALI"; longname="Advanced land imager"; break; case 347: agency="NASA"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="ASTER"; longname="Advanced spaceborne thermal emission andreflection radiometer"; break; case 348: agency="NASA"; instype="Earth radiation budget radiometer"; shortname="CERES-2"; longname="Cloud and the Earth's radiant energy system"; break; case 351: agency="NASA"; instype="Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; shortname="GPSDR"; longname="GPS demonstration receiver"; break; case 353: agency="NASA"; instype="Total and profile ozone"; shortname="HiRDLS"; longname="High-resolution dynamics limb sounder"; break; case 354: agency="NASA"; instype="Total and profile ozone"; shortname="HRDI"; longname="High-resolution Doppler imager"; break; case 356: agency="NASA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="LIS"; longname="Lightning imaging sensor"; break; case 358: agency="NASA"; instype="Magnetic field, auroal imagery scintillation boundary"; shortname="PEM"; longname="Particle environment monitor"; break; case 359: agency="NASA"; instype="Ocean colour instrument"; shortname="SeaWiFS"; longname="Sea-viewing wide field-of-view sensor"; break; case 360: agency="NASA"; instype="Earth radiation budget radiometer"; shortname="SUSIM (UARS)"; longname="Solar ultraviolet irradiance monitor"; break; case 363: agency="NASA"; instype="Total and profile ozone"; shortname="SBUV/1"; longname="Solar backscatter ultraviolet 1 instrument"; break; case 365: agency="NASA"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (passive microwave)"; shortname="TMI"; longname="TRMM microwave imager"; break; case 366: agency="NASA"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (passive microwave)"; shortname="JMR"; longname="JASON-1 microwave radiometer"; break; case 367: agency="NASA"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer"; shortname="AMR"; longname="Advanced microwave radiometer"; break; case 369: agency="NASA"; instype="Total and profileozone"; shortname="LIMS"; longname="Limb infrared monitor of the stratosphere"; break; case 370: agency="NASA"; instype="Total and profileozone"; shortname="LRIR"; longname="Limb radiance inversion radiometer instrument"; break; case 371: agency="NASA"; instype="Total and profileozone"; shortname="EPIC"; longname="Earth polychromatic imaging camera"; break; case 372: agency="NASA"; instype="Earth radiation budget radiometer"; shortname="NISTAR"; longname="NIST advanced radiometer"; break; case 373: agency="NASA"; instype="Magnetic field, auroal imagery, scintillation boundary"; shortname="Plasma-Mag"; longname="NASA Plasma-Mag Magnetic field, auroal imagery, scintillation boundary"; break; case 374: agency="NASA"; instype="Other"; shortname="XPS"; longname="XUV photometer system"; break; case 375: agency="NASA"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (vis/IR)"; shortname="VIRS"; longname="Visible infrared scanner"; break; case 376: agency="CNES"; instype="Multiple direction/polarization radiometer"; shortname="POLDER II"; longname="Polarization and directionality of the Earth's reflectance-II"; break; case 377: agency="NASA"; instype="Earth radiation budget radiometer"; shortname="TIM"; longname="Total irradiance monitor"; break; case 379: agency="NASA"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (vis/IR)"; shortname="WFC"; longname="Wide field camera"; break; case 382: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectro-radiometer"; shortname="CLAES"; longname="Cryogenic limb array etalon spectrometer"; break; case 383: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectro-radiometer"; shortname="HALOE"; longname="Halogen occultation experiment"; break; case 384: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectro-radiometer"; shortname="ISAMS"; longname="Improved stratospheric and mesospheric sounder"; break; case 385: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectro-radiometer"; shortname="MISR"; longname="Multi-angle imaging spectroradiometer"; break; case 386: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectro-radiometer"; shortname="MLS"; longname="Microwave limb sounder"; break; case 387: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectro-radiometer"; shortname="MLS (EOS-Aura)"; longname="Microwave limb sounder (EOS-Aura)"; break; case 389: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectro-radiometer"; shortname="MODIS"; longname="Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer"; break; case 393: agency="NASA"; instype="Gravity"; shortname="HAIRS"; longname="High accuracy inter-satellite ranging system"; break; case 394: agency="NASA"; instype="Total and profileozone"; shortname="OMI"; longname="Ozone measuring instrument"; break; case 395: agency="NASA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="Atmospheric corrector"; longname="Atmospheric corrector"; break; case 396: agency="NASA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="Hyperion"; longname="Hyperspectral imager"; break; case 399: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectro-radiometer"; shortname="SAGE I"; longname="Stratospheric aerosol and gas experiment-I"; break; case 400: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectro-radiometer"; shortname="SAGE II"; longname="Stratospheric aerosol and gas experiment-II"; break; case 401: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectro-radiometer"; shortname="SAGE III"; longname="Stratospheric aerosol and gas experiment-III"; break; case 402: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectro-radiometer"; shortname="SAMS"; longname="Stratospheric and mesospheric sounder"; break; case 403: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectro-radiometer"; shortname="SAM-II"; longname="Stratospheric aerosol measurement-II"; break; case 404: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectro-radiometer"; shortname="IRIS"; longname="Infrared interferometer spectrometer"; break; case 405: agency="NASA"; instype="Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; shortname="GIFTS"; longname="Geosynchronous imaging Fourier transform spectrometer"; break; case 420: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="AIRS"; longname="Atmospheric Infrared sounder"; break; case 426: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="SOLSTICE"; longname="Solar stellar irradiance comparison experiment"; break; case 430: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="TES"; longname="Tropospheric emission spectrometer"; break; case 431: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="TOMS"; longname="Total ozone mapping spectrometer"; break; case 432: agency="NASA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="OCO"; longname="Orbiting carbon observatory"; break; case 450: agency="JAXA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="ADEOS Comms"; longname="Communications package for ADEOS"; break; case 451: agency="JAXA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="JAXA DCS"; longname="Data-collection system (JAXA)"; break; case 453: agency="NASDA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="GMS Comms"; longname="Communications package on GMS"; break; case 454: agency="NASDA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="JERS-1 Comms"; longname="Communications package for JERS-1"; break; case 460: agency="NASDA"; instype="Lidar"; shortname="RIS"; longname="Retroreflector in space"; break; case 461: agency="NASDA"; instype="Radar"; shortname="PR"; longname="Precipitation radar"; break; case 462: agency="NASDA"; instype="Imaging microwave radar"; shortname="SAR"; longname="Synthetic aperture radar"; break; case 470: agency="JAXA"; instype="Imaging microwave radar"; shortname="PALSAR"; longname="Phased array type L-band synthetic aperture radar"; break; case 478: agency="JAXA"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (passive microwave)"; shortname="AMSR2"; longname="Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2"; break; case 479: agency="JAXA"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (passive microwave)"; shortname="AMSR-E"; longname="Advanced microwave scanning radiometer –EOS"; break; case 480: agency="JAXA"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="PRISM (ALOS)"; longname="Panchromatic remote-sensing instrument for stereo mapping"; break; case 481: agency="JAXA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="AMSR"; longname="Advanced microwave scanning "; break; case 482: agency="NASDA"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="AVNIR"; longname="Advanced visible and near infrared radiometer"; break; case 483: agency="JAXA"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="AVNIR-2"; longname="Advanced visible and near infrared radiometertype 2"; break; case 484: agency="JAXA"; instype="Imager"; shortname="GLI"; longname="Global imager"; break; case 485: agency="NASDA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MESSR"; longname="Multispectral electronic self scanning radiometer"; break; case 486: agency="NASDA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MSR"; longname="Microwave scanning radiometer"; break; case 487: agency="NASDA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="OCTS"; longname="Ocean colour and temperature scanner"; break; case 488: agency="NASDA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="OPS"; longname="Optical sensor"; break; case 489: agency="NASDA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="VISSR (GMS-5)"; longname="Visible and infrared spin scan radiometer(GMS-5)"; break; case 490: agency="NASDA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="VTIR"; longname="Visible and thermal infrared radiometer"; break; case 510: agency="NASDA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="ILAS-I"; longname="Improved limb atmospheric spectrometer"; break; case 511: agency="NASDA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="ILAS-II"; longname="Improved limb atmospheric spectrometer"; break; case 512: agency="NASDA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="IMG"; longname="Inferometric monitor of greenhouse gases"; break; case 514: agency="NASDA"; instype="Space environment"; shortname="SEM"; longname="Space environment monitor (NASDA)"; break; case 515: agency="JAXA"; instype="Total and profileozone"; shortname="SOFIS"; longname="Solar occultation Fourier transform spectrometer for inclined orbit satellite"; break; case 516: agency="JAXA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="TANSO-FTS"; longname="Thermal and Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observations (TANSO) Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS)"; break; case 517: agency="JAXA"; instype="Imager"; shortname="TANSO-CAI"; longname="Thermal and Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observations (TANSO) Cloud and Aerosol Imager (CAI)"; break; case 518: agency="JAXA"; instype="Cloud and precipi-tation radar"; shortname="DPR"; longname="Dual-frequency precipitation radar"; break; case 519: agency="NASA"; instype="MW imaging/sound- ing radiometer, conical scanning"; shortname="GMI"; longname="GPM microwave imager"; break; case 540: agency="NOAA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="DCS (NOAA)"; longname="Data-collection system (NOAA)"; break; case 541: agency="NOAA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="GOES Comms"; longname="Communications package on GOES"; break; case 542: agency="NOAA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="LANDSAT Comms"; longname="Communications package for LANDSAT"; break; case 543: agency="NOAA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="NOAA Comms"; longname="Communications package for NOAA"; break; case 544: agency="NOAA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="S&R (GOES)"; longname="Search and rescue"; break; case 545: agency="NOAA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="S&R (NOAA)"; longname="Search and rescue"; break; case 546: agency="NOAA"; instype="Communications"; shortname="WEFAX"; longname="Weather facsimile"; break; case 547: agency="NOAA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="SEM (GOES)"; longname="Space environment monitor"; break; case 550: agency="NOAA"; instype="Magnetic field"; shortname="SSM"; longname="Special sensor magnetometer"; break; case 551: agency="NOAA"; instype="Magnetic field"; shortname="SSJ/4"; longname="Special sensor precipitating plasma monitor"; break; case 552: agency="NOAA"; instype="Space environment"; shortname="SSIES-2"; longname="Special sensor ionospheric plasma drift/scintillation meter"; break; case 553: agency="NOAA"; instype="Space environment"; shortname="SSB/X-2"; longname="Special sensor gamma ray particle detector"; break; case 570: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="AMSU-A"; longname="Advanced microwave sounding unit-A"; break; case 574: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="AMSU-B"; longname="Advanced microwave sounding unit-B"; break; case 580: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="ATOVS"; longname="Advanced TIROS operational vertical sounder"; break; case 590: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="AVHRR/2"; longname="Advanced very high-resolution radiometer/2"; break; case 591: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="AVHRR/3"; longname="Advanced very high-resolution radiometer/3"; break; case 592: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="AVHRR/4"; longname="Advanced very high-resolution radiometer/4"; break; case 600: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="ERBE"; longname="Earth's radiation budget experiment"; break; case 601: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="ETM+"; longname="Enhanced thematic mapper"; break; case 605: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="HIRS/2"; longname="High-resolution infrared sounder/2"; break; case 606: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="HIRS/3"; longname="High-resolution infrared sounder/3"; break; case 607: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="HIRS/4"; longname="High-resolution infrared sounder/4"; break; case 615: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="IMAGER"; longname="Imager"; break; case 616: agency="NOAA"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (vis/IR)"; shortname="VIIRS"; longname="Visible/infrared imager radiometer suite"; break; case 620: agency="NOAA"; instype="Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; shortname="CrIRS/NP"; longname="Cross-track infrared sounder/NPOESS"; break; case 621: agency="NOAA"; instype="Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; shortname="ATMS"; longname="Advanced technology microwave sounder"; break; case 622: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MSS"; longname="Multispectral scanning system"; break; case 623: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MSU"; longname="Microwave sounding unit"; break; case 624: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="SBUV/2"; longname="Solar backscatter ultraviolet instrument/2"; break; case 625: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="SBUV/3"; longname="Solar backscatter ultraviolet instrument/3"; break; case 626: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="SOUNDER"; longname="SOUNDER"; break; case 627: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="SSU"; longname="Stratospheric sounding unit"; break; case 628: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="TM"; longname="Thematic mapper"; break; case 629: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="TOVS (HIRS/2 + "; longname="TIROS operational vertical sounder (MSU + SSU)"; break; case 630: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="VAS"; longname="VISSR atmospheric sounder"; break; case 631: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="SSZ"; longname="NOAA SSZ Radiometer"; break; case 645: agency="NOAA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="SEM"; longname="Space environment monitor"; break; case 650: agency="NRSCC"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MVIRSR (10 channel)"; longname="Multispectral visible and infrared scan radiometer"; break; case 651: agency="NRSCC"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MVIRSR (3 channel)"; longname="Multispectral visible and infrared scan radiometer"; break; case 652: agency="NRSCC"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MVIRSR (5 channel)"; longname="Multispectral visible and infrared scan radiometer"; break; case 670: agency="NSAU"; instype="Radar"; shortname="RLSBO"; longname="Side looking microwave radar"; break; case 680: agency="NSAU"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="MSU-EU"; longname="Multispectral radiometer with high resolution"; break; case 681: agency="NSAU"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radio-meter (vis/IR)"; shortname="MSU-UM"; longname="Visible multispectral radiometer"; break; case 682: agency="NSAU"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="RM-08"; longname="Imaging microwave radiometer"; break; case 683: agency="NSAU"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="SU-UMS"; longname="Stereo radiometer with high resolution"; break; case 684: agency="NSAU"; instype="High-resolution optical imager"; shortname="SU-VR"; longname="Visible radiometer with high resolution"; break; case 685: agency="NSAU"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="TRASSER"; longname="NSAU TRASSER Radiometer"; break; case 686: agency="SOA"; instype="Scatterometer"; shortname="SCAT"; longname="Scatterometer"; break; case 687: agency="SOA"; instype="Radar altimeter"; shortname="ALT"; longname="Radar altimeter"; break; case 688: agency="SOA"; instype="Microwave radiometer"; shortname="MWI"; longname="Microwave radiometer "; break; case 700: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Communications"; shortname="KONDOR-2"; longname="Data-collection and transmission system"; break; case 701: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Communications"; shortname="BRK"; longname="ROSCOSMOS BRK Communications"; break; case 710: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Lidar"; shortname="ALISSA"; longname="Backscatter lidar"; break; case 712: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Lidar"; shortname="Balkan-2 lidar"; longname="ROSCOSMOS Balkan-2 lidar Lidar"; break; case 715: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Lidar"; shortname="MK-4"; longname="ROSCOSMOS MK-4 Lidar"; break; case 716: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Lidar"; shortname="MK-4M"; longname="ROSCOSMOS MK-4M Lidar"; break; case 730: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radar"; shortname="Greben"; longname="Radar altimeter"; break; case 731: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radar"; shortname="SAR-10"; longname="Synthetic aperture radar"; break; case 732: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radar"; shortname="SAR-3"; longname="Synthetic aperture radar"; break; case 733: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radar"; shortname="SAR-70"; longname="Synthetic aperture radar"; break; case 740: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radar"; shortname="SLR-3"; longname="Side looking radar"; break; case 745: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radar"; shortname="Travers SAR"; longname="ROSCOSMOS Travers SAR Radar"; break; case 750: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="174-K"; longname="Temperature and humidity profiler"; break; case 751: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="BTVK"; longname="Scanning television radiometer"; break; case 752: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="Chaika"; longname="Scanning infrared radiometer"; break; case 753: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="DELTA-2"; longname="Multispectral microwave scanner"; break; case 755: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="IKAR-D"; longname="Multispectral microwave scanner"; break; case 756: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="IKAR-N"; longname="Multispectral microwave scanner"; break; case 757: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="IKAR-P"; longname="Multispectral microwave scanner"; break; case 760: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="ISP"; longname="ROSCOSMOS ISP Radiometer"; break; case 761: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="KFA-1000"; longname="Photographic camera"; break; case 762: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="KFA-200"; longname="Photographic camera"; break; case 763: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="KFA-3000"; longname="Photographic camera"; break; case 770: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="Klimat"; longname="Scanning infrared radiometer"; break; case 771: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="Klimat-2"; longname="Scanning infrared radiometer"; break; case 775: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MIRAS"; longname="ROSCOSMOS MIRAS Radiometer"; break; case 776: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MIVZA"; longname="ROSCOSMOS MIVZA Radiometer"; break; case 777: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MIVZA-M"; longname="Microwave scanning radiometer"; break; case 780: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MR-2000"; longname="ROSCOSMOS MR-2000 Radiometer"; break; case 781: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MR-2000M"; longname="ROSCOSMOS MR-2000M Radiometer"; break; case 785: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MR-900"; longname="Scanning telephotometer"; break; case 786: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MR-900B"; longname="Scanning visual band telephotometer"; break; case 790: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MSU-E"; longname="Multispectral high-resolution electronic scanner"; break; case 791: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MSU-E1"; longname="Multispectral high-resolution electronic scanner"; break; case 792: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MSU-E2"; longname="Multispectral high-resolution electronic scanner"; break; case 793: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MSU-M"; longname="ROSCOSMOS MSU-M Radiometer"; break; case 794: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MSU-S"; longname="Multispectral medium-resolution scanner"; break; case 795: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MSU-SK"; longname="Multispectral medium-resolution conical scanner"; break; case 796: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MSU-V"; longname="Multispectral high-resolution conical scanner"; break; case 810: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MTZA"; longname="Scanning microwave radiometer"; break; case 815: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (passive microwave)"; shortname="MZOAS"; longname="Scanning microwave radiometer"; break; case 820: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (passive microwave)"; shortname="R-225"; longname="Single channel microwave radiometer"; break; case 821: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="R-400"; longname="ROSCOSMOS R-400 Radiometer"; break; case 822: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="R-600"; longname="Single channel microwave radiometer"; break; case 830: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="RMS"; longname="Radiation measurement system"; break; case 835: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="TV camera"; longname="ROSCOSMOS TV camera Radiometer"; break; case 836: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="SILVA"; longname="ROSCOSMOS SILVA Radiometer"; break; case 840: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Spectro-radiometer"; shortname="SROSMO"; longname="Spectroradiometer for ocean monitoring"; break; case 850: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="BUFS-2"; longname="Backscatter spectrometer/2"; break; case 851: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="BUFS-4"; longname="Backscatter spectrometer/4"; break; case 855: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="ISTOK-1"; longname="Infrared spectrometer"; break; case 856: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="SFM-2"; longname="Spectrometer to measure direct solar radiation"; break; case 857: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="DOPI"; longname="ROSCOSMOS DOPI Spectrometer"; break; case 858: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="KGI-4"; longname="ROSCOSMOS KGI-4 Spectrometer"; break; case 859: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="Ozon-M"; longname="ROSCOSMOS Ozon-M Spectrometer"; break; case 860: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="RMK-2"; longname="ROSCOSMOS RMK-2 Spectrometer"; break; case 900: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="MAXIE"; longname="Magnetospheric atmospheric X-ray imaging experiment"; break; case 901: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="OLS"; longname="Operational linescan system"; break; case 905: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="SSM/I"; longname="Mission sensor microwave imager"; break; case 906: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="SSM/T-1"; longname="Mission sensor microwave temperature sounder"; break; case 907: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="SSM/T-2"; longname="Mission sensor microwave water vapour sounder"; break; case 908: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="SSMIS"; longname="Special sensor microwave imager sounder"; break; case 910: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radiometer"; shortname="SXI"; longname="Solar X-ray imager"; break; case 930: agency="NOAA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="EHIC"; longname="Energetic heavy ion composition experiment"; break; case 931: agency="NOAA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="X-ray astronomy payload"; longname="NOAA X-ray astronomy payload Spectrometer"; break; case 932: agency="NRSCC"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (vis/IR)"; shortname="IVISSR (FY-2)"; longname="Improved multispectral visible and Infraredscan radiometer (5 channels)"; break; case 933: agency="NRSCC"; instype="Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; shortname="IRAS"; longname="Infrared atmospheric sounder"; break; case 934: agency="NRSCC"; instype="Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; shortname="MWAS"; longname="Microwave atmospheric sounder"; break; case 935: agency="NRSCC"; instype="Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; shortname="IMWAS"; longname="Improved Microwave atmospheric sounder"; break; case 936: agency="NRSCC"; instype="Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; shortname="MWHS"; longname="Microwave humidity sounder"; break; case 937: agency="NRSCC"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (vis/IR)"; shortname="MVIRS"; longname="Moderate resolution visible and infrared imaging spectroradiometer"; break; case 938: agency="NRSCC"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (passive microwave)"; shortname="MWRI"; longname="Microwave radiation imager"; break; case 940: agency="ROSCOSMOS"; instype="Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; shortname="MTVZA-OK"; longname="Scanning microwave radiometer"; break; case 941: agency="CNES"; instype="Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; shortname="SAPHIR"; longname="CNES SAPHIR Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; break; case 942: agency="CNES"; instype="Microwave imager"; shortname="MADRAS"; longname="Microwave Analysis and Detection of Rain and Atmospheric Structures"; break; case 944: agency="NOAA"; instype="Radar altimeter"; shortname="ALT"; longname="Altimeter"; break; case 945: agency="NOAA"; instype="Earth radiation budget radiometer"; shortname="TSIS"; longname="Total solar irradiance sensor"; break; case 946: agency="NOAA"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (passive microwave)"; shortname="CMIS"; longname="Conical-scanning microwave imager/sounder"; break; case 947: agency="NOAA"; instype="Total and profile"; shortname="OMPS"; longname="Ozone mapping and profiler suite"; break; case 948: agency="NOAA"; instype="Space environment atmospheric temperature and humidity sounder"; shortname="GPSOS"; longname="Global positioning system occultation sensor"; break; case 949: agency="NOAA"; instype="Magnetic field,auroal imagery scintillation boundary"; shortname="SESS"; longname="Space environmental sensor suite"; break; case 950: agency="NRSCC"; instype="Imaging multi-spectral radiometer (vis/IR)"; shortname="VIRR"; longname="Multispectral visible and infrared scanradiometer (10 channels)"; break; case 951: agency="NRSCC"; instype="Total and profileozone"; shortname="TOM"; longname="Total ozone mapper"; break; case 952: agency="NRSCC"; instype="Total and profileozone"; shortname="OP"; longname="Ozone profiler"; break; case 953: agency="CMA"; instype="Microwave sounding radiometer, crosstrack scanning"; shortname="MWHS-2"; longname="Microwave humidity sounder-2"; break; case 954: agency="CMA"; instype="Microwave sounding radiometer, crosstrack scanning"; shortname="MWTS-2"; longname="Microwave temperature sounder-2"; break; case 955: agency="CMA"; instype="Cross-nadir scanning IR sounder"; shortname="HIRAS"; longname="Hyperspectral infrared atmospheric sounder"; break; case 956: agency="CMA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="SBUS"; longname="Solar backscatter ultraviolet sounder"; break; case 957: agency="CMA"; instype="Spectrometer"; shortname="TOU"; longname="Total ozone unit"; break; case 958: agency="CMA"; instype="GNSSoccultationsounder"; shortname="GNOS"; longname="Global navigation satellite system occultation sounder"; break; case 2047: agency="Missing or invalid instrument agency."; instype=""; shortname=""; longname="Missing or invalid instrument type."; break; default: agency="Unknown."; instype="Unknown"; shortname="Unknown"; longname="Unknown"; break;