RapidEye (RESA) - Level 3A OrthoTile

The RapidEye Earth observation system comprised five satellites equipped with high-resolution optical sensors. Co-funded by the German Federal Government, the fleet of satellites was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2008. RapidEye is owned by Planet Labs, Inc. It has been operated by Planet Labs Germany GmbH until the constellation was retired in March 2020.

With all 5 satellites arranged in one orbit the RapidEye constellation was capable of taking images of the Earth's surface at high repeat rates with a maximum of 5 million km² per day. With a spatial resolution of 6.5m the 5-band sensors onboard the RapidEye satellites operated in the visible and near-infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. For more information see: https://www.dlr.de/rd/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-2440/3586_read-5336/

The PlanetScope data of this collection has been purchased by the German Space Agency with funds from the Ministry of Economy and is available for Germany-based researchers for scientific use. The data collection is maintained by the German Satellite Data Archive (D-SDA) of DLR’s Earth Observation Center and can be accessed via the EOWEB Geoportal.

The RapidEye Analytic Ortho Tile (L3A) product is orthorectified, multispectral data and is suitable for many data science and analytic applications that require imagery with an accurate geolocation and cartographic projection. It eliminates the perspective effect on the ground (not on buildings), restoring the geometry of a vertical shot. In addition to orthorectification, the imagery has radiometric corrections applied to correct for any sensor artifacts and transformation to at-sensor radiance.

For more details see:

https://assets.planet.com/docs/Planet_Combined_Imagery_Product_Specs_letter_screen.pdf

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Planet Labs, Inc.. RapidEye (RESA) - Level 3A OrthoTile. https://gdk.gdi-de.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/d04a9e1a-0696-4442-9876-9a6dc6b40b58

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Date ( Creation ): 2014-09-01T12:00:00

Edition

Identifier: https://geoservice.dlr.de/catalogue/srv/metadata/d04a9e1a-0696-4442-9876-9a6dc6b40b58

Presentation form: Digital image

Purpose

Status: Completed

Point of contact

Planet Labs, Inc.

Point of contact

German Space Agency at DLR

Author

Planet Labs, Inc. - ( )

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )

Orthoimagery

Spatial scope ( Theme )

Global

Keywords

urn:eop:DLR:EOWEB:RapidEye.RESA.L3A
RapidEye
REIS
Optical
visible wavelengths
infrared wavelengths

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