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RAPIDEYE  

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  • 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. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: RAPIDEYE Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Short_Name: RAPIDEYE Long_Name: RapidEye End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 630 km Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group 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 End_Group End_Group (en)

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  • 2021-11-18 12:44:21.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (RAPIDEYE [439293ac-ef6a-4f4c-a578-a57d504e783a,826191] - Space-based Platforms [b39a69b4-c3b9-4a94-b296-bbbbe5e4c847,835875]);
  • 2021-11-18 12:55:03.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (RAPIDEYE [439293ac-ef6a-4f4c-a578-a57d504e783a,826191] - Earth Observation Satellites [3466eed1-2fbb-49bf-ab0b-dc08731d502b,826121]);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/439293ac-ef6a-4f4c-a578-a57d504e783a

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