QuickBird
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Main
objectives
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• Obtain satellite imagery with a high enough spatial
resolution for map creation, change detection, and image analysis
• Make maps of areas through geolocation without needing
to use ground control points
• Get up-to-date images of locations around the
world
• Collect images of a greater range of targets and provide
images that are easy to interpret
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Platform
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Satellite name
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QuickBird-2
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Manufacturer
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Ball Aerospace & Technologies
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Operator
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DigitalGlobe
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Sensors
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Ball Global Imaging System 2000
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Launch date
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18 October 2001
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Launch vehicle
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Delta II rocket
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Satellite mass
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1100 kg (launch), 951 kg (dry)
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Design lifetime
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5 years
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Maximal lifetime
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13 years
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Orbit
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Altitude
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400 km (originally 450 km; gradual descent to 300 km at end of
mission life)
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Inclination
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98 degrees
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Orbital period
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92.4 minutes at 400 km; 90.4 minutes at 300 km
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Characteristics
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Sun-synchronous
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Overpass time
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10:00 AM at 400 km; 10:25 AM at 300 km
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Repeat coverage
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2-12 days (varies by target location due to orbit
decay)
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Coverage
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Global
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Sensor
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Type
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Passive optical imaging sensor
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Manufacturer
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Ball Aerospace & Technologies
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Sensor
type
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Pushbroom scanner
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Swath
width (FOV)
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14.9 km at nadir at altitude 400 km; 11.2 km at
nadir at altitude 300 km
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Pixel
size (GIFOV)
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2.16 m (multispectral), .55 m (panchromatic) at nadir at altitude 400
km; 1.63 m (multispectral), .41 m (panchromatic) at nadir at altitude 300 km
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Radiometric
resolution
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11 bit
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Spectral
bands
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Data
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Data
provider
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DigitalGlobe
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Data
distribution
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Payment required
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Data
access
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Data
archive
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2001-current; global extent
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Processing
levels
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Basic imagery: radiometrically corrected, sensor corrected, not
projected to a plane
Standard imagery: radiometrically corrected, sensor corrected, projected
to a plane
Ortho ready standard stereo imagery: radiometrically corrected,
sensor corrected, map projected, not orthorectified
Advanced ortho series: radiometrically-corrected, sensor-corrected, map
projected, orthorectified
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Data
format
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GeoTIFF 8 or 16 bit, NITF
2.0, NITF 2.1
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Image
catalog
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DigitalGlobe, https://www.digitalglobe.com/search-imagery
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Publications (1636 total)
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Jensen, J.R.,
Cowen, D.C. (1999) Remote sensing of urban suburban infrastructure and
socio-economic attributes. Photogrammetric Engineering
and Remote Sensing (65-5): 611-622
The paper discusses
how the ability of remote sensing to get information about urban/suburban infrastructure
and socio-economic attributes varies based on the spatial resolution of the
sensor, with QuickBird being a proposed sensor to help get better
information.
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Laliberte,
A.S., Rango, A., Havstad, K.M., Paris, J.F., Beck, R.F., McNeely, R.,
Gonzalez, A.L. (2004) Object-oriented image analysis for mapping shrub
encroachment from 1937 to 2003 in southern New Mexico. Remote Sensing of
Environment (93-1-2): 198-210
The paper
describes the increasing amount of shrubs found in areas in the southwestern
United States over time using data from QuickBird and other sensors.
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Alparone, L.,
Baronti, S., Garzelli, A., Nencini, F. (2004) A Global Quality Measurement of
Pan-Sharpened Multispectral Imagery. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
(1-4): 313-317
The letter assesses
the quality of images produced by combining multispectral images with
panchromatic images from QuickBird.
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Wang, L.,
Sousa, W.P., Gong, P., Biging, G.S. (2004) Comparison of IKONOS and QuickBird
images for mapping mangrove species on the Caribbean coast of Panama. Remote
Sensing of Environment (91-3-4): 432-440
This paper compares
the ability of IKONOS to that of QuickBird to provide quality images of
mangrove stands on the Caribbean coast of Panama that allow viewers to
identify mangrove species in the stands.
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Alparone, L.,
Wald, L., Chanussot, J., Thomas, C., Gamba, P., Bruce, L.M. (2006) Comparison
of pansharpening algorithms: Outcome of the 2006 GRS-S data-fusion contest. IEEE
Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (45-10): 3012-3021
The paper
discusses two pansharpening algorithms that worked the best on multiple data
sets from QuickBird and simulated Pleiades for the 2006 Geoscience and Remote
Sensing Society data fusion contest.
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References
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WIKI
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EOportal
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Mission
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Spectral
bands/Data format
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
QuickBird
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