Quickbird 2

USA

Launch data:

Designation	26953 / 01047A
Launch date	18 Oct 2001 - 18:51:26 UT
Launch site	Va, SLC-2W
Launch vehicle	Delta 7320-10 (#D288)
Mission	Remote sensing
Sun-synchronous Earth orbit:
Perigee/Apogee	460 km sun-synchronous
Inclination	97.2°
Period	93.4 min

Planned resolution: 61 cm panchromatic, 2.5 m in multispectral mode

US satellite operated by Earth Watch Inc later renamed DigitalGlobe.

Specifications

Prime contractor	Ball aerospace
Platform	BPC-2000
Mass at launch	1028 kg
Payload mass	300 kg
Dry mass	995 kg
Dimension	3 x 1.6 x 1.6 m
Solar array	5.2 m
Stabilization
DC power	350 W
Design lifetime	5 years

End of live:

Re-entered date:	27 Jan 2015
Lifetime:

Description:

High quality earth imagery and geo-spatial information products; highest resolution commercial satellite in orbit.
Body-pointed spacecraft with ± 30° fore-and-aft, and side-to-side pointing capability. Had four 4.4 N hydrazine thrusters.

Panchromatic Sensor

Wavebands	450-900 nm
Resolution	0.82 m, image size: 22 km x 22 km (enhanced to 0.61 m?)
Field of regard	704 km

Multispectral Sensor

Wavebands	Blue: 450-520 nm Green: 520-600 nm Red: 630-690 nm Near IR: 760-900 nm
Resolution	3.28 m, image size: 22 km x 22 km (enhanced to 2.44 m?)
Field of regard	704 km

Camera provided by Kodak. On-board data storage: 137 Gigabits. Carries 2 GPS receivers.

The uplink and downlink receivers both use NSA-approved encryption/decryption, with an emergency time-out on the uplink decryptor to allow unencrypted access in case of a system failure. Uplink: S-band (2 kbps), Downlink: X-band (4, 16 or 256 kbps)

Ref: #3(SD507), #7, #15 - update: 29.03.15