Bahria University Karachi Campus

Department Of Earth & Environmental Sciences

SATELLITE NAME IKONOS LANDSAT 8
GEOEYE-1

(ORBIT VIEW 5)

LAUNCH DATE SEPTEMBER 6, SEPTEMBER 24, FEBRUARY 11, 2013

2008 1999
LAUNCH SITE VANDENBERG VANDENBERG AIR VANDENBERG AIR
AIR FORCE BASE, FORCE BASE, FORCE BASE IN
CALIFORNIA, USA CALIFORNIA, USA CALIFORNIA, USA
IMAGE BANDS PANCHROMATIC, PANCHROMATIC, 11 BANDS
BLUE, GREEN, BLUE, GREEN, RED, NAMELY
RED, NEAR IR NEAR IR COASTAL, BLUE,
GREEN, RED, NIR,
SWIR 1, SWIR 2,
PAN, CIRRUS, TIRS
1, TIRS 2
SWATH WIDTH 15.2 KM 12.2 KM 185 KM
EQUATOR CROSSING TIME 10:30 AM 10:30 AM 10:00 A.M.
MISSION LIFE EXPECTATION > 12+ YEARS 5 YEARS
10 YEARS
SPATIAL PANCHROMATIC .41 METER GSD AT 1 M (0.82 M AT OLI PAN BAND 8:
RESOLUTION NADIR NADIR) 15M
MULTISPECTRAL 1.65 METER GSD 4 M (3.2 M AT OLI
AT NADIR NADIR) MULTISPECTRAL
BANDS 1-7,9 : 30M

TIRS BANDS 10-11:

100M
SPECTRAL PANCHROMATIC 450-900 NM 0.45 - 0.90 µM
RANGE
MULTISPECTRAL 450-520 NM (BLUE) 0.45-0.53 µM (BLUE) 0.43 - 0.45
520-600 NM 0.52-0.61 µM (COASTAL)
(GREEN) (GREEN) 0.45 - 0.51 (BLUE)
625-695 NM (RED) 0.64-0.72 µM (RED) 0.53 - 0.59 (GREEN)
760-900 NM (NEAR 0.76-0.86 µM (NEAR 0.63 - 0.67 (RED)
IR) IR) 0.85 - 0.88 (NEAR
IR)
1.57 - 1.65 (SWIR 1)
2.11 - 2.29 (SWIR 2)
0.50 - 0.68 (PAN)
1.36 - 1.38 (CIRRUS)
10.6 - 11.19 (TIRS 1)
11.5 - 12.51 (TIRS 2)

ORBITAL ALTITUDE 681 KM 681 KILOMETERS 705 KM

INCLINATION 98 DEGREES 98.1 DEGREE 98.2°
DYNAMIC RANGE 11 BIT PER PIXEL 11 BIT PER PIXEL 12 BIT PER PIXEL
PERIOD 98 MIN 98.4 MINUTES 98.9 MINUTES
ORBIT TYPE SUN- SUN SUN-
SYNCHRONOUS SYNCHRONOUS SYNCHRONOUS
USES USEFUL FOR NATIONAL SPECTRAL
IMAGING, SPY, SECURITY, PROCESSING FOR
AND WEATHER MILITARY MINERAL
SATELLITES MAPPING, AIR AND EXPLORATION
MARINE VEGETATION
TRANSPORTATION, ANALYSIS
AND BY REGIONAL LARGE REGIONAL
AND LOCAL COVERAGE
GOVERNMENTS EXTENSIVE
ARCHIVE FOR
CHANGE
DETECTION
AVAILABILITY OF
IMAGERY OVER
CLOUD AFFECTED
AREAS
MINIMAL
EXPENSE, MEDIUM
RESOLUTION
DATASET
LAUNCH MASS 1955 KG 817 KG 2,623 KG
SENSORS OPERATIONAL
LAND IMAGER
(OLI) AND THE
THERMAL
INFRARED
SENSOR (TIRS)
COLLECTION CAPACITY 350,000 SQUARE 240,000 KM2 /DAY 890 scenes per
KILOMETERS (PAN + MSI) day,
REVISIT TIME LESS THAN APPROXIMATELY 3 16
THREE DAYS DAYS

SATELLITE NAME QUICK BIRD WORLDVIEW-4 WORLDVIEW-3

(FORMERLY
GEOEYE-2)

LAUNCH DATE OCTOBER 18, 2001 11 NOVEMBER , AUGUST 13, 2014

2016
LAUNCH SITE VANDENBERG AIR VANDENBERG VANDENBERG
FORCE BASE, AIR FORCE AIR FORCE BASE,
CALIFORNIA, USA. BASE, CALIFORNIA, USA.
CALIFORNIA,
USA.
IMAGE BANDS 5 29 5
SWATH WIDTH 16.8 KM 13.1 KM AT 13.1 KM
NADIR
EQUATOR CROSSING TIME 10:30 AM 10:30 AM 10:30 AM
MISSION LIFE 27 JANUARY 2015 ESTIMATED 7.25 YEARS
SERVICE LIFE:
10 TO 12 YEARS
SPATIAL PANCHROMATIC 65 CM (NADIR) 0.31 M 0.31M (NADIR)
RESOLUTION
MULTISPECTRAL 2.62 M (NADIR) 1.24 M 1.24M (NADIR)

SPECTRAL PANCHROMATIC PAN: 450-900 NM 450–800 NM PAN: 450 - 800 NM

RANGE
MULTISPECTRAL BLUE: 450-520 NM COASTAL: 397– 450 - 510 NM
GREEN: 520-600 NM RED: 454 NM RED: (BLUE)
630-690 NM NEAR IR: 760- 626–696 NM 510 - 580 NM
900 NM BLUE: 445–517 (GREEN)
NM 655 - 690 NM (RED)
RED EDGE: 698– 780 - 920 NM (NIR)
749 NM GREEN:
507–586 NM
NEAR-IR1: 765–
899 NM
YELLOW: 580–
629 NM NEAR-
IR2: 857–1039
NM
8 SWIR BANDS
12 CAVIS
BANDS
ORBITAL ALTITUDE 450 KM 617 KM 617 KM
INCLINATION 97.2° 97.98 DEGREES 97.89 degrees
DYNAMIC RANGE 11 BITS PER PIXEL 11 BITS PER 11-BITS PER PIXEL
PIXEL
PERIOD 93.5 MINUTES 96.93 MINUTES 97 MIN.
ORBIT TYPE SUN-SYNCHRONOUS SUN- SUN
SYNCHRONOUS SYNCHRONOUS
USES TELECOMMUNICATIONS USEFUL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
LAND USE AND IMAGING, SPY, ASSESSMENT,
PLANNING AND WEATHER INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE SATELLITES PLANNING,
PLANNING MAPPING
ENVIRONMENTAL /SURVEYING
ASSESSMENT
MARINE STUDIES
MAPPING /SURVEYING
CIVIL ENGINEERING
UTILITY CORRIDOR
MAPPING
NATURAL RESOURCES
MINING AND
EXPLORATION
OIL AND GAS
TOURISM
AGRICULTURE
LAUNCH MASS 1100 KG 2,485 KG 2812 KG

SENSORS STAR STAR STAR TRACKERS,

TRACKER/IRU/REACTION TRACKERS, PRECISION IRU,
WHEELS, GPS PRECISION IRU, GPS
GPS
CAPACITY 200,000 SQ KM PER DAY 680,000 SQ KM 680,000 SQ KM PER
PER DAY DAY
REVISIT FREQUENCY REVISIT TIME MAY < 1.0 DAY <1.0 DAY
VARY FROM 2 TO 12
DAYS DEPENDING ON
TARGET LOCATION AS
THE ORBIT DECAYS

SATELLITE NAME SPOT-6 RAPID-EYE

LAUNCH DATE SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 AUGUST 29TH, 2008

LAUNCH SITE SATISH DHAWAN SPACE BAIKONUR COSMODROME

CENTER IN INDIA. IN KAZAKHSTAN
IMAGE BANDS 5 5
SWATH WIDTH 60 KM 77 KM
EQUATOR CROSSING TIME 10:00 AM 11:00 AM
MISSION LIFE 10 YEARS 7 YEARS

SPATIAL PANCHROMATIC 1.5M 5M

RESOLUTION
MULTISPECTRAL 6.0M 6.5 M

SPECTRAL PANCHROMATIC
0.45-0.75 µM 400-850 NM
RANGE
MULTISPECTRAL BLUE (0.455 µM – 0.525 µM) BLUE (440-510 NM)
GREEN (0.530 µM – 0.590 µM) GREEN (520-590 NM)
RED (0.625 µM – 0.695 µM) RED (630-685 NM)
NEAR-INFRARED (0.760 µM – RED EDGE (690-730 NM)
0.890 µM) NIR (NEAR INFRARED) (760-
850 NM)

ORBITAL ALTITUDE 694 KM 630 KM

INCLINATION 97.8 DEGREES
DYNAMIC RANGE 12 BITS PER PIXEL 12 BITS PER PIXEL
PERIOD 98.79 MINUTES 98.60 MIN
ORBIT TYPE SUN-SYNCHRONOUS SUN-SYNCHRONOUS
USES DEFENSE, AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE,
DEFORESTATION, FORESTATION,
ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING, COASTAL MONITORING,
SURVEILLANCE, INFRASTRUCTURE
ENGINEERING, OIL, GAS PLANNING
AND MINING INDUSTRIES.
LAUNCH MASS 714 KG ~156 KG
SENSORS 2 X NAOMI MULTI-SPECTRAL PUSH
BROOM IMAGER
CAPACITY UP TO 6 MILLION SQ.KM 4 MILLION SQ KM/DAY
DAILY
REVISIT FREQUENCY 1 DAY 5.5 DAYS

SATELLITE NAME PLEIADES LANDSAT 7

LAUNCH DATE 17 DECEMBER 2011 15 APRIL 1999

LAUNCH SITE EUROPE'S SPACE VANDENBERG AIR FORCE

PORT IN KOUROU, BASE, CALIFORNIA, USA.
FRENCH GUIANA
IMAGE BANDS 5 8
SWATH WIDTH 20KM 185KM
EQUATOR CROSSING TIME 10:30 HOURS 10 AM
MISSION LIFE 5 YEARS 5 YEARS

SPATIAL PANCHROMATIC 0.5M 15M

RESOLUTION
MULTISPECTRAL 2M 30M

SPECTRAL PANCHROMATIC 470 – 830 NM .52-.90 MICRO METER

RANGE
MULTISPECTRAL BLUE: 430 – 550 MICRO METER
NM 0.45-0.52 (BLUE)
GREEN: 500 – 620 0.52-0.60 (GREEN)
NM 0.63-0.69 (RED)
RED: 590 – 710 NM 0.77-0.90 (NIR)
NEAR-INFRARED: 1.55-1.75 (SWIR-1)
740 – 940 NM 10.40-12.50 (THERMAL)
2.09-2.35 (SWIR-2)

ORBITAL ALTITUDE 694KM 705 KM

INCLINATION 98.2 98.2126
DYNAMIC RANGE 12 BITS PER PIXEL 8-9 BITS
PERIOD 98 MIN 98.83 MINUTES
ORBIT TYPE SUN-SYNCHRONOUS SUN-SYNCHRONOUS

USES LAND PLANNING, ADDITIONAL DETECTION

AGRICULTURE, OF ACTIVE FIRES,
DEFENCE, VEGETATION DETECTION
 HOMELAND AND ANALYSIS;
SECURITY, SHORELINE MAPPING AND
FORESTRY AND BIOMASS CONTENT
HYDROLOGY
LAUNCH MASS 970 KG 2,200 KILOGRAMS
SENSORS WIDE FIELD, OPTICAL ENHANCED THEMATIC
HR, SUPERSPECTRAL, MAPPER PLUS (ETM+)
HYPERSPECTRAL,
THERMAL
CAPACITY 1 MILLION SQUARE 532 IMAGES PER DAY
KILOMETERS / DAY
REVISIT FREQUENCY 26 DAYS 16 DAYS