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| Engineering test satellites test advanced technologies in orbit, which will be used to improve and enhance artificial satellites. |
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| MTSAT-2 carries out an aviation mission, such as successful air traffic control, as well as a meteorological mission. |
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| Advanced Land Observing Satellite: ALOS is used for cartography, regional observation, disaster monitoring, and resource surveying utilizing advanced land observing technology. |
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| Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II: ADEOS-II takes over ADEOS's mission of monitoring climate changes, expansion of the ozone holes, and global environmental changes, as well as investigating the causes of these phenomena. |
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| The GOSAT mission is to observe the distribution of concentrations of greenhouse effect gases. It will contribute to international efforts toward the prevention of global warming. |
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