Dataset Details
Earth Topics (Applications)
Instrument type
Instrument
Mission
| Operators: |
| ESA/REDU |
| Date of Launch: |
| 22 October 2001 |
| Mission Status: |
| Operating nominally |
| Orbit Height: |
| 615 km |
| Orbit type: |
| LEO Sun-synchronous |
| Swath Width: |
| 14 km |
The HRC (High Resolution Camera) was launched aboard ESA's Proba-1 satellite on 22 October 2001, and is primarily intended for technology, educational and general public information purposes.
The HRC has a field of view of 0.358 degrees, and from the current orbit of Proba-1 of about 600km the HRC provides images with a pixel resolution of 8m. The data are grey scale images, an image contains 1026 x 1026 pixels.
HRC data is supplied in BMP format.
Data Set Specifications
| Spatial coverage: |
90 N, 90 S, 180 W, 180 E |
| Temporal coverage: | 2002-10-01 - current day |
Processing level
Level 1
How to access this data
Data are available online upon Fast Registration.
Terms & Conditions applicable
Utilisation of this data is subject to ESA's Earth Observation Terms and Conditions
Resources
Note on CHRIS Acquisition Procedure and Image Geometry
Technical Note