SATELLITE INSTRUMENT
SKYSAT CONSTELLATION
SkySat is a constellation of 15 satellites capable of performing sub-meter observation of the Earth surface. With the first satellite launched in 2013, the constellation can perform nadir and off-nadir Earth imagery in 4 bands and panchromatic, revisiting the same site up to 10 times a day.
TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
CMOS Frame Cameras with Panchromatic and Multispectral halves
STATUS
Operational
DATA AVAILABILITY
Yes, on request
(proposal submission to ESA)
TIME RANGE
Since 2013
FREQUENCY OF MEASUREMENT
Continuous (sub-daily to multi-daily revisit cycle)
DATA PUBLISHING FREQUENCY
n/a
DATA PUBLISHING DELAY
n/a
OWNER
Planet Labs PBC
MORE INFORMATION
CALIBRATED DATA
Not specified
MEASUREMENT UNIT
n/a
WAVELENGTH RANGE
RGB (450-695 nm), Near IR (740-900 nm) and panchromatic (450-900 nm)
OBSERVED AREA
from -180° to 180° of long. from -84° to +84° of lat.
FIELD-OF-VIEW
5.5 – 8 km swath
POINTING DIRECTION
Varying
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
0.5 – 1 m
ORBIT TYPE
Sun-synchronus low alt. PO (475 km); non-Sun-synchronus inclined (53°)
DATA VISUALISATION
No
DATA DOWNLOAD
ESA Earth Online
DATA FORMAT
GeoTIFF
DATA POLICY
Not specified
CONTACTS
Planet Labs PBC
FURTHER REFERENCES
– SkySat documentation on the Planet website
– SkySat on ESA Earth Online website
– SkySat on eoPortal
– SkySat on WMO OSCAR portal
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