Satellites Archives - GIS Geography https://gisgeography.com/tag/satellites/ Geographic Information Systems Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:48:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://gisgeography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-GISGeography-SiteIcon-32x32.jpg Satellites Archives - GIS Geography https://gisgeography.com/tag/satellites/ 32 32 RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) https://gisgeography.com/radarsat-constellation-mission-rcm/ https://gisgeography.com/radarsat-constellation-mission-rcm/#respond Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:50:00 +0000 https://gisgeography.com/?p=90553 The RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) consists of three satellites. Using SAR, these satellites can see through clouds and darkness.

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]]> https://gisgeography.com/radarsat-constellation-mission-rcm/feed/ 0 Landsat 9: A Legacy of Earth Observation https://gisgeography.com/landsat-9/ https://gisgeography.com/landsat-9/#respond Sat, 23 Apr 2022 11:35:39 +0000 https://gisgeography.com/?p=69070 In order to continue the Landsat program's long-standing legacy, NASA and the USGS launched Landsat-9 in September 2021 as the 9th satellite.

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]]> https://gisgeography.com/landsat-9/feed/ 0 GOES vs POES: A Tale of Two Weather Satellites https://gisgeography.com/goes-poes-geostationary-polar-operational-environmental-satellites/ https://gisgeography.com/goes-poes-geostationary-polar-operational-environmental-satellites/#respond Sat, 08 Feb 2020 14:47:59 +0000 https://gisgeography.com/?p=20014 GOES and POES are both operational environmental satellites. But they actually share more in common such as their 40+ year legacy in space.

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]]> https://gisgeography.com/goes-poes-geostationary-polar-operational-environmental-satellites/feed/ 0 Worldview Satellite by Maxar https://gisgeography.com/worldview-satellite/ https://gisgeography.com/worldview-satellite/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2020 01:37:53 +0000 https://gisgeography.com/?p=43994 DigitalGlobe’s cutting-edge high resolution Worldview satellite carves out ridiculously crisp imagery at 31 cm in 8 spectral bands.

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]]> https://gisgeography.com/worldview-satellite/feed/ 0 MODIS: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer https://gisgeography.com/modis-satellite/ https://gisgeography.com/modis-satellite/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2019 13:00:32 +0000 https://gisgeography.com/?p=19419 Despite popular belief MODIS is a satellite, it's actually an instrument on-board a satellite. It has 36 bands, 250-1000 meter resolution and 2-day revisits.

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]]> https://gisgeography.com/modis-satellite/feed/ 0 The 50 Most Influential Satellites in Remote Sensing https://gisgeography.com/earth-satellite-list/ https://gisgeography.com/earth-satellite-list/#comments Sat, 02 Nov 2019 13:52:27 +0000 http://gisgeography.com/?p=12239 A list of the 50 most iconic satellites put up into space to monitor our planet. We show the uses and types of satellites like weather and GPS satellites.

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]]> https://gisgeography.com/earth-satellite-list/feed/ 25 Landsat 8 Bands and Band Combinations https://gisgeography.com/landsat-8-bands-combinations/ https://gisgeography.com/landsat-8-bands-combinations/#comments Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:19:45 +0000 https://gisgeography.com/?p=20152 We list Landsat 8 bands as well as popular band combinations which includes coastal, blue, green, red, NIR, SWIR-1, SWIR-2, cirrus and two thermal bands.

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]]> https://gisgeography.com/landsat-8-bands-combinations/feed/ 12 Sentinel 2 Bands and Combinations https://gisgeography.com/sentinel-2-bands-combinations/ https://gisgeography.com/sentinel-2-bands-combinations/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:24:22 +0000 https://gisgeography.com/?p=20267 Sentinel 2 has a total of 13 bands. Each band is 10, 20 or 60 meters in pixel size. This includes red, green, blue, near infrared and short infrared bands.

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]]> https://gisgeography.com/sentinel-2-bands-combinations/feed/ 15 AVHRR: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer https://gisgeography.com/avhrr-advanced-very-high-resolution-radiometer/ https://gisgeography.com/avhrr-advanced-very-high-resolution-radiometer/#respond Sun, 03 Mar 2019 20:44:42 +0000 https://gisgeography.com/?p=18829 AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) spatial resolution is actually very coarse at 1.1 km. But its revisit times are "very high" at just one day.

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]]> https://gisgeography.com/avhrr-advanced-very-high-resolution-radiometer/feed/ 0 Sentinel Satellites of the Copernicus Programme https://gisgeography.com/sentinel-satellites-copernicus-programme/ https://gisgeography.com/sentinel-satellites-copernicus-programme/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2018 23:42:22 +0000 http://gisgeography.com/?p=18394 Copernicus is the world's largest and most ambitious Earth observation program in existence today with its Sentinel satellites taking center stage.

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