Objectives and Applications
QuickBird-2 is an imaging satellite of DigitalGlobe Inc., USA, offering commercial imagery. The DigitalGlobe system has been developed to facilitate the collection and archival of high quality Earth imagery data and to provide an easy-to-use and flexible distribution system. QuickBird's global collection of panchromatic and multispectral imagery is designed to support applications ranging from map publishing to land and asset management to insurance risk assessment.
Full Name
QuickBird-2
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Digital Globe
Launch Date
18 Oct 2001
Mission Links
EOL Date
17 Dec 2015
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
93.4 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
98 deg
Orbit Altitude
450 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:30
Repeat Cycle
1 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
BGIS 2000 - Ball Global Imaging System 2000 |
QuickBird-2 ESA archive
Jan-2015 | QuickBird-2 was an Earth-imaging satellite of Maxar, with data distributed by
European Space Imaging (EUSI). It was designed to be the world’s highestresolution commercial Earth-imaging satellite. Initially, at the fairly low orbital
altitude of 450 km to obtain higher resolution but at the expense of swath width,
in mid-April 2011, the orbit was raised to 482 km to extend the mission duration. The collection is composed by the copy of products requested by ESA supported projects
over their areas of interest around the world, and access is provided through the TPM scheme. - Read more |
QuickBird-2 Full Archive
Jan-2015 | QuickBird-2 was an Earth-imaging satellite of Maxar, with data distributed by
European Space Imaging (EUSI). It was designed to be the world’s highestresolution commercial Earth-imaging satellite. Initially, at the fairly low orbital
altitude of 450 km to obtain higher resolution but at the expense of swath width,
in mid-April 2011, the orbit was raised to 482 km to extend the mission duration. ESA offers access to worldwide QuickBird-2 archived data via the TPM scheme. - Read more |