HIGH RESOLUTION

SATELLITES

Introduction

Indian satellites
American satellites
European satellites
Russian satellites
Korean satellites
China satellites

Indian satellites
Cartosat-2
Launched on 10th januaury,2007
Sensor- PAN
Spectral range- 0.5 - 0.85 microns
Radiometric resolution- 10 bits
Spatial resolution- less than 1m
Revisit time-4days
Swath width-9.6km
Altitude- 630.6Km

Bangalore, India

Cartosat-2A
Launched on April 28,2008
Sensor-PAN
Spatial resolution-0.8m
Radiometric resolution-10bit
Spectral range- 0.45-0.85 m
Swath width- 9.6km
Revisit Time- 4days

Greater Mumbai

Cartosat-2B
Launched on July 12,2010
Sensors-PAN
Spatial resolution-0.8m
Radiometric resolution-10bit
Spectral range- 0.45-0.85 m
Swath width- 9.6km
Revisit time- 4days

Madurai city, including the

famous Meenakshi temple on July
21, 2010

Cartosat-3
About to launch in 2014
Sensors-PAN, MS(4bands), Hyper spectral(200bands)
Spatial resolution- 0.25m(PAN),1m(MS),12m(hyper spectral)
Revisit time-5 days
Radiometric resolution- 11bits
Spectral range Swath-16km
Altitude- 450km

American satellites

IKONOS
Launched by Athena-2
IKONOS-1 was launched in 1999 and failed during payload separation
IKONOS-2 was launched on September 24,1999
Sensors-PAN, MS(4 bands)
Spectral range-PAN(0.45 - 0.90 m),
MS(0.45-0.53, (blue))
(0.52-0.61, (green))
(0.64-0.72, (red))
(0.76-0.86, (NIR))
Radiometric resolution- 11bit
Spatial resolution- PAN(0.8 at Nadir),MS(3.2 at Nadir)
Revisit Time- 3 to 5 days off nadir and 144days of true nadir
Swath width- 11.3km
Altitude- 681km

80cm Natural color Oakland, CALIFORNIA

GeoEye
GeoEye-1 sensor was designed by ITT Exelis
Launched on September 6,2008
Launched by delta-II vehicle
Spectral range-PAN(450-900 nm)
MS(450-510 nm (blue),520-580 nm (green),
655-690 nm (red),780-920 nm (NIR))
Revisit time- Less than 3days but depends on Nadir
Spatial resolution-PAN(0.46m)
MS(1.84m)
Swath width-15.2km
Altitude- 681Km
Radiometric resolution-11bit
Kutztown University collected
on October 7, 2008.

GeoEye-2 is also called as World view-4 ,will launch in 2016

Sensors-PAN(0.31m),MS(1.36m)
Radiometric resolution-11bit
Revisit time- Approx 3 days
Swath width- 14.5Km
Altitude- 681Km

World View
World View-1 launched by Boeing Delta
Launched on September 18,2007
Radiometric resolution-11bit
sensors-PAN(0.5m)
Swath width- 17.7Km
Revisit time- 1.7 days
Altitude- 496km
Spectral range-0.45 - 0.90 m

Boulder, Colorado February 9, 2012

World View-2 was launched on October 8,2009

Launched by Delta 7920
They provide mono and stereo satellite imagery data
Spectral range-PAN(450-800 nm),
MS(400-450 nm (coastal blue),450-510 nm (blue)
510-580 nm (green),585-625 nm (yellow)
630-690 nm (red),705-745 nm (red edge)
770-895 nm (NIR1),860-1040 nm (NIR))
Radiometric resolution- 11bit
sensors-PAN(0.46m)
MS(8 bands)
Swath width- 16.4km
Revisit time- 1.1 days
Altitude- 770km

Beijing, China; September 14, 2012

World View-3 was licensed by NOAA

Launched on 13 august,2014
Sensors-PAN(0.31m)
MS(1.24m)
SWIR(3.7m)
Provides 30m CAVIS resolution
Revisit time- less than 1 day
Swath width- 13.1km
Altitude-617km

Spectral rangePAN(450 - 800 nm)

MS for VNIR
Coastal Blue(400 - 450 nm)Blue(450 - 510 nm)
Green(510 - 580 nm)Yellow(585 - 625 nm)
Red(630 - 690 nm)Red edge(705 - 745 nm)
Near-IR1(770 - 895 nm)Near-IR2(860 - 1040 nm)
MS for SWIR
SWIR-1(1195 - 1225 nm),SWIR-2(1550 - 1590 nm)
SWIR-3(1640 - 1680 nm),SWIR-4(1710 - 1750 nm),
SWIR-5(2145 - 2185 nm),SWIR-6(2185 - 2225 nm),
SWIR-7(2235 - 2285 nm),SWIR-8(2295 - 2365 nm)

Quickbird
Launched on October 18,2001
Launched by Boeing Delta-II
Spectral resolution- PAN(0.45 - 0.90 m, grayscale)
MS(0.45-0.52, 0.52-0.60, 0.63-0.69, 0.76-0.90 m)
Revisit time- 1 to 3.5 days depending on latitude
Radiometric resolution-11 bits
Sensors-PAN(0.65m)
MS(2.62m)
Altitude- 450 Km / 482 Km - (Early 2013)
Swath width- 16.8 Km / 18 Km - (Early 2013)

Dubai, UAE February 26,2010

European satellites

Pleiades
Pleiades-1A was launched by SOYUZ STA, Russia
Launched on December 16,2011
Was designed under the French Italian ORFEO program
Spatial resolution- PAN(0.5m), MS(2m),PS(0.5m)
Swath width-20Km at nadir
Altitude-694 Km
Revisit time- Daily
Spectral range-Pan: 480-820 nm;
MS bands in nm
B0= 450-530 (blue),
B1= 510-590 (green),
B2= 620-700 (red),
B3= 775-915 (NIR)
Radiometric resolution- 12bit

Pleiades-1B was launched on December 2,2012

Spatial resolution-PAN(0.5m), MS(2m)
Swath width-20km
Revisit time-Daily
Spectral range-PAN: 480-830 nm
MS: Blue(430-550 nm)
Green(490-610 nm)
Red( 600-720 nm)
NIR(750-950 nm)
Radiometric resolution- 12 bits
Altitude- 694 Km
Paris

SPOT-6
Launched on September 9,2012
Sensors-PAN(1.5m)
MS(6m)
Spectral range- Panchromatic (0.450-0.745 mm)
MS: Blue (0.455 m 0.525 m),
Green (0.530 m 0.590 m)
Red (0.625 m 0.695 m),NIR (0.760 0.890 m)
Swath width-60km(2 imagers)
Revisit time -1day for SPOT(6&7) ,
1 to 3 days SPOT(6/7)
Radiometric Resolution- 12 bits
Altitude- 695km
SPOT-7 was launched on June 30,2014
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

TerraSAR-X (15th June 2007 )and TanDEM-X(October 2009)

Works in X-band and uses SAR
Spectral range-X band
Radiometric resolution- 16bit(TerraSAR-X), 4bit(TanDEM-X)
Altitude- 514Km
Revisit time- 2to 5days depending on latitude
Spatial resolution -1m
Swath width- 10km(TerraSAR-X), 30km(TanDEM-X)

TanDEM-XTeide, Spain

TerraSAR-X
Chernobyl, Ukraine in 2011

Russian Satellites

SkySat
Skysat-1 was launched on 31st november,2013
Launched by Dnepr rocket of Russia
This is the smallest satellite and has the ability of video capture up to 90
seconds
Altitude- 578km
Swath width-8Km(for PAN,MS)
2Km(for video)
Spatial resolution-PAN(0.9m)
MS(2m)
video(1.1m)(Pan)

Beaton Park in Perth,

Australia

Spectral range- PAN (0.4-0.9 um)

MS: Blue(.450-.515um), Green(.515-.595um)
Red(.605-.695um),NIR(.740-.900um)

Skysat-2
Launched on 8th july,2014 from Baikonur, Kazakhasthan
Altitude- 637km
Swath width-8Km(for PAN,MS)
2Km(for video)
Spatial resolution-PAN(0.9m)
MS(2m)
video(1.1m)
Spectral range- PAN (0.4-0.9 um)
MS: Blue(.450-.515um), Green(.515-.595um)
Red(.605-.695um),NIR(.740-.900um)

Korean satellites

Kompsat-2
Also called as Arirang-2
Launched by South Korea on 28th july,2006
Sensors-PAN(1m)
MS(4m)
Altitude-685km
Swath width-15km
Revisit time-1 to 3 days (at 30deg)
28days orbital period
Spectral range- PAN (500-900 nm)
MS (450-520, 520-600, 630-690,
760-900 nm)
Radiometric resolution- 10bit

Yellow Stone, USA

KOMPSAT-3
launched on May 17, 2012
launched from the Tanegashima Space Center of JAXA, Japan on the H-IIA launch
system.
It supports various missions using agile maneuver such as strip imaging, multi point
imaging, single pass stereo imaging.
Swath-16km
Spatial resolution-PAN(0.7m)
MS(2.8m)
Spectral range- PAN (450-900 nm)
MS (450-520 nm blue
520-600 nm green
630-690 nm red
760-900 nm NIR)
Radiometric resolution- 14bit
Revisit time-1 to 3 days (at 30deg)
28days orbital period

2014, winter Olympic

stadium, Russia

KOMPSAT-5
Launched on august 22,2013
Launched by Dnepr-1
Uses SAR X-band for imaging
mission objective is to provide the following applications (GOLDEN
mission):
- Geographic Information System
- Ocean Management
- Land Management
- Disaster Monitoring
- Environment Monitoring
Spectral range- X band
Revisit time- 28 days

Spatial resolution of the sensor varies based on the mode of satellite

operation. They are
High resolution mode(1m GSD,5km swath width)
Standard mode(3m GSD,30km swath width)
Wide swath mode(20m GSD,100km swath width)

PARIS (KOMPSAT-5 HIGH

RESOLUTION MODE)

China satellites
CHEOS
It is a program started by China to launch high resolution
seven optical/microwave satellites
Among them Gaofen-2 is the second satellite launched on
August 19,2014 by Long March-4B.
Sensors-PAN(0.8m)
MS(3.2m)
Swath width- 48Km
Altitude- 630km