RapidEye launched

RapidEye's earth observation satellites launched on August 29, 2008.

RapidEye has announced that its constellation of five earth observation satellites has been launched on August 29, 2008. The satellites were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a DNEPR rocket – a converted Intercontinental Ballistic Missile – (ICBM).

Having an unrivaled combination of large-area coverage, frequent revisit intervals, high resolution and multi-spectral capabilities gives RapidEye an advantage.

• image more than 4 million km² of Earth daily
  
• reach any point on Earth daily
  
• produce imagery with 5 Meter pixel size
  
• collect imagery in five spectral bands: Blue, Green, Red, Red-Edge and Near Infrared.

RapidEye‘s satellites are the first commercial satellites to offer the Red-Edge band, which measures variances in vegetation, allowing for species separation and monitoring vegetation health.

RapidEye is a geospatial information provider focused on integrating customized solutions into the workflow of global customers in agriculture, forestry, energy, security and related markets. More updates can found on www.rapideye.de


Gallery for RapidEye data can be found here