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1 Satellite Classification Prof. Arnon Karnieli The Remote Sensing Laboratory Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research Ben-Gurion University of the
1 Satellite Classification Prof. Arnon Karnieli The Remote
Sensing Laboratory Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Sede-Boker Campus 84990, ISRAEL
Prof. Arnon Karnieli The Remote Sensing Laboratory Jacob Blaustein
Institute for Desert Research Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Sede-Boker Campus 84990, ISRAEL
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2 Satellite nameSensor name NOAA AVHRR LandsatMSS Landsat TM
LandsatETM+ TerraMODIS TerraASTER TerraMOPITT TerraMISR TerraCERES
Several sensors on the same satellite Different sensors generations
System names
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3 1. By orbit Geo-stationary satellites Orbital satellites 2.
By mission Meteorological satellites Communication satellites
Navigation/Geodetic satellites Reconnaissance satellites Scientific
satellites Earth resources satellites 3. By sensor type Frame
camera Whiskbroom sensor Pushbroom sensor Satellite
Classification
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4 Geo-stationary satellites Orbital satellites Classification
by Orbit
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5 Geostasionary satellites Conditions: Above the Equator
Distance: 36,000 km
9 Sun-synchronous orbit - a polar orbit where the satellite
always crosses the Equator at the same local solar time. Sun
synchronous orbits
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10 Other orbits Low-inclination, non-Sun- synchronous orbits
Tropics, mid-latitudes, varying sampling Typical altitude 200-2,000
km 40 The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
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11 Classification of meteorological satellites
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12 Global Coverage IDOC
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13 Global Coverage
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14 Global thermal-infrared mosaic
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15 Communication satellites
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16 Communication satellites
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17 Navigation/Geodetic Satellites Geodetic survey satellites
accurately measure distance and direction between two points on the
Earth's surface
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18 Navigation/Geodetic Satellites
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19 24 satellites, orbiting 20,000 km above the Earth in 12-
hour circular orbits. Global Positioning System (GPS)
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20 GPS applications
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21 GPS applications
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22 GPS applications
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23 Reconnaissance satellites
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24 ? Corona looks at Kremlin, 1965
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25 Red Square Lenins tomb Line to view stiff Kremlin wall Gum
Dept. Store Corona looks at Kremlin, 1965
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26 IKONOS images US downed spy plane in China IKONOS
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27 COsmic Background Explorer ( COBE) Scientific satellite
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28 Carbon Monoxide Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere
(MOPITT) instrument aboard NASAs Terra: carbon monoxide plumes at
an altitude of roughly 2 km (700 millibars) in the atmosphere over
the Houston area, Texas, USA. Scientific satellite
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29 Frame Camera Whiskbroom (across-track) Scanner Pushbroom
(along-track) Scanner Satellite Classification by Sensor Type