Commercial Sensors
Feature comparison of optical, hyperspectral and radar platforms.
Optical
- Landsat
- SPOT
- IRS
- IKONOS
- Terra
- JERS
- AVHRR
- OrbView
- QuickBird
|
Hyperspectral
- HyperSpecTIR
- Hyperion
- OrbView (2001)
- AVIRIS
- Warfighter
- NEMO
- Probe
- HyMap
|
Aerial
- AVIRIS
- Daedalus
- LIDAR
- Air photos
Radar
|
Operating Sensors
| Platform |
Revisit (days) |
Sensor |
Swath (km) |
Bands |
Bits/ pixel |
|
PAN |
VIS |
NIR |
SWIR |
MWIR |
LWIR |
|
| IKONOS |
1.5 - 3 |
|
13 |
1/1 |
3/4 |
1/4 |
|
|
|
11 |
| IRS-1B |
24 |
LISS-1 |
148 |
|
3/73 |
1/73 |
|
|
|
|
| 24 |
LISS-2 |
131 |
|
3/36.5 |
1/36.5 |
|
|
|
|
| IRS-1C |
24 |
LISS-3 |
142 |
|
2/23.5 |
1/23.5 |
1/70.5 |
|
|
7 |
| 24 |
PAN |
70 |
1/5.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
| 5 |
WiFS |
804 |
|
1/188 |
1/188 |
|
|
|
7 |
| IRS-1D |
24 |
LISS-3 |
142 |
|
2/23.5 |
1/23.5 |
1/70.5 |
|
|
7 |
| 24 |
PAN |
70 |
1/5.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
| 5 |
WiFS |
804 |
|
1/188 |
1/188 |
|
|
|
7 |
| IRS-P2 |
24 |
LISS-2 |
131 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| IRS-P3 |
|
MOS |
200 |
|
8/520 |
9/520 |
1/520 |
|
|
16 |
| 5 |
WiFS |
770 |
|
1/188 |
1/188 |
1/188 |
|
|
7 |
| IRS-P4 |
2 |
OCS |
1420 |
|
5/250 |
3/250 |
|
|
|
12 |
| JERS-1 |
44 |
OPS |
75 |
|
2/20 |
1/20 |
4/20 |
|
|
8 |
| Landsat 4 |
16 |
MSS |
185 |
|
2/78 |
2/78 |
|
|
|
8 |
| 16 |
TM |
185 |
|
3/30 |
1/30 |
2/30 |
|
1/120 |
8 |
| Landsat 5 |
16 |
MSS |
185 |
|
2/78 |
2/78 |
|
|
|
8 |
| 16 |
TM |
185 |
|
3/30 |
1/30 |
2/30 |
|
1/120 |
8 |
| Landsat 7 |
16 |
ETM+ |
185 |
1/15 |
3/30 |
1/30 |
2/30 |
|
1/60 |
8 |
| SPOT-2 |
26 |
HRV |
60 |
|
2/20 |
1/20 |
|
|
|
8 |
| 26 |
Pan |
60 |
1/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
| SPOT-4 |
26 |
HRVIR |
60 |
|
2/20 |
1/20 |
1/20 |
|
|
8 |
| 26 |
Pan |
60 |
1/10 |
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
| 1 |
Veg. |
2,200 |
1/1150 |
3/1150 |
1/1150 |
1/1150 |
|
|
10 |
| Terra (EOS-1 AM) |
49 |
ASTER |
60 |
|
2/15 |
1/15 |
6/30 |
|
5/90 |
8 (12 for LWIR) |
| 2 |
MODIS |
2,330 |
|
1/250 3/500 7/1000 |
1/250 5/1000 |
3/500 1/1000 |
5/1000 |
10/1000 |
12 |
