SATELLITE INSTRUMENT
SDGSAT-1
SDGSAT-1 is the first satellite developed to support the implementation of the United National 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Launched in 2021, it monitors the indicated related to SDGs. In particular, the Low Light Level performs light pollution monitoring with high-resolution RGB imagery.
TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
Glimmer and Multispectral Imager
STATUS
Operational
DATA AVAILABILITY
Yes, on request
(proposal submission)
TIME RANGE
Since 2021
FREQUENCY OF MEASUREMENT
Continuous
(11 days revisit cycle)
DATA PUBLISHING FREQUENCY
n/a
DATA PUBLISHING DELAY
n/a
MORE INFORMATION
CALIBRATED DATA
Not specified
MEASUREMENT UNIT
n/a
WAVELENGTH RANGE
RGB (450 – 900 nm)
OBSERVED AREA
Global
FIELD-OF-VIEW
300 km swath
POINTING DIRECTION
Not specified
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
10 m / 40 m
ORBIT TYPE
Sun-synchronous low altitude polar orbit (505 km)
FURTHER REFERENCES
– SDGSAT-1 Mission
– SDG Big Data Platform
– SDGSAT-1: the world’s first scientific satellite for sustainable development goals (read the article)
– Study of illumination source types using SDGSAT-1 data (read the article)
– Radiometric calibration of SDGSAT-1 nighttime light data (read the article)
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