SATELLITE IMAGERY GALLERY
Showcasing image quality
FILTER CLASS
VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITES
(0-1m Resolution)
> Deimos-2
DEIMOS-2 is a very high resolution satellite with imaging capabilities of down to 75cm in panchromatic.
> EROS-B
EROS-B is a sub-metre panchromatic satellite which has been used for a range of diverse applications.
> Gaofen-2
Gaofen-2 hosts two cameras that each support 0.8m panchromatic and 3.2m multispectral ground sampling distances.
> GeoEye 1
GEOEYE-1 images at a resolution down to 0.41m and revisits every point on the globe every three days, or sooner.
> IKONOS
The IKONOS satellite was successfully launched on September 24th, 1999 and has provided over a decade of high resolution imagery.
> KOMPSAT-3
KOMPSAT-3 is sub-metre resolution optical satellite which was launched on May 17, 2012 and is planned to remain operational until 2020.
> KOMPSAT-3A
KOMPSAT-3A is sub-metre resolution optical satellite which was launched on March 26, 2015.
> PLÉIADES
The Pléiades constellation is composed of two synchronous optical satellites, Pléiades-1A and Pléiades-1B.
> Quickbird
The Quickbird satellite, with its state-of-the-art BGIS 2000 sensor, has supported applications such as change detection and urban planning.
> Skysat
Planet’s Skysat satellites provide unrivalled temporal coverage of the Earth at sub-metre spatial resolution.
> SuperView-1A/1B constellation
The SuperView-1 constellation which first launched on 28 December 2016 provides panchromatic imagery at 0.5m resolution and 4 band multi-spectral imagery at 2m resolution.
> TeLEOS-1
TeLEOS-1 is a very high resolution panchromatic satellite with imaging capabilities of 1 meter at nadir.
> TripleSat
Triplesat, from 21AT, comprises three identical imaging satellites that are able to image to ground at 80cm resolution.
> WorldView-1
WorldView-1 was the first satellite of its series launched on September 18th, 2007, and has collected over 1 million km2 of imagery every day since its launch.
> WorldView-2
The WorldView-2 satellite was launched on October 9th, 2009 and forms the second part of the WorldView series. It provides global high resolution imagery down to a resolution of 0.46m.
> WorldView-3
The WorldView-3 satellite is regarded as the industry’s first super-spectral, high resolution commercial satellite.
> WorldView-4
Worldview-4 (previously Geoeye-2) operated from 2016 to January 2019, and provided imagery at a 31cm ground sampling distance to complement Worldview-3.
HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITES
(1-10m Resolution)
> FORMOSAT-2
FORMOSAT-2 has a unique orbit, enabling it to revisit anywhere on earth within 24 hours. Launched on May 20, 2004, this satellite has the capability to obtain high resolution optical images at a ground sampling distance down to 2m.
> KOMPSAT-2
KOMPSAT-2 was launched on July 28, 2006 with the main objective of providing high resolution imagery for disaster support.
> Gaofen-1
The first of the Gaofen satellites was configured with a 2m panchromatic / 8m multi-spectral camera and one 16m multispectral medium-resolution and wide-view camera.
> PLANETSCOPE
Planetscope imagery is collected by over 120 cubesat satellites that are capable of imaging over 200 million sq km of the Earth per day.
> RAPIDEYE
The RapidEye constellation of five satellites was launched in 2008 with an innovative 5 imaging channels including red edge which is very sensitive to vegetation condition.
> SPOT-5
SPOT-5 is part of the SPOT series of satellites. Launched on May 4, 2002, SPOT-5 produced nearly 13 years worth of earth imagery at a Ground Sampling Distance (GSD) of 2.5m (Panchromatic).
> SPOT-6
The SPOT-6 satellite was launched on September 9, 2012, as part of the SPOT mission which has been recording high resolution optical imagery of the earth since 1986.
> SPOT-7
SPOT-7 is the latest satellite in a SPOT series, launched on June 30, 2014, and has the ability to image the earth at a spatial resolution of 1.5m
MEDIUM RESOLUTION SATELLITES
(10-30m Resolution)
> DEIMOS-1
DEIMOS-1 is a medium resolution satellite which has been globally exploited for agricultural and forestry monitoring, though it is a valuable tool for many different applications.
> LANDSAT 5
LANDSAT-5 was launched on March 1, 1984 and became the longest-operating Earth Observation satellite when it was finally decommissioned on June 5, 2013.
> LANDSAT 7
The optical imagery obtained from LANDSAT-7 ETM+ has been used in a variety of sectors including governmental, educational and commercial applications.
> LANDSAT 8
LANDSAT-8, launched in February 11, 2013, is a medium resolution optical satellite aiming to provide data for applications in agriculture, education, business, science and the government.
> SENTINEL-2
SENTINEL 2 is an optical imaging satellite which was launched on the 23rd June 2015 with the aim of obtaining imagery to help observe earth’s terrestrial changes.
> SPOT-4
SPOT-4 is part of the second generation of satellites in the SPOT series, with the innovative inclusion of an advanced ‘Vegetation’ instrument.
> UKDMC-2
The UKDMC-2 satellite is part of the UK Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) which was launched on July 29, 2009.
SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR)
Radar Satellites
> ERS-1
The two European Space Agency satellites, ERS-1 and 2, were used to pioneer the development of new radar applications.
> ERS-2
The two European Space Agency satellites, ERS-1 and 2, were used to pioneer the development of new radar applications.
> ENVISAT
Envisat was a landmark European Space Agency satellite that continued the legacy of the ERS-1 and 2 satellites, but with more flexible and sophisticated radar imaging capabilities.
> KOMPSAT-5
KOMPSAT-5 is a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite which was launched on August 22, 2013.
> SENTINEL 1
The Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B satellites formed the first part of the Copernicus space mission, launched in April 2014 and 2016 respectively.
> TANDEM-X
TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement), launched on June 21, 2010, has amission objective of generating a high quality Global Digital Elevation Model.
> TERRASAR-X
TerraSAR-X (also known as TSX) is a high resolution X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite which was launched on June 15, 2007 and has been predicted to remain operational until 2018.