Satellite characteristics
Launch Date - End 13 août 2014 -
Status Operational
Orbit type polar sun-synchronous
Altitude 617
Orbit inclination 97.99
Equatorial crossing time 13:30:00
Orbit period 96.96
Satellite family: Digital Globe - MDA Constellation
DigitalGlobe is an American supplier of very high-resolution commercial satellite imagery. DigitalGlobe owns and operates a fleet of Earth imaging satellites including IKONOS, Quickbird, GeoEye-1 and WorldView 1,2,3 and the recently launched WorldView 4 capable of seeing objects as small as 30 cm.On February 2017, DigitalGlobe has agreed to combine with MDA, the Canadian radar, telecommunications, and imagery corporation.
With IKONOS, a new era of 1m spatial resolution imagery began for spaceborne instruments in the field of civil Earth observation. IKONOS-2 was the world’s first commercial satellite to collect panchromatic images with 80 cm resolution and multispectral imagery with 3.2 meter resolution. It was decommissioned in March 2015 ending a 15 year mission life.
Sensor characteristics
| Sensor name | CAVIS (corrects for Clouds, Aerosols, Vapors, Ice, and Snow) |
|---|---|
| Sensor short description | |
| Sensor type | Imaging radiometer (Vis/IR) |
| Resolution class | Medium (30 - 300 m) |
| Spatial resolution | 30 30 |
| Swath width (at nadir) | 13 km |
| Revisit frequency | 4 jours |
| Sensor name | WV110 (WorldView-110 camera) |
|---|---|
| Sensor short description | |
| Sensor type | Imaging radiometer (Vis/IR) |
| Resolution class | Submetric |
| Spatial resolution | 0.46 1.8 |
| Swath width (at nadir) | 16 km |