QuickBird
Satellite Imagery: Sample Images and System Information
QuickBird-1 failed to attain earth
orbit during the November 22, 2000
launch.
QuickBird-2,
"QuickBird", was successfully delivered to
DigitalGlobe on October 18, 2001 and archives over 75
million sqkm of additional imagery per year of
operation.
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to requirements from prospective
customers attends to these routines
...
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customer's needs,
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recent, and historical archive
coverage,
- system tasking to
record new imagery,
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Key
Features
- Ordering areas can be as
small as 25 sqkm.
- Bi-directional
along-track stereo recording.
- Multi-spectral image
recording.
- Off-nadir
targeting.
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DigitalGlobe's QuickBird
Satellite
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| Basic
System Information |
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Spatial Resolution: |
Panchromatic:
Multi-spectral: |
60 cm
at nadir.
2.4 m at
nadir. |
| Spectral
Resolution: |
445 - 900
nanometers (nm), panchromatic
450 -
520 nm, band 1, blue
520
- 600 nm, band 2,
green
630
- 690 nm, band 3,
red
760
- 900 nm, band 4,
NIR |
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Radiometric
Resolution: |
11 bits per pixel per
band. |
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Cross-track
Swath: |
16.5
km at nadir. |
Geospatial Registration
Accuracy: |
Without
ground control:
With ground
control: |
CE90 = 23 m.
CE90 = 2
m. |
Orbit Altitude:
Orbit
Period:
Orbit Type: |
450 km
93
minutes.
Sun-synchronous southward equatorial
transit. |
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Revisit
Frequency: |
Approximately 3
days. |
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Estimated
Lifespan: |
7
years. |
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