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Very High Resolution Optical Imagery
Pleiades Neo - Venice - ©2021 AIRBUS DS, All rights Reserved
Pleiades - Marseilles - ©2013 CNES, Distribution AIRBUS DS
WorldView-3 - Auckland, New Zealand - ©2014 DigitalGlobe, Inc., a Maxar company
SkySat-1 - Shenzhen, China - ©2015 Planet Labs Inc, All Rights Reserved
Cartosat-2 - Bodrum, Turkey - ©2008 Antrix
Vision-1 - Split, Croatia - ©2019 Airbus DS
SuperView-1 - Dakar - Distributed by SPACEWILL
Deimos-2 - Sana'a, Yemen - ©2015 UrtheCast Corp.
WorldView-1 - Ivory Coast - ©DigitalGlobe, Inc., a Maxar company
DMC - Cape Town, South Africa - ©DMCii
Blacksky Global 4 - Uluru, Australia - ©2021 Blacksky, All rights Reserved
WorldView-2 - Rome, Italy - ©2010 DigitalGlobe, Inc., a Maxar company
Dubaisat-2 - Melbourne, Australia - ©EIAST 2013
Gaofen-2 - Chaoyang Park - GF-2 - Distributed by SPACEWILL
GeoEye-1 - Kutztown - ©DigitalGlobe, Inc., a Maxar company
IRS P6 LISS-IV - Bremerhaven, Germany - ©2005 Antrix
Ikonos - Berlin, Germany - ©2002 DigitalGlobe, Inc., a Maxar company
Kompsat-2 - Three Gorges Dam, China - ©KARI 2015, Distribution SIIS
Kompsat-3 - Durban, South Africa - ©KARI 2015, Distribution SIIS
Kompsat-3a - Burj Al Arab, UAE - ©KARI 2015, Distribution SIIS
Very High Resolution Imagery Specifications
Satellite |
Operational |
Panchromatic Resolution |
Multispectral Resolution |
Wavebands |
Pléiades Neo |
2021 |
0.3 m |
1.2 m |
Pan, VNIR |
GeoEye-1 |
2008 |
0.4 m |
1.65 m |
Pan, VNIR |
WorldView-1 |
2007 |
0.5 m |
– |
Pan |
WorldView-2 |
2009 |
0.5 m |
2.0 m |
Pan, VNIR |
WorldView-3 |
2014 |
0.3 m |
1.27 m/3.7 m |
Pan, VNIR, SWIR |
SuperView-1 (A-D) |
2016 |
0.5 m |
2 m |
VNIR |
Kompsat-2 |
2006 |
1 m |
4 m |
Pan, VNIR |
Kompsat-3 |
2012 |
0.7 m |
2.8 m |
Pan, VNIR |
Kompsat-3A |
2015 |
0.55 m |
2.2 m/5.5 m |
Pan, VNIR, TIR |
Pleiades |
2011 |
0.5 m |
2 m |
VNIR |
Blacksky |
2018 |
0.8–1.3 m |
0.8–1.3 m |
Pan, V |
Gaofen-2 (GF-2) |
2014 |
0.8 m |
3.2 m |
VNIR |
Jilin-1 (nighttime & video) |
2015 |
– |
0.92 m |
V |
Jilin-1 |
2015 |
0.72 m |
2.88 m |
Pan, VNIR |
Jilin-1 |
2019 |
0.75 m |
3 m |
Pan, VNIR |
Cartosat-2 |
2007 |
0.8 m |
– |
Pan |
Cartosat-3 |
2019 |
0.28 m |
1 m |
VNIR |
Deimos-2 |
2014 |
0.75 m |
3 m |
Pan, VNIR |
DubaiSat-2 |
2014 |
1 m |
4 m |
Pan, VNIR |
EROS B |
2006 |
0.7 m |
– |
Pan |
EROS B (nighttime) |
2006 |
1 m |
– |
Pan |
KazEOSat-1 |
2014 |
1 m |
4 m |
Pan, VNIR |
SkySat-1, 2 (imagery) |
2013 |
0.5–0.9 m |
2 m |
Pan, VNIR |
SkySat-1, 2 (video) |
2013 |
1.1 m |
– |
Pan |
TeLEOS-1 |
2015 |
1 m |
– |
Pan |
Vision-1 |
2018 |
0.9 m |
3.5 m |
Pan, VNIR |
TripleSat (aka DMC3) |
2015 |
1 m |
4 m |
VNIR |
Ikonos |
1999–2015 |
0.8 m |
3.6 m |
Pan, VNIR |
QuickBird |
2001–2015 |
0.6 m |
2.4 m |
Pan, VNIR |
OrbView-3 |
2003–2007 |
1 m |
4 m |
Pan, VNIR |
WorldView-4 |
2017–2019 |
0.31 m |
1.23 m |
VNIR |
High Resolution Optical Imagery
RapidEye - Dallas, USA - ©2015 Planet Labs Inc, All Rights Reserved
Sentinel-2a - Milan, Italy - ©Copernicus, 2015 / ESA
Tianhui-1 - Renhuai, Guizhou, China - ©BSEI
THEOS - Cambridge, UK - ©GISTDA
UK-DMC-2 - Isle of Wight - ©2015 Airbus DS
Urthecast - Rome, Italy - ©2015 UrtheCast Corp.
ALOS PRISM - Darwim, Australia - ©JAXA, Distributed by PASCO
ZiYuan III-01 - Shenyang, China - Distributed by SPACEWILL
ALOS AVNIR-2 - Kyushu Island, Japan - ©JAXA, Distributed by PASCO
DubaiSat-1 - Provo, Serbia - ©EIAST 2013
EROS-A - New York, USA - ©2002 ImageSat International N.V.
EO-1 ALI - Baltimore, USA
Formosat-2 - Sedd el Bahr, Turkey - ©NSPO
IRIS-1D - Barcelona, Spain - ©2002 Antrix
IRS-P5 Cartosat-1 - Bodrum, Turkey - ©2008 Antrix
IRS P6 LISS-III - Seville, Spain - ©2004 Antrix
KazeoSat-1 - The Paul Ricard Circuit, France - ©2014 KGS, Distribution Airbus DS
PlanetScope - Ning Dong, China - ©2015 Planet Labs Inc, All Rights Reserved
High Resolution Imagery Specifications
Satellite |
Operational |
Panchromatic Resolution |
Multispectral Resolution |
Wavebands |
BKA |
2012 |
2.1 m |
10.5 m |
VNIR |
Canopus-B |
2012 |
2.1 m |
10.5 m |
VNIR |
Cartosat-1 (IRS-P5) |
2005 |
2.5 m |
– |
Pan |
CBERS-1/2/2B |
1999 |
2.5 m/20 m |
20–260 m |
Pan, VNIR, SWIR, TIR |
DMCii |
2002 |
4 m |
22–32 m |
Pan, VNIR |
DubaiSat-1 |
2009 |
2.5 m |
5 m |
Pan, VNIR |
Gaofen-1 (GF-1) |
2013 |
2 m |
8–16 m |
VNIR |
IRS 1C/1D |
1995 |
5.8 m |
23–188 m |
Pan, VNIR, SWIR |
KazEOSat-2 |
2014 |
– |
6.5 m |
VNIR |
PlanetScope (Doves) |
2014 |
– |
3.7 m |
VNIR |
RapidEye |
2008 |
– |
5 m |
VNIR |
Resourcesat-1 (IRS-P6) |
2003 |
5.8 m |
5.8–70 m |
VNIR, SWIR |
Resourcesat-2 |
2011 |
5.8 m |
5.8–70 m |
VNIR, SWIR |
Sentinel-2A |
2015 |
– |
10–60 m |
VNIR, SWIR |
SPOT 6, 7 |
2012 |
1.5 m |
6 m |
VNIR |
THEOS |
2008 |
2 m |
15 m |
Pan, VNIR |
UrtheCast Theia |
2013 |
– |
5 m |
VNIR |
UrtheCast Iris |
2013 |
– |
1 m video |
V |
Ziyuan III-01 (ZY3-1) 资源三号 |
2012 |
2.1 m / 3.5 m stereo |
5.8 m |
Imagery: pan, VNIR Stereo: pan only |
Tianhui-1 (TH-1) 测绘卫星一号 |
2012 |
2 m pan / 5 m tristereo |
10 m |
Imagery: pan, VNIR Stereo: pan only |
ALOS AVNIR-2 |
2006–2011 |
– |
10 m |
VNIR |
ALOS PRISM |
2006–2011 |
2.5 m |
– |
Pan |
EO-1 ALI |
2001–2017 |
10 m |
30 m |
Pan, VNIR, SWIR |
EROS A |
2000–2016 |
1.9 m |
– |
Pan |
Formosat-2 (Rocsat-2) |
2004–2016 |
2 m |
8 m |
Pan, VNIR, SWIR |
SPOT 1, 2, 3, 4 |
1986–2013 |
10 m |
10–20 m |
Pan, VNIR, SWIR |
SPOT 5 |
2002–2015 |
2.5/5 m |
10–20 m |
Pan, VNIR, SWIR |
Medium Resolution Optical Imagery
ASTER - Tunis, Tunisia - ©METI & NASA
Landsat 8
Triplesat - Rimini, Italy - ©21AT 2015, distribution 21AT, all rights reserved
Landsat TM - Cuprite
Medium Resolution Imagery Specifications
Satellite | Operational | Panchromatic Resolution | Multispectral Resolution | Wavebands |
ALOS-2 CIRC | 2014 | – | <200 m | TIR |
ASTER | 1999 | – | 15 m/60 m/90 m | VNIR, SWIR, TIR |
AVHRR | 1978 | – | 1,100 m | R, NIR, MIR, LWIR, TIR |
Deimos-1 | 2009 | – | 22 m | VNIR |
Gaofen-4 (GF-4) | 2015 | 50 m | 400 m | VNIR |
IRS 1A/1B | 1988 | – | 36/72 m | VNIR |
Landsat (7) ETM+ | 1999 | 15 m | 30 m/60 m | Pan, VNIR, SWIR, TIR |
Landsat 8 | 2013 | 15 m | 30 m/100 m | Pan, VNIR, SWIR, TIR, Cirrus |
MODIS | 1999 | – | 250 m/500 m/1,000 m | VNIR, SWIR, MIR, LWIF, TIR |
Proba CHRIS | 2001 | – | 18 m/36 m | VNIR |
SeaWiFS | 1997 | – | 1,000 m/4,500 m | VNIR |
EO-1 Hyperion | 2001–2017 | – | 30 m | VNIR |
Landsat (1,2,3,4,5) MSS | 1972–1978 | – | 80 m | VNIR |
Landsat (4 and 5) TM | 1982–1984 | – | 30 m/120 m | VNIR, SWIR, TIR |
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