EARTH FROM ALL ANGLES

SATELLITE IMAGE ACQUISITION

AND PROCESSING
© AIRBUS, Sensor: Pléiades, Area of ​Yogyakarta Airport (Indonesia), 27/11/2012

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 EARTH FROM ALL ANGLES

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAIN COMMERCIAL EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES

Spectral Spatial Work Operational /
Sensor Stereo Features and comments
bands resolution (m) scale Launch planned
P* XS**

16 XS include 8 new SWIR bands (shortwave infrared) at 3.7 m.

WorldView-3 Panchro + 16 XS 0.3 - 0.4 - 0.5 1.2 - 1.6 - 2 1:1,000 X since 2014 12 additional bands: CAVIS **** at 30 m

WorldView-2 Panchro + 8 XS 0.4 - 0.5 1.6 - 2 1:2,000 X since 2010

GeoEye-1 Panchro + 4 XS 0.4 - 0.5 2 1:2,000 X since 2009

WorldView-1 Panchro 0.5 1:2,000 X since 2007

Pléiades 1A & 1B Panchro + 4 XS 0.5 2 1:2,000 X since 2012 Constellation of 2 satellites; stereo triplets available

QuickBird-2 Panchro + 4 XS 0.65 2.62 1:5,000 since 2001 Considerable archives

Kompsat-3 Panchro + 4 XS 0.7 2.8 1:5,000 X since 2012

Deimos-2 Panchro + 4 XS 0.75 4 1:5,000 since 2014

SkySat 1 & 2 Panchro + 4 XS 0.9 2 1:5,000 since 2014 Expected constellation of 20 microsatellites

Kompsat-2 Panchro + 4 XS 1 4 1:5,000 X since 2006

IKONOS-2 Panchro + 4 XS 1 4 1:5,000 X since 1999 Considerable archives

SPOT-6 & 7 Panchro + 4 XS 1.5 6 1:10,000 X since 2012 Stereo triplets available; operated in constellation

ALOS-2 PRISM/ Panchro + 4 XS 2.5 10 1:15,000 X since 2014 ALOS-1 data available for 2006-2011
AVNIR-2

SPOT-5 Panchro + 4 XS 2.5 10 1:15,000 X since 2002 Lateral view stereo acquisition; SPOTDEM derived product

RapidEye 5 XS 5 1:25,000 since 2008 Constellation of 5 satellites allows daily acquisition

SPOT 1 to 4 Panchro + 4 XS 10 20 1:50,000 X since 1986 Considerable archives; lateral view stereo acquisition

Landsat-8 Panchro + 10 XS 15 30 1:100,000 since 2013 Free data; 2 SWIR bands & 2 thermal bands are included

Landsat-7 ETM 7 XS 15 30 1:100,000 since 1999 Landsat-5 data (7 XS to 30 m) available for 1984-2012

Deimos-1 3 XS 22 1:100,000 since 2009 Swath width up to 600 km

Constellation of 28 microsatellites all undergoing testing at time of
Flock 1 (Dove) 3 or 4 XS 3-5 1:25,000 since 2014 publication
planned in 2015
Sentinel 2A & 2B 10 XS 10 and 20 1:50,000 Free data; 3 SWIR bands in addition to 10 XS bands
& 2016
PAZ X-band radar 1 to 16 X planned in 2015 Same characteristics as and operated in constellation with TerraSAR-X

Sentinel 1A & 1B C-band radar 5 to 100 since 2014 Constellation of 2 satellites; double polarization

ALOS-2 PALSAR L-band radar 1 to 100 since 2014 Polarimetric; left & right view; ALOS-1 data available for 2006-2011

TerraSAR-X X-band radar 1 to 16 X since 2007 Single or double polarization

TanDEM-X X-band radar 1 to 16 X since 2010 Near simultaneous interferometric pairs with TerraSAR-X eventually available

COSMO-SkyMed X-band radar 1 to 100 since 2007 Constellation of 4 satellites; single or double polarization

RADARSAT-2 *** C-band radar 3 to 100 X since 2007 Polarimetric; lateral view stereo acquisition

RADARSAT-1 C-band radar 8 to 100 X 1995 - 2013 HH polarization only; lateral view stereo acquisition

ENVISAT ASAR C-band radar 25 to 150 2002 - 2012 Single or double polarization; archives only

Note: Radar sensors ( ) can acquire images regardless of meteorological conditions Version: January 2015
*P: panchromatic / **XS: bands in the visible and near infrared
***Constellation RADARSAT of 3 satellites (RCM): launch planned in 2018
****CAVIS: Clouds, Aerosol, Vapor, Ice, Snow

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