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SuperView-1 Satellite

SuperView-1 satellite is China’s first high-resolution, multi-sensor 50-cm satellite constellation.

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SuperView-1 50-cm Natural Color–New Radnor, England; June 30, 2018 View Full Size Image

The SuperView-1 Advantage

Multi-Sensor Constellation

With four identical satellites in orbit, SuperView-1 is committed to maintaining data continuity with its multi-sensor constellation.

Extensive Archive Coverage

SuperView-1 is making up for lost time by crisscrossing the planet to create a robust 50-cm archive with near global coverage.

Overview & History

SpaceWill launched the first two SuperView-1 satellites on December 26, 2016; and then on January 9, 2018 they launched two identical satellites into orbit. SpaceWill plans to launch a total of 16 satellites by the end of 2022. These include satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar (SAR), video and even hyperspectral cameras. All four SuperView-1 satellites feature true 50-centimeter (cm) resolution panchromatic and 2-meter (m) 4-band multispectral imagery (i.e. blue, green, red and near-infrared [NIR])–making it one of the few satellite constellations achieving these resolutions without resampling. With a plethora of satellites in orbit, SuperView-1 is collecting an extensive archive of 50-cm high-resolution imagery around the world.

SuperView-1 Specifications

Launch Details
  • Launch Date: 01/02 satellites, December 26, 2016, 03:23 UTC; 03/04 satellites, January 9, 2018, 03:26 UTC
  • Vehicle: Long March 2D
  • Site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi Province, China
SuperView-1 Components
  • Dimensions: 560 kg
  • Onboard Storage Capacity: 2 terabytes
  • Ground Communication Systems:
    • Imagery downlink–2 channels at 450 Mb per second
Orbit Characteristics
  • Altitude: 530 km
  • Period: 97 minutes
  • Inclination: 98.13°
  • Direction: sun-synchronous orbit, north to south (across the lit side of Earth)
  • Equatorial Crossing Time: 10:30 local time (approximate; across lit side of Earth)
  • Revisit Frequency: (at 40° lat)
    • 1 day (< 45° off-nadir)
    • 1.5 days (< 20° off-nadir)
Imaging System
  • Spectral Bands:
    • Panchromatic
    • 4-band multispectral (blue, green, red and NIR)
  • Sensor Resolution:
    • At nadir–50-cm panchromatic & 2.0-m multispectral
    • 20° off-nadir–59-cm panchromatic & 2.36-m multispectral
    • 30° off-nadir–71-cm panchromatic & 2.84-m multispectral
    • 45° off-nadir–1.2-m panchromatic & 4.8-m multispectral
  • Spectral Band Wavelength Range: (in nm)
    • Panchromatic–450 to 900
    • Blue–450 to 520
    • Green–520 to 590
    • Red–630 to 690
    • NIR–770 to 890
  • Dynamic Range: 11-bits
Collection Capabilities
  • Footprint Width:
    • At nadir–12 km
    • 20° off-nadir–14.1 km
    • 30° off-nadir–17.8 km
    • 45° off-nadir–28 km
  • Daily Collection Capacity: 750,000 sq km per satellite
  • Georeferenced Horizontal Accuracy: 9.5-m CE90 (global average; depends on terrain and nadir pointing)

Pricing

Data Source

archive

Minimum Order Size

25 sq km (per area & date)

Product Type

georeferenced + natural color or 4-band

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or by using our Request a Quote form.

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