Toward New Partnerships In Remote Sensing: Government, the Private Sector, and Earth Science Research (2002)

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Remote Sensing Systems

Table A.1 on pages 56-61 presents selected historical, current, and planned remote sensing systems operated by governmental, commercial, and public-private (government and commercial) organizations that provide data of value for scientific research.

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TABLE A.1 Selected Government, Commercial, and Public-Private Remote Sensing Systems

Remote Sensing System

Data Acquisition Model

Operator

Launch (end service date)

Capability: Spatial/Spectral Resolution

Revisit in Days

Status

U. S. Data Providers

Landsat 3

RBV

MSS

Government

NASA and NOAA

1978 (1983)

1 RBV band at 40 m

4 MSS bands at 80 m

1 MSS TIR band at 240 m

18

Retired

Landsat 4

TM MSS

Public-Private

EOSAT, Inc.

Space Imaging, Inc.

NASA

1982 (1987)

6 TM bands at 30 m

1 TM TIR band at 120 m

4 MSS bands at 80 m

16

Retired

Landsat 5

TM MSS

Public-Private

EOSAT, Inc.

Space Imaging, Inc.

NASA

1984

6 TM bands at 30 m

1 TM TIR band at 120 m

4 MSS bands at 80 m

16

Operational

Landsat 6

ETM

Commercial

EOSAT, Inc.

1993

1 ETM Pan band at 15 m

6 ETM bands at 30 m

1 ETM TIR band at 60 m

16

Failed

Landsat 7

ETM+

Government

USGS EROS Data Center

1999

1 ETM+ Pan band at 15 m

6 ETM+ bands at 30 m

1 ETM+ TIR band at 60 m

16

Operational

Landsat

Follow-on

Public-Private

TBD

2003

TBD

TBD

Planned
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AVHRR

Government

NOAA

1970s to present

2 MS bands at 1.1 km

3 MS TIR bands at 1.1 km

Daily

Operational

IKONOS 1

Pan

MS

Commercial

Space Imaging, Inc.

1999

1 Pan band at 0.82–1 m

4 MS bands at 4 m

3 to 5

Failed

IKONOS 2

Commercial

Space Imaging, Inc.

1999

1 Pan band at 0.82–1 m

4 MS bands at 4 m

3 to 5

Operational

IKONOS 3

Commercial

Space Imaging, Inc.

2003

0.5 Pan band at <1 m

2 MS bands at 4 m

3 to 5

Planned

Earlybird

Commercial

EarthWatch, Inc.

(now DigitalGlobe, Inc.)

1997

1 Pan band at 3 m

3 MS bands at 15 m

1 to 5

Failed

QuickBird 1

Commercial

EarthWatch, Inc.

(now DigitalGlobe, Inc.)

2000

1 Pan band at 1 m

4 MS bands at 4 m

1 to 5

Failed

QuickBird 2

Commercial

EarthWatch, Inc

(now DigitalGlobe, Inc.)

Oct. 2001

1 Pan band at 61 cm

4 MS bands a

1 to 5

Operational

OrbView 2

(SeaWiFS)

Public-Private

OrbImage, Inc.

1997

8 MS bands at 1.13 km

1

Operational

OrbView 3

Public-Private

OrbImage, Inc.

2002

1 Pan band at 1 m

4 MS bands at 4 m

<3

Planned
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Remote Sensing System

Data Acquisition Model

Operator

Launch (end service date)

Capability: Spatial/Spectral Resolution

Revisit in Days

Status

OrbView 4

Public-Private

OrbImage, Inc.

2001

1 Pan band at 1 m

4 MS bands at 4 m

8-m hyperspectral data

(can sell reprocessed 20-m hyperspectral data to nongovernment [approved] entities)

<3

Failed

Terra Satellite

Government

NASA

2000

 

Variable

 

ASTER

 

4 MS bands at 15 m

6 SWIR bands at 30 m

5 TIR bands at 60 m

 

Operational

MISR

 

4 MS bands at 9 look angles from 275 m to 1.1 km

 

Operational

MODIS

 

2 MS bands at 250 m

5 MS bands at 500 m

12 MS bands at 1 km

7 SWIR bands at 1 km

10 TIR bands at 1 km

 

Operational
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European Data Providers

SPOT 1-2

Public-Private

Spot Image, Inc.

1986 and 1990

1 Pan band at 10 m

3 MS bands at 20 m

1 to 4

Standby in 1990

SPOT 3

Public-Private

Spot Image, Inc.

1993 (1996)

1 Pan band at10 m

3 MS bands at 20 m

1 to 4

Failed

SPOT 4

Public-Private

Spot Image, Inc.

1998

1 Pan band at 10 m

3 MS bands at 20 m

1 SWIR band at 20 m

4 vegetation bands at 1.15 km

1 to 4

Operational

SPOT 5

Public-Private

Spot Image, Inc.

2003

1 Pan band at 2.5 m

3 MS bands at 10 m

1 SWIR band at 10 m

4 vegetation bands at 1.15 km

1 to 4

Planned

ERS-1

Government

ESA

1991

30–50-m SAR

3 to 35

Operational

ERS-2

Government

ESA

1995

30–50-m SAR

3 to 35

Operational

ENVISAT

Government

ESA

2001

30-m SAR

3 to 35

Operational

SPIN-N

KVR-1000

Government

Russian Sovinformsputnik

1992 [available publicly in 2000]

1 band at 2 m

45 days in orbit, each launch

Operational
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Remote Sensing System

Data Acquisition Model

Operator

Launch (end service date)

Capability: Spatial/Spectral Resolution

 

Revisit in Days

Status

Canadian Data Providers

Radarsat 1a

Government

Canadian Space Agency

1995

8-m SAR at various resolutions

 

3 to 24

Operational

Radarsat 2

Public-Private

Canadian Space Agency and McDonald Detwiller, Inc.

2004

3-m SAR at various resolutions

 

3 to 24

Planned

Other Data Providers

EROS A1

Commercial

ImageSat, Int.

2000

1 Pan band at 1.8m

1 to 4 (depends on number of satellites in orbit)

Operational

EROS B1

Commercial

ImageSat, Int.

2003

1 Pan band at 0.82 m

Planned

EROS B2

Commercial

ImageSat, Int.

2003

1 Pan band at 0.82 m

Planned

EROS B3

Commercial

ImageSat, Int.

2004

1 Pan band at 0.82 m

Planned

EROS B4

Commercial

ImageSat, Int.

2004

1 Pan band at 0.82 m

Planned

EROS B5

Commercial

ImageSat, Int.

2004

1 Pan band at 0.82 m

Planned

EROS B6

Commercial

ImageSat, Int.

2004

1 Pan band at 0.82 m

Planned

IRS-1 A

Government

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

1988

4 MS bands at 36.25 and 72.5 m

 

22

Operational

IRS-1 B

Government

ISRO

1991

4 MS bands at 36.25 m and 72.5 m

22

Operational

IRS-1 C

Government

ISRO

1995

1 Pan band at 5.8 m

3 MS bands at 23 m

1 SWIR band at 70 m

2 MS bands at 188 m

5 to 24

Operational
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IRS-1 D

Government

ISRO

1997

1 Pan band at 5.8 m

3 MS bands at 23 m

1 SWIR band at 70 m

2 MS bands at 188 m

5 to 24

Operational

NOTE: All acronyms are defined in Appendix D; TBD, to be determined.

aRadarsat 1 is noted as a government system because it was funded by the Canadian government.

SOURCES: Commercial and government remote sensing data-provider Web sites; Yahya A. Dehquanzad cial Satellite Imagery Will Change the World, Washington, D. C., Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2000; John R. Jensen, Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective, Upper Saddle River, N. J., Prentice-Hall, 2000; and William E. Stoney, “Summary of Land Imaging Satellites Planned to Be Operational by 2006,” Mitretek Systems, July 2, 2001, available online at <http://www.asprs.org/news>.
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