Thursday, April 10, 2008

QuickBird Satellite Sensor Characteristics

Launch Date October 18, 2001
Launch Vehicle Boeing Delta II
Launch Location Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA
Orbit Altitude 450 Km
Orbit Inclination 97.2°, sun-synchronous
Speed 7.1 Km/sec (25,560 Km/hour)
Equator Crossing Time 10:30 AM (descending node)
Orbit Time 93.5 minutes
Revisit Time 1-3.5 days, depending on latitude (30° off-nadir)
Swath Width 16.5 Km x 16.5 Km at nadir
Metric Accuracy 23 meter horizontal (CE90%)
Digitization 11 bits
Resolution

Pan: 61 cm (nadir) to 72 cm (25° off-nadir)

MS: 2.44 m (nadir) to 2.88 m (25° off-nadir)

Image Bands

Pan: 450-900 nm

Blue: 450-520 nm

Green: 520-600 nm

Red: 630-690 nm

Near IR: 760-900 nm

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