QuickBird
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| Organization | DigitalGlobe |
|---|---|
| Mission Type | Earth observation |
| Contractor | Ball Aerospace & Technologies |
| Satellite of | Earth |
| Launch | October 18, 2001 on a Delta II |
| Launch site | Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| Mission duration | 5 years |
| Mass | 1018 kg (launch) |
| Webpage | http://www.digitalglobe.com/about/quickbird.html |
| Orbital elements | |
| Semimajor Axis | 6828 km |
| Inclination | 98 degrees |
| Orbital Period | 93.4 minutes |
| Instruments | |
| Visible cameras | 60 cm panchromatic
2.4 meter multispectral |
QuickBird is a high-resolution commercial earth observation satellite, owned by DigitalGlobe and launched in 2001 as the first satellite in a constellation of three scheduled to be in orbit by 2008. QuickBird collects the second highest resolution commercial imagery of Earth after WorldView-1, and boasts the largest image size and the greatest on-board storage capacity of any satellite. The satellite collects panchromatic (black & white) imagery at 60-70 centimeter resolution and multispectral imagery at 2.4- and 2.8-meter resolutions.
At this resolution, detail such as buildings and other infrastructure are easily visible. However, this resolution is insufficient for working with smaller objects such as a license plate on a car. The imagery can be imported into remote sensing image processing software, as well as into GIS packages for analysis. The imagery can also be used as a backdrop for mapping applications, such as Google Earth and Google Maps.
- Launch Date: October 18, 2001
- Launch Window: 1851-1906 GMT (1451-1506 EDT)
- Launch Vehicle: Delta II
- Launch Site: SLC-2W, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Contractors include Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Kodak and Fokker Space.
[edit] Specifications
Sensors
- 60 cm (1.37 μrad) panchromatic at nadir
- 2.4 m (5.47 μrad) multispectral at nadir
- MS Channels: blue (450-520nm), green (520-600nm), red (630-690nm), near-IR (760-900nm)
Swath width and area size
- Nominal swath width: 16.5 km at nadir
- Accessible ground swath: 544 km centered on the satellite ground track (to 30° off nadir)
- Area of interest
- Single area: 16.5 km by 16.5 km
- Strip: 16.5 km by 165 km
Orbit
- Altitude: 450 km – 98 degree sun synchronous inclination
- Revisit frequency: 1 to 3.5 days depending on latitude at 70 cm resolution
- Viewing angle: Agile spacecraft, in-track and cross-track pointing
- Period 93.4 minutes
Onboard storage
Spacecraft
- Fueled for 7 years
- 2100 lb (950 kg), 3.04 m (10 ft) in length
[edit] See also
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[edit] External links
- DigitalGlobe - QuickBird specifications
- Ball Aerospace
