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About GEOSAT-1
GEOSAT-1 (formerly known as Deimos-1) is an Earth-imaging microsatellite, built for Elecnor Deimos of Spain, which launched on 29 July 2009 and remains operational. It is now owned and operated by GEOSAT.
It is part of a group of satellites collectively known as the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) and was the first private European Earth observation satellite launched.
| Orbit Height | 663 km |
| Orbit Type | Sun-synchronous near-circular |
| Orbit Inclination | 81° |
| Revisit Time | Daily coverage at a resolution that enables effective monitoring of the rapidly changing environment |
GEOSAT-1 Objectives
The GEOSAT-1 mission objectives are commercial with the optical satellite images aimed at services and applications in maritime, agriculture, environment and forestry within the Iberian Peninsula region and Europe.
There is a common design of the GEOSAT-1 and UK-DMC-2 spacecraft. Both spacecraft are developed to carry out a commercially-focused operational imaging mission, supporting rapid-response, large-area mapping for a range of applications.
GEOSAT-1 Instruments
Multi-Spectral Camera (MSC/SLIM6)
The MSC instrument on board GEOSAT-1 is a multi-spectral imager with a resolution of 22 metres and 650 kilometres of swath, operating in green, red and near-infrared spectra. A key objective met by the instrument is delivering complete coverage of Spain and Portugal every five days.
| Name | SLIM-6 (Surrey Linear Imager Multispectral 6 channels) |
| Model | Eastman Kodak KLI linear CCD sensor |
| Swath Width | 650 km (325 per bank) |
| Spatial Resolution (IFOV) | 22 m GSD (at nadir), IFOV is 32.07 µm (or 0.00184º or 6.62 arcsec). |
| Bands | NIR, Red and Green |
| Bands Spectral Range | 0.52-0.60 µm (green) 0.63-0.69 µm (red) 0.77-0.90 µm (NIR) |
| Swath Width | 600 km |
GEOSAT-1 Data
DATA COLLECTIONS
ESA is offering, for scientific research and application development, access to Full archive and New Tasking of GEOSAT-1 data upon submission and acceptance of a project proposal. These products are available as part of the GEOSAT.
ESA will support as many high-quality and innovative projects as possible within the quota limit available, therefore, for the "on demand" TPM, only a limited amount of products can be made available to each project.
Find out about GEOSAT-1 data collections:
ESA offers registered users access through the Online Dissemination server to the following data collections: