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List Of Various Satellite Sensors With Specifications

GeoEye-1

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
0.41 meter Panchromatic, 1.65 meter Multispectral
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
< 3 days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
11 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL
INCLINATION ANGLE
98 Degree

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
1
Panchromatic
0,450 – 0,800 µm
2
Blue
0,450 – 0,510 µm
3
Green
0,510 – 0,580 µm
4
Red
0,655 – 0,690 µm 
5
NIR
0,780 – 0,920 µm

Major Area of Application:

ü  Topographic mapping
ü  Land use/Land cover mapping
ü  National and homeland security
ü  3D terrain visualization
ü  Insurance and risk management
ü  Natural resources and environmental monitoring
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Worldview 1

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
0.6 meter
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
1-7 Days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
11 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Commercial
INCLINATION ANGLE
97.2 Degree

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
1
Panchromatic
0,4 - 0,9 µm

Major Area of Application:

ü  Topographic mapping
ü  Land use/Land cover mapping
ü  Crisis management
ü  Natural hazard monitoring
ü  Coastal management


FORMOSAT-2

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
2m(panchromatic),8m(spectral)
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
1 day
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
8 Bits Per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Free
INCLINATION ANGLE
99 Degree

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
1
Panchromatic
0,450 – 0,900 µm
2
Blue
0,450 – 0,520 µm
3
Green
0,520 – 0,600 µm
4
Red
0,63 – 0,690 µm 
5
NIR
0,76 – 0,90 µm

Major Area of Application:

ü  Change detection
ü  Target surveillance
ü  Crisis management
ü  Disaster prevention
ü  Natural hazard monitoring


Orbview-3

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
1m(panchromatic),4m(spectral)
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
< 3 days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
11 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Commercial
INCLINATION ANGLE
97 Degree

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
1
Panchromatic
0,450 – 0,900 µm
2
Blue
0,450 – 0,520 µm
3
Green
0,520 – 0,600 µm
4
Red
0,63 – 0,690 µm 
5
NIR
0,76 – 0,90 µm

Major Area of Application:

ü  Topographic mapping up to 1:24.000
ü  Land use/Land cover mapping
ü  Infrastructure planning for utilities and telecommunications
ü  3D terrain visualization
ü  Crop health assessment
ü  Environmental monitoring



IKONOS

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
1 and 4 meter
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
< 3 Days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
11 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Commercial
INCLINATION ANGLE
98.10 Degree

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
1
Panchromatic
0,450 – 0,900 µm
2
Blue
0,450 – 0,520 µm
3
Green
0,520 – 0,600 µm
4
Red
0,63 – 0,70 µm 
5
NIR
0,76 – 0,85 µm

Major Area of Application:

ü  Topographic mapping to 1:2,400 – 1:50,000
ü  Land use/Land cover mapping
ü  Crisis management
ü  3D terrain visualization
ü  Natural hazard monitoring
ü  Coastal management



KOMPSAT-2

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
1m(panchromatic),4m(Spectral)
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
3 Days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
10 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Commercial
INCLINATION ANGLE
98.10 Degree

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
1
Panchromatic
0,50 – 0,900 µm
2
Blue
0,450 – 0,520 µm
3
Green
0,520 – 0,600 µm
4
Red
0,63 – 0,70 µm 
5
NIR
0,76 – 0,90 µm

Major Area of Application:

ü  Topographic mapping and photo interpretation up to 1:2.000
ü  Water management
ü  Afforestation/reforestation protection
ü  Agriculture
ü  Natural hazard monitoring



Rapid Eye

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
5 meter
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
Daily
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
12 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Commercial
INCLINATION ANGLE
97.80 Degree

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
2
Blue
0,440 – 0,510 µm
3
Green
0,520 – 0,590 µm
4
Red
0,63 – 0,730 µm 
5
NIR
0,76 – 0,850 µm

Major Area of Application:

ü  Topographic mapping up to 1:25.000
ü  Damage assessment
ü  Crop mapping
ü  Change detection


IRS-P7 Cartosat-2

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
8 meter
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
4 Days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
10 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Commercial
INCLINATION ANGLE
97.90 Degree

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
1
Panchromatic
0,50 – 0,85 µm

Major Area of Application:

ü  Topographic mapping up to 1:5.000
ü  Agriculture fields assessing
ü  Inventory and monitoring transport
ü  Land and water resources management
ü  Cadastral level application



Pleiades’ 1 & 2

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
2 meter
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
1 Day
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
8 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Commercial
INCLINATION ANGLE
45 Degree off-Nadir

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
1
Panchromatic
0,48 – 0,83 µm
2
Blue
0,45 – 0,55 µm
3
Green
0,49 – 0,61 µm
4
Red
0,60 – 0,72 µm
5
NIR
0,75 – 0,95 µm

Major Area of Application:

ü  Topographic mapping
ü  Disaster responses
ü  National defense
ü  Risk management
ü  Coastal management
ü  Imagery for climate change
ü  Land planning and land management



LANDSAT 8

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
30 meter
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
16 Days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
12 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Free
INCLINATION ANGLE
98.21 Degree

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
Resolution
1
Coastal / Aerosol
0.433 - 0.453 µm
30
2
Blue
0.450 - 0.515 µm
30
3
Green

0.525 - 0.600 µm
30
4
Red
0.630 - 0.680 µm
30
5
NIR
0.845 - 0.885 µm
30
6
SWIR
0.845 - 0.885 µm
30
7
SWIR
2.100 - 2.300 µm
30
8
Panchromatic
0.500 - 0.680 µm
15
9
Cirrus
1.360 - 1.390 µm
30
10
LWIR
10.30 - 11.30 µm
100
11
LWIR
11.50 - 12.50 µm
100

Major Area of Application:

ü  Agriculture, Forestry and Range Resources
ü  Geology
ü  Land Use and Mapping
ü  Coastal Resources
ü  Environmental Monitoring
ü  Mapping and monitoring water pollution
ü  Monitoring crop and forest harvests
ü  Identifying indicators of mineral and petroleum resources
ü  Determining regional geologic structures
ü  Monitoring and mapping insect infestations


Sentinel 1

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
5*20 meter
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
12 Days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
11 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Commercial
INCLINATION ANGLE
98.18 Degree

Payload:
ü  C-SAR (C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar)


Major Area of Application:

ü  Land monitoring of forests, water, soil and agriculture
ü  Emergency mapping support in the event of natural disasters
ü  Marine monitoring of the maritime environment
ü  Sea ice observations and iceberg monitoring
ü  Production of high resolution ice charts
ü  Forecasting ice conditions at sea
ü  Mapping oil spills
ü  Sea vessel detection
ü  Climate change monitoring


SPOT 2

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
20 meter
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
4-5 Days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
8 bit per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Commercial
INCLINATION ANGLE
98.7 Degree

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Resolution
1
Panchromatic
10
2
Multispectral
20


Major Area of Application:

ü  National defense
ü  Risk management
ü  Coastal management
ü  Imagery for climate change
ü  Land planning and land management


Quick Bird 2

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
2.82m(multispectral),0.61m(panchromatic)
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
5-9 Days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
11 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Commercial
INCLINATION ANGLE
97.20 Degree


No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
1
Panchromatic
0.45– 0.90 µm
2
Blue
0.45 – 0.52 µm
3
Green
0.52 – 0.60 µm
4
Red
0.63 – 0.69 µm
5
NIR
0.76 – 0.90 µm





Major Area of Application:

ü  Topographic mapping
ü  Land use/Land cover mapping
ü  Crisis management
ü  Natural hazard monitoring
ü  Coastal management



IRS–P5 Cartosat-1

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
2.5 meter at Nadir
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
5 Days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
10 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Commercial
INCLINATION ANGLE
97.90 Degree

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
1
Panchromatic
0.50-0.85 µm

Major Area of Application

ü  Topographic mapping up to 1:12.500
ü  Agriculture fields assessing
ü  Inventory and monitoring transport
ü  Land and water resources management
ü  Urban and rural development




WorldView-2


SPATIAL RESOLUTION
0.41 m(Pan),1.84 m(multispectral)
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
1-7 days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
11 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Commercial
INCLINATION ANGLE
Sun Synchronous

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
1
Panchromatic
0.45– 0.800 µm
2
coastal
0.400 – 0.450 µm
3
Blue
0.450 – 0.510µm
4
Green
0.510 – 0.580 µm
5
Yellow
0.585 – 0.625 µm
6
Red
0.630-0.690 µm
7
Red Edge
0.705-0.745 µm
8
NIR 1
0.770-0.895 µm
9
NIR 2
0.860-1.040 µm


Major Areas of Application

ü Topographic mapping
ü  Bathymetry studies
ü  Precision agriculture
ü  Environmental mapping
ü  Crisis management
ü  Natural hazard monitoring
ü  Coastal management


SPOT 6

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
1.5 m(pan),6 m(multispectral)
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
4-5 days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
11 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Commercial
INCLINATION ANGLE
98.7 Degree

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
1
Panchromatic
450-745 nm
2
Blue
450-520 nm
3
Green
530-590 nm
4
Red
625-695 nm
5
NIR
760-890 nm


Major Areas of Application

ü Topographic mapping
ü  Bathymetry studies
ü  Precision agriculture
ü  Environmental mapping
ü  Crisis management
ü  Natural hazard monitoring


CBERS-2


SPATIAL RESOLUTION
20 meter
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
26 Days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
8 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Commercial
INCLINATION ANGLE
98.17 Degree

No Of Band
Name Of Band
Range
1
Panchromatic
0.50 – 1.10 µm
2
SWIR
1.55 – 1.75 µm
3
SWIR
2.08 – 2.35 µm
4
Thermal
10.40 – 12.50 µm



Major Areas of Application
Vegetation: identification of forest areas, forest alterations in parks, forest reservations, native or man-made forests, area quantification, recent fire scars.
Agriculture: identification of agricultural fields, area quantification, monitoring of agricultural development and expansion, quantification of central pivots, support for crop forecasting, various inspections.
Environment: identification of anthropic anomalies across water channels, reservoirs, forests, urban surroundings, roads; analysis of natural recurrent events, compatible with camera resolution, mapping of use of land, urban sprawling.
Water: Identification of water-continent borders, coast studies and management, reservoir monitoring.
Cartography: as this camera has sideways pointing of 32º east and west, in few steps, it enables the acquisition of stereoscopic images for a proper cartographic analysis. This feature also makes possible the acquisition of images of a certain area in a terrain in shorter intervals, which is useful for the monitoring of dynamical phenomena.
Geology and soil: support for soil survey and geology.
Education: generation of support material for educational activities in geography, environment and other subjects

Landsat 7

SPATIAL RESOLUTION
30 meter
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
16 Days
RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION
8 bits per pixel
FREE/COMMERCIAL
Free
INCLINATION ANGLE
98.2 Degree

No Of Band
Range
Resolution
1
0.45 - 0.515 µm
30
2
0.525 - 0.605 µm
30
3
0.63 - 0.69 µm
30
4
0.75 - 0.90 µm
30
5
1.55 - 1.75 µm
30
6
10.40 - 12.5 µm
60
7
2.09 - 2.35 µm
30
Pan
.52 - .90 µm
15



Major Areas of Application

ü  Trees and bushes

ü  Crops

ü  Wetland Vegetation

ü  Water

ü  Urban areas

ü  Bare soil

Acknowledgement : Asif Sultan, Junaid Abdul jabbar


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