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Optical sensors allow you to have a realistic image (visible domain) or almost (near infrared), but they are blind at night and under cloudy cover. To characterize an agricultural landscape, optical images will be adapted.

Pleiades 1 (1A, 1B) Order Pleiades 1 (1A, 1B)
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Pleiades 1(1A,1B)

Pleiades 1(1A,1B)

Fully funded, manufactured, owned and operated by Airbus, the Pleiades satellite constellation provides very high resolution optical imaging that offers an extremely high level of detail. With four satellites of the same resolution of 50 cm and ultimate reactivity. The system provides both panchromatic and multispectral products with one of the largest footprints. The agility of the Pleiades allows them to be very responsive to end-user requests and to obtain and provide data in record time. Designed for civilian and military users, the system is particularly suited for emergency response and change detection

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Pleiades 1 (1A, 1B) Characteristics
Description du satellite
  • A two-satellite constellation that delivers high-resolution optical data products in record time and provides daily revisit capability anywhere in the world.
  • Main Mission
  • High-resolution Earth Observation
  • Instrument Type
  • High-resolution multispectral optics; 5 VNIR channels, 4 multi-spectral (MS), one panchromatic (PAN)
  • Revisit time
  • 1 day for Constellation
  • Resolution class
  • High resolution: 2.8 m(multispectral), 0,7 m (panchromatique)
  • Swath width
  • 20 km
  • Data collection capacity
  • 1 M km2 par jour, par satellite
  • Cycle coverage
  • Blue : 430 - 550 nm
  • Launch date
  • 2011-12-16 / 2012-12-02
  • Orbit
  • Orbite synchrone au soleil
  • Altitude
  • 694 km
  • Sensor Specifications
  • Panchromatic : 470 - 830 nm
  • Blue : 430 - 550 nm
  • Green : 500 à 620 nm
  • Red : 590 - 710 nm
  • Near infrared : 740-940 nm
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    Very high spatial resolution image of 50cm
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    Get native natural color images
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    Many archive images
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    Application Domains

    • Landscaping: to identify small objects such as country roads, buildings or to estimate the distance between objects
    • Agriculture: to define the location of crop diseases, to monitor crop yields
    • Defense: serve as a source of intelligence derived from imagery or tactical planning in densely populated areas
    • Rescue operations: to assist in emergency relief operations following earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, etc.
    • Hydrology: to provide data for gradient studies and watershed topography
    • Forest management: to track illegal deforestation, manage forest yields
    • Maritime and coastal surveillance: to detect water contamination (with hydrocarbons, etc.), to assist in ship recognition and port mapping
    • Civil engineering: to design maps, plan roads, rails, pipeline routes
    • 3D: to be used in flight simulators, high-precision mapping, photovoltaic field installation

    SPOT 6,7 Order SPOT 6,7
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    Spot 6,7

    Ville d'Oyem, Gabon

    SPOT-6 and SPOT-7, two optical Earth observation satellites with a resolution of 1.5 m / pxl, were designed to continue the SPOT-5 mission to obtain high-resolution broadband images and provide satellite data until 2023. The construction was initiated by Spot Image of Toulouse (France) and EADS Astrium in 2008, and officially announced in mid-2009 by Eric Beranger, CEO of Astrium Services. SPOT 6 was successfully launched on 9 September 2012 by the Indian polar satellite launcher and was followed by SPOT 7 on 30 June 2014. The technology allows users to obtain high-quality ortho-images as well as broadband satellite images that complement the very high-resolution Pleiades data.

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    SPOT 6&7 Caractéristiques
    Optical system
  • Two identical Korsch telescopes, each with an opening of 200 mm each to provide the expected andain.
  • Detectors
  • Matrix Assembly PAN: 28 000 pixels
  • Matrix Assembly MS: 4 x 7000 pixels
  • Spectral bands
  • Panchromatic : 0,450-0,745 μm
    • Blue : 0,450-0,520 μm
    • Greenrt : 0,530-0,590μm
    • Red : 0,625-0,695 μm
  • Near infrared : 0,760-0,890 μm The five bands are obtained at the same time
  • Fauchée
  • 60 km à Nadir
  • Dynamic range on acquisition
  • 12 bits by pixel
  • Localization Precision Specification
  • 35 m CE 90 without GCP in a 30° angle cone
  • 10m CE90 for Ortho products where Reference3D is available
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    1.5 m High-resolution spatial image
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    Many archive images
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    Application Domains

    • Design and update maps with available scale up to 1:25,000
    • Creating a digital field model with 5-10 meter accuracy
    • Physical verification and monitoring of major construction objects such as aerodromes, ground pipelines, dams
    • Environmental monitoring in the fields of oil and gas extraction, well site construction and oil transport
    • Urban infrastructure development: road planning, new neighborhood mapping, civil engineering, housing construction
    • Forest survey and management, deforestation control, logging and timber activities
    • Observation of agricultural land use, land inventory, yield control, crop disease exposure and pest management, land productivity forecasting, definition of weed infestation
    • Monitoring, forecasting and prevention of desertification, peat formation, soil salification and erosion
    • Forest fire prevention and assistance with fire-extinguishing activities

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    WordView

    WordView

    The DigitalGlobe constellation remains the center of our innovation. DigitalGlobe's WorldView is able to discern objects at the Earth's surface as small as 31 cm in the panchromatic and will collect the 4-band multispectral at a resolution of 1.24 meters. This advanced resolution will provide customers with accurate and unprecedented views for 2D or 3D mapping, change detection, and image analysis.

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    WordView Caractéristiques
    Sensor resolution (or GSD), distance from the ground sample; off-nadir is geometric mean)
  • Panchromatic Nadir: 0.31 m GSD at Nadir 0.34 m at 20° Off-Nadir Multi spectral Nadir: 1.24 m in Nadir, 1.38 m at 20° Off-Nadir
  • SWIR Nadir: 3.70 m in Nadir, 4.10 m at 20° Off-Nadir
  • CAVIS Nadir : 30,00 m
  • Revisit time
  • Descent Node Period: 97 min.
  • Resolution class
  • Two identical Korsch telescopes, each with a 200 mm aperture to provide the expected andain.
  • Tape Width
  • To the nadir: 13.1 km
  • Data collection capacity
  • 2199GB solid state with EDAC
  • Cycle Coverage
  • Mono: 66.5 km x 112 km
  • (5 bands) Stereo: 26.6 km x 112 km (2 pairs)
  • Launch Date
  • Two identical Korsch telescopes, each with a 200 mm aperture to provide the expected andain.
  • Orbit
  • Type: SunSync, 1:30 PM
  • Altitude
  • Altitude: 617 km
  • Sensor Specifications Panchromatic: 450-800
  • nm 8 Multi spectral: (red, red, coastal, blue, green, yellow, near-IR1 and near-IR2) 400 nm - 1040 nm
  • 8 SWIR: 1195 nm - 2365 nm 12 CAVIS bands: (desert clouds, aerosol-1, aerosol-2, aerosol-3, green, water-1, water-2, water-3, NDVI-SWIR, cirrus, snow) 405 nm - 2245 nm
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    Very high spatial resolution of 31cm panchromatic and 1.24m visible and P.Infra
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    Unmatched geolocation accuracy on the market.
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    Application Domains

    • Energy
      • Miner
      • Oil and gas
        • Development
        • Exploration
      • Pipeline Transmissions
    • Engineering and construction
      • Urban and 3D terrain modeling
      • Airport Mapping
      • Cadastre and Land Records
      • Urban and land development
    • Defense and security
      • Cartographie de la criminalité
      • Sécurité intérieure
    • Environmental monitoring
      • Global Climate Change
      • Conservation
        • Archeology
        • Coast Management
        • Habitat mapping
      • Land cover change detection
      • Natural disasters
        • Mitigation of hurricanes
      • Landslide
  • Media and entertainment
  • Natural Resources
    • Agriculture
      • Green vegetation index
      • Sample Images
      • Ground index
      • Tree classification
    • Forestry
    • Soil humidity and ocean salinity
  • Tourism
  • SUPERVIEW-1 Order SUPERVIEW-1
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    SuperView-1

    SuperView-1

    SuperView satellites will offer satellite imagery with a 0.5 meter panchromatic resolution and a 2 meter multispectral resolution over a 12-kilometer band. The spacecraft is very agile providing several modes of collection, including long band, multiple collection bands, multiple point targets collect and stereo imaging. SuperView-1 satellite sensor (0.5 m) is a Chinese remote sensing satellite operated by Beijing Space View Technology Co. Ltd., China. The constellation is very agile and works in four acquisition modes:

  • Stereo Imaging
  • Long band
  • Multiple tapes accumulate
  • Multi-point targets collect
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    SUPERVIEW-1 Caractéristiques
    Altitude
  • 530 kilometers
  • Sensor strips
    • PAN: 0.45-0.89
    • B1/blue: 0.45-0.52
    • B2/green: 0.52-0.59 µm
    • B3/red: 0.63-0.69
    • B4/NIR: 0.77-0.89
    Spatial resolution
  • Panchromatic: 0.5 meter
  • Multispectral: 2 meters
  • Bandwidth
  • On the nadir: 12 km
  • On-board storage
  • 2.0TB
  • Review Time
  • 2 days
  • Daily Capacity
  • 700,000 square kilometers
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    Very High Spatial Resolution from: 0.5 m panchromatic and 2 m Multispectral
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    Four acquisition modes.
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    Domaines d'applications

    • Defense and Intelligence
    • Land and forest management
    • High-precision mapping
    • Maritime Security and Programs

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    GeoEyes

    GeoEyes

    The GeoEye-1 satellite sensor was successfully launched on September 6, 2008. The satellite, which was launched at Vanderberg Air Force Base, California, provides a resolution of 0.46 meters. The GeoEye-1 satellite sensor is equipped with the most sophisticated technology ever used in a commercial remote sensing system. This sensor is optimized for large projects, as it can produce more than 350,000 square kilometers of multi-spectral, pan-sharpened satellite imagery every day.

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    GeoEyes 1 Caractéristiques
    Release date
  • September 6, 2008
  • Camera Modes
    • Simultaneous and multispectral (pan-sharp) panchromatic
    • Panchromatic only
    • Multispectral only
    Resolution
    • Panchromatic 0.41m
    • Multispectral 2.0m
    • Resolution better than 50cm nadir with 5m CE90 precision
    Spectral Band
    • Panchromatic: 450 - 800 nm
    • Blue: 450 - 510 nm
    • Green: 510 - 580 nm
    • Red: 655 - 690 nm
    • Near Infra Red: 780 - 920 nm
    Metric/geolocation accuracy
  • 5m CE90, 3m CE90 (measured)
  • Orbital Altitude
  • 770 km / 478 miles
  • Orbit Type/Period
  • Sun synchronous / 98 minutes
  • Archive Availability
  • Possible from September 2008
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    Very High Spatial Resolution of 0.41 m Panchromatic and 1.65 m Multispectral
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    Revisit time 1-3 days
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