Have you seen 50-centimeter (cm) 4-band BJ3A in Image Hunter recently?
If not, you need to query the archive now as 50-cm BJ3A is one of the crispest 50-cm satellites on the market! Launched by Singapore-based Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology on June 11, 2021, the BJ3A satellite collects 50-cm resolution panchromatic data and 2-meter (m) resolution multispectral data, including red, green, blue and near-infrared bands. With a swath width of 23.5-kilometers (km), BJ3A can collect an impressive 750,000 sq km a day. You can learn more about BJ3A on our website and search the BJ3A archive on Image Hunter.

A 50-cm color BJ3A image collected over Governor’s Island in New York City, New York, USA on June 15, 2022.
BJ3A is part of Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology’s satellite constellation which includes 80-cm 4-band TripleSat as well as 30-cm 4-band BJ3N. Now, here are some of 50-cm BJ3A’s key components:
- Spectral Bands:
- Panchromatic
- 4-band multispectral (blue, green, red and near-infrared red [NIR])
- Sensor Resolution:
- At nadir – 50-cm panchromatic & 2-m multispectral
- Spectral Band Wavelength Range: (in nm)
- Panchromatic – 450 to 700
- Blue – 450 to 520
- Green – 520 to 590
- Red – 630 to 690
- NIR – 770 to 890
- Dynamic Range: 12-bits
If you are interested in more details on how 50-cm BJ3A satellite imagery can help your next mapping project, send us an email at sales@apollomapping.com and we will get right back to you!


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