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Table 4.1 Main characteristics of some operational satellite sensors
Spatial resolution
Channels
Swath (km)
Revisit days at nadir
Off-nadir pointing
NOAA -AVHRR/3
1.09 km
6
2,900
1
No
Landsat 7 ETM+ (multi.)
30 m
6
185
16
No
Landsat 7 ETM+ (thermal)
60 m
1
Landsat 7 ETM+ (pan.)
15 m
1
Landsat 8 OLI (multi.)
30 m
8
185
16
Yes
Landsat 8 OLI (pan.)
15 m
1
Landsat 8 TIRS (thermal)
100 m
2
185
16
Yes
SPOT 5 (multispectral)
10-20 m
4
60
26 (2-3 off-nadir)
Yes
SPOT 5 (panchromatic)
2.5 m
1
60
SPOT 6/7 (multispectral)
6 m
4
60
26 (1-3 off-nadir)
Yes
SPOT 6/7 (panchromatic)
1.5 m
1
IKONOS (multispectral)
3.2 m
4
11.3
'
141
Yes
IKONOS (panchromatic)
0.82 m
1
'
2.4 (40
N Lat)
QuickBird (multispectral)
2.44 m
4
16.8
Yes
QuickBird (panchromatic)
61 cm
1
Yes
WorldView-1 (pan.)
50 cm
1
17.7
'
1.7 (40
N Lat)
Yes
WorldView-2 (multi.)
1.85 m
8
16.4
'
1.1
Yes
(40
N Lat)
WorldView-2 (pan.)
46 cm
1
Yes
Sentinel-1 (IW)
5
20 m
1 mode
250
12 (with 1 satellite)
Yes
Sentinel-1 (WV)
5
5 m
1 mode
20
Sentinel-1 (SM)
5
5 m
1 mode
80
6 (with 2 satellites)
Sentinel-1 (EW)
20
40 m
1 mode
400
MODIS
250 m
2
2,330
1
No
500 m
5
1km
29
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