The first public release of a RapidEye image is being unveiled yesterday on the company’s website. This demonstration image highlights the capabilities of RapidEye imagery in many market segments, by showing diverse landscapes that include agricultural fields, forests, cities and roads.
The image shows the area of El Bolsón in Argentina near the Argentinian-Chilean border. El Bolsón is situated in the far southwest of the Río Negro Province in Argentina at the foot of the Piltriquitron Mountain.
Recorded by RapidEye’s camera built by Jena-Optronik of Jena, Germany, from the satellite RapidEye # 1, named Choros, the image was take at a nadir view angle and has a pixel size of 5 meters.
It was downloaded to Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) in Svalbard, Norway and electronically transmitted to the RapidEye headquarters in Brandenburg, Germany.
First RapidEye Image (Natural Color)
First RapidEye Image (Infrared)
The commissioning and calibration phase that the RapidEye system is currently undergoing is expected to
last into December, allowing for commercial operations to start by the end of this year.
At that time RapidEye plans to have radiometrically corrected and orthorectified demonstration datasets available for download on the company website. They will include all accompanying metadata files.
For more information, please visit www.rapideye.de
