Cartosat-1 2005-Present Sensors: Satellite Hansen Aft Stereoscopic PAN 2.5m; Fore+26° aft-5°; 500-850nm Swath: 30 km stereo, 55 km mono Data: 10 bits per pixel Satellite Altitude: 617.9 km; Scan at 10:30 Orbits per day: 15 Max. wait for revisit: 5 days Orbit: 97.87° Geolocation accuracy:250 meters Fore Hansen (Rome; Baltsavias et al 2008)
Cartosat-1 2005-Present Hansen Affiliation: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) http://www.isro.org/ Cartosat 2, 2A, & 2B: each has <1m mono PAN; 9.6 km swath Cartosat 3: will be launched this year. Mono PAN .25m, 500-750 nm multispectral <1m; 16 km swath 1 stereo 27.5 km X 27.5 km Cartosat-1 =12,000 rupees (currently $264 USD) Hansen
Cartosat-1 2005-Present Hansen Z-axis residuals from highly accurate DSM derived from three separate sensors and a dense grid of ground control points (Baltsavias et al 2008), where each shade represents 3 m. DSM of Fuzhou, China, created from Cartosat data (EastDawn) Hansen
Technical Specifications: Pricing: Data User Handbook: DSMs: Cartosat-1 2005-Present Technical Specifications: http://www.gisdevelopment.net/technology/rs/techrs023.htm Pricing: http://www.nrsc.gov.in/Data_price_(final)-1.pdf Data User Handbook: http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/PDF/cartosat1.pdf DSMs: Technical Assessment: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1477-9730.2008.00492.x/pdf Use of Cartosat-1 DSM in delimiting Temple Ruins: http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/jul252007/136.pdf Hansen