High resolution sensors: Orbview Sensor Pan 1m: 0.45 – 0.90 (= 450 – 900nm) MS 4m: B: G: R: NIR: Data: 11 bits per pixel Swath: 8km Whiskbroom, nadir to off nadir - 50 ° Satellite Altitude 470km, scan at 10.30am Orbit 97° [Satellite dimensions 1.9 x 1.2 m]
Corporation: Orbital Image Corp (now GeoEye) Out of service (failed) 2007 Orbview 1 /2 1995/97 World’s first commercial satellites Orbview 4: launch failure Orbview 5 -> GeoEye 1 (2008) Cost: $10 / km 2 Minimum order: 64 or 192 km 2 $34 for Pan DEM: DTM or DSM
Orbview <- Toulouse Midway Island Right click -> format picture -> COMPRESS (all) -> all pictures web/screen -> save
Orbview A COMPARISON OF AUTOMATICALLY EXTRACTED ORBVIEW-3 AND IKONOS ELEVATION DATA TO SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION DATA Orthorectifying OrbView-3 Data: PCI Tutorial Comparison of image orientation by IKONOS, QuickBird and OrbView-3 Comparison of DEM Generation by Very High Resolution Optical Satellites Hope Fades for Recovery of GeoEye's OrbView-3 Satellite :(