Because of our relationship with DigitalGlobe, developer and owner of the QuickBird Sensor, Satellite Imaging Corporation (SIC) acquires QuickBird Satellite Imagery worldwide for our customers seeking high-resolution, digital aerial photographs.
QuickBird at Launch; QuickBird in Orbit
QuickBird is a high resolution satellite owned and operated by DigitalGlobe. Using a state-of-the-art BGIS 2000 sensor (PDF), QuickBird collects image data to 0.61m pixel resolution degree of detail. This satellite is an excellent source of environmental data useful for analyses of changes in land usage, agricultural and forest climates. QuickBird's imaging capabilities can be applied to a host of industries, including Oil and Gas Exploration & Production (E&P), Engineering and Construction and environmental studies
Launch Date | October 18, 2001 |
Launch Vehicle | Boeing Delta II |
Launch Location | Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA |
Orbit Altitude | 450 Km |
Orbit Inclination | 97.2°, sun-synchronous |
Speed | 7.1 Km/sec (25,560 Km/hour) |
Equator Crossing Time | 10:30 AM (descending node) |
Orbit Time | 93.5 minutes |
Revisit Time | 1-3.5 days, depending on latitude (30° off-nadir) |
Swath Width | 16.5 Km x 16.5 Km at nadir |
Metric Accuracy | 23 meter horizontal (CE90%) |
Digitization | 11 bits |
Resolution | Pan: 61 cm (nadir) to 72 cm (25° off-nadir) MS: 2.44 m (nadir) to 2.88 m (25° off-nadir) |
Image Bands | Pan: 450-900 nm Blue: 450-520 nm Green: 520-600 nm Red: 630-690 nm Near IR: 760-900 nm |
For many image requests, a matching image can already be located in the archives of high-resolution QuickBird imagery from around the world. If no image data is available in the archives, new QuickBird satellite image data can be acquired through a satellite tasking process. For more information and pricing, please visit our Contact Us page.
We care and pride ourselves in maintaining a high standard of customer service by sharing our technical know-how and use our worldwide experiences in remote sensing, geodesy, GIS, GPS surveying and mapping. The Satellite Imaging Corporation (SIC) customer support team and senior staff assure that suitable archived image data is identified and ordered or collected through a new tasking order, to meet the project objectives and specifications by providing the following services:
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