Rapideye
Satellite Imagery: Sample Images, Key Features,
Standard Products,
Basic System Properties
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The complete RapidEye constellation consisting of 5 earth-orbiting satellites was
successfully launched on August 29, 2008 from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome by a single Dnepr-1 rocket.
Sample Images
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We
are pleased to
offer fully supported and licensed
RapidEye based geospatial information solutions worldwide by way of these options
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familiarization with our
customers' basic needs,
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search
ing
the archive for the best recent or historical coverage,providing
accurate, competitively-priced, solution-oriented quotes,
tasking
the RapidEye system to record new
imagery,and fast delivery with
long-term customer support.
Click here to request a quote.
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Key
Features
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Daily revisit to anywhere in the world.
- Records
with 5 channels in 12 bits.
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Excellent price structure for anniversary or multi-seasonal
coverage.
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The SSTL Microsat 100
Platform Employed by the RapdEye Constellation
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Standard Products
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L1B |
All 5
spectral channels radiometrically calibrated (5 separate
images). |
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L2A |
The
L1B product layer-stacked into single images and geo-referenced
to an accuracy of CE90 = 50 meters on flat terrain. |
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L3A |
The L2A product ortho-rectified to
an accuracy of CE90 = 13 meters on all terrain. |
Basic System Properties
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Spatial
Resolution |
Ground
Sampling Distance (GSD) = 6.5
meters.
L3A Products are resampled to 5 meters. |
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Spectral
Resolution |
Channel 1
Blue
Channel 2 Green
Channel 3
Red
Channel 4
Red
Edge
Channel 5
Near IR |
440 - 510 nanometers (nm)
520 - 590 nm
630 -
690 nm
690 - 730 nm
760 - 880 nm |
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Radiometric Resolution |
12 bit bytes per pixel per
channel. |
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Sensor Type |
Pushbroom |
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Swath |
77 km |
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Expected
Operation |
August 2015 |
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