RapidEye 1-5 (Germany) Resolution: 5 m Bands: Altitude: 630 km Blue (440-510 nm) Green (520-590 nm) Red (630-685 nm) Red Edge (690-730 nm) Near Infrared (760-850 nm) Altitude: 630 km Push Broom Revisit time: Off-nadir – 1 day Nadir – 5.5 days Swath width of 77 km Launched August 29, 2008 Images at 11:00am local time

5 identical satellites: Company: RapidEye AG www.rapideye.de 5 identical satellites: Tachys (rapid), Mati (eye), Choma (earth), Choros (space), Trochia (orbit) First commercial satellites to image the Red-edge band (measures variances in vegetation) Products: Two types: Level 1A – radiometric and sensor correction Level 3A – radiometric, sensor, and geometric correction Cost for one scene, Level 3A, 25 km2: ~ $68

Special Applications Ju, C-H., Y-C. Tian, X. Yao, W-X. Cao, Y. Zhu, and D. Hannaway. 2010. Estimating leaf chlorophyll content using red edge parameters. Pedosphere 20(5):633-644. Jiang, J-B., Y-H. Chen, and W-J. Huang. 2010. Using the distance between hyperspectral red edge position and yellow edge position to identify wheat yellow rust disease. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis 30(6):1614-1618. Darvishzadeh, R., C.A. Atzberger, A.K. Skidmore, and A.A. Abkar. 2009. Leaf area index derivation from hyperspectral vegetation indices and the red edge position. International Journal of Remote Sensing 30(23):6199-6218. Marx, A. 2010. Detection and classification of bark beetle infestation in pure norway spruce stands with multi-temporal RapidEye imagery and data mining techniques. Photogrammetrie Fernerkundung Geoinformation 4:243-252. Eitel, J.U.H., D.S. Long, P.E. Gessler, and A.M.S. Smith. 2007. Using in-situ measurements to evaluate the new RapidEye™ satellite series for prediction of wheat nitrogen status. International Journal of Remote Sensing 28(18):4183-4190.