| Platform |
Common name of the satellite that hosts the sensor(s) |
| Owner |
Country or agency responsible (comm indicates commercial venture) |
| Launch Date |
Note that most systems have a post-launch period of checkout
before data are generally available |
| Orbit |
Geo - geosynchronous; SS - Sun Synchronous; LEO - Low Earth
Orbit |
| Revisit (days) |
Number of days before a place on earth may be re-imaged (in
some cases, number of days before orbit track repeats) |
| Sensor |
Name of sensor instrument package |
| Swath (km) |
Width image on the ground (kilometers) |
| Total FOR (km) |
Width of ground accessible (same as Swath unless system has
off-axis pointing capabilities) |
| Number of Bands / GSD (m) |
Width of ground accessible (same as Swath unless system has
off-axis pointing capabilities) |
| PAN |
Single
band generally spanning visible spectrum (~ 0.4 - 0.8µm) |
| NIR |
Near
InfraRed (~ 0.7 - 1.5µm) |
| SWIR |
Short
Wave InfraRed (~ 1.5 - 3µm) |
| MWIR |
MidWave
InfraRed (~ 3 - 8µm) |
| LWIR |
LongWave
Infrared (~ 8 - 15µm) also known as TIR or Thermal
InfraRed |
| Bits/ pixel |
Amount of data stored for each spectral band for each pixel |
| Notes |
Additional information, such as cross-track (CT) or along-track
(AT) pointing capability |
