RapidEye is a commercial multispectral remote sensing satellite mission being designed and implemented by MDA for RapidEye AG. The RapidEye sensor images five optical bands in the 400-850nm range and provides 6.5m pixel size at nadir. Rapid delivery and short revisit times are provided through the use of a five-satellite constellation.
It provides products for the following applications:
-Agriculture - crop monitoring and mapping, yield prediction, etc.
-Forestry - tree species separation, stem volume estimation, etc.
-Security & Emergency - disaster management etc.
-Energy & Infrastructure - pipeline monitoring, landcover classification etc.
-Environment - change detection etc.
-Cartography - satellite based maps, ortho photos, etc.
-Other Markets - natural disaster assessment, 3D-visualization, etc.
The satellites will be placed equally spaced in a single sun-synchronous orbit to ensure consistent imaging conditions and a short revisit time. The RapidEye system can access any area on Earth within a day and cover the entire agricultural areas of North America and Europe within five days.
The RapidEye satellite platforms has been constructed by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL). [1] This makes RapidEye the second multiple-satellite imaging constellation that SSTL has been involved with, after building and launching the Disaster Monitoring Constellation.
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Entry_ID: RAPIDEYE
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Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
Short_Name: RAPIDEYE
Long_Name: RapidEye
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Altitude: 630 km
Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous
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Creation_Date: 2008-08-11
Online_Resource: http://www.rapideye.de/
Online_Resource: http://www.rapideye.de/upload/documents/Standard_Image_Product_USLetter.pdf
Sample_Image: http://www.dappolonia-research.com/invesatwiki/images/thumb/180px-Rapid_Eye.jpg
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam, Russia
Primary_Sponsor: Germany
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