SATELLITE INSTRUMENT
EROS-B
The Earth Remote Observation System-B (EROS-B) is the second Israeli commercial Earth observation satellite of the EROS series. Launched in 2006, it can perform sub-metre resolution panchromatic imagery. While mainly used for emergency monitoring, it can also also monitor nighttime lights.
TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
Panchromatic Imaging Camera-2 (PIC-2)
STATUS
Operational
DATA AVAILABILITY
Yes, on a fee
TIME RANGE
Since 2006
FREQUENCY OF MEASUREMENT
Continuous
(4 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
500 – 900 nm
OBSERVED AREA
Global
FIELD-OF-VIEW
7 km swath
POINTING DIRECTION
Varying
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
0.7 m
ORBIT TYPE
Sun-synchronous low altitude polar orbit (500 km)
FURTHER REFERENCES
– High spatial resolution night time images with EROS-B (read the article)
– Comparison between SQM and EROS-b measurements to quantify urban light pollution (read the article)
– EROS-B on ESA CEOS portal
– EROS-B on eoPortal
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