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[edit] Split into satellites and by sensor type

The list is getting pretty long and mixes together satellites with sensors on those satellites. I recommend we split the template into sections for satellites, Vis/IR sensors, and microwave sensors. Maybe an itemized list of satellites with each sensor as a sub-item. Something Like:

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Meteorological, EOS, and GIS Remote Sensing Observation Systems (Earth orbit)

Satellites and Constellations	ADEOS II/Midori II \| ACRIMSAT \| Aqua \| Aquarius \| Aura \| CALIPSO \| CloudSat \| COSMIC \| DMSP \| DMC \| Envisat \| EROS \| ESSP \| GOES \| GRACE \| ICESat \| IKONOS \| Jason-1 \| Landsat \| MERIS \| MetOp \| Meteor \| Meteosat \| MTSAT \| NOAA-N' \| NPOESS \| OCO \| PARASOL \| QuickBird \| QuikSCAT \| RADARSAT-1 \| SORCE \| SPOT \| Terra
Instruments	AIRS \| AMSU-A \| AMSR-E \| ASTER \| AVHRR \| HSB \| AMSR-E \| MODIS \| CERES GOMOS \| HIRDLS \| MLS \| MIPAS \| MISR \| MOPITT \| OMI \| SCIAMACHY \| SeaWiFS \| TES \| TRMM \| VIIRS
Concepts and Programs	Hydros \| NMP \| Weather satellite
Historical and defunct systems	ERS \| Nimbus program \| Project Vanguard \| Seasat \| TOPEX/Poseidon \| TIROS

I hurried through the categorization, so it definitely deserves a double-check.

I would tend to agree more with the above edits if it could be incorporated with the current navbox. Because I pulled this following set of links that was incorrectly placed in another weather navbox and is now missing from this template, nice! -->

--HRS IAM 06:37, 29 July 2007 (UTC)