Sensor Details
Sensor details
| Sensor Name : | Quickbird |
| Sensor Description : | Nominal swath width of 16.5-kilometers at nadir * Blue: 450 to 520 nanometers * Green: 520 to 600 nanometers * Red: 630 to 690 nanometers * Near-IR: 760 to 900 nanometers * Black & White: 445 to 900 nanometers |
| Spatial Resolution : | Panchromatic 60cm, Visible & NIR 2.4m |
| Additional Information : | Digital Globe home page |
| Platform : | Quickbird |
| Description : | In November of 2000, EarthWatch launched the QuickBird 1 satellite from Russia. QuickBird 1 failed to reach orbit. The Quickbird 2 (Quickbird) satellite was launched on 18 October 2001 by Digital Globe. It orbits at an altitude of 450km, in a 98-degree, sun- synchronous orbit. |
| Image : |  DigitalGlobe's QuickBird Satellite. Image acknowledgement |
| Copyright : | © DigitalGlobe, Inc., All Rights Reserved |
| Access Constraints : | The distribution of DigitalGlobe imagery held by the AADC is restricted due to copyright. Apart from internal use of the imagery by the AAD, the AADC may loan the imagery to a group outside the AAD subject to the following conditions: 1 the group is involved in a joint project with the AAD for which a written agreement exists; 2 the loan is just for the duration of the joint project. |
| Acknowledgement : | If the image is reproduced 'DigitalGlobe imagery courtesy of the Australian Antarctic Data Centre © DigitalGlobe, Inc., All Rights Reserved'. If information is derived from the image 'Includes copyrighted material of DigitalGlobe, Inc., All Rights Reserved“. |