PlanetLab Satellite Imagery

High-Resolution Satellite Imagery

HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY

Offering the largest collection capacities and the quickest return time to any place on earth, Planet’s constellation of 5 identical Earth Observation satellites allows us to reliably provide complete coverage of difficult-to-image areas and to fill our archive with large quantities of current data daily. Our satellites can collect up to 5 million km² of imagery daily, which makes PlanetLab unique in providing large-area coverage in short periods of time.

Basic Product
level 1B

Ortho
Product

Ortho Take Product level 3B

Rapideye Mosaics level 3M

Key Features of the
RapidEye Constellation

 

 Mission characteristic

 

Information

  Number of Satellites:
5
  Orbit Altitude:
630 km in Sun-synchronous orbit
  Equator Crossing Time:
11:00 am (approximately)
  Sensor Type:
Multi-spectral push broom imager
  Spectral Bands:
Capable of capturing any of the following spectral bands:
Name
Blue:
Green:
Red:
Red Edge:
NIR:
Spectral Bands (nm)
440 – 510
520 – 590
630 – 685
690 – 730
760 – 850
 
  Ground Sampling Distance (nadir):
  6.5 m
  Pixel Size (orthorectified):
  5 m
  Swath Width:
  77 km
  On-board Data Storage:
  Up to 1500 km of image data per orbit
  Revisit Time:
  Daily (off-nadir) / 5.5 days (at nadir)
  Image Capture Capacity:
  5 million km²/day
  Camera Dynamic Range:
  12 bit