Firm aims for first commercial high-resolution spacecraft.
| Autor: | Anselmo, Joesph C. |
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| Zdroj: | Aviation Week & Space Technology; 9/16/1996, Vol. 145 Issue 12, p51, 1p, 1 Color Photograph |
| Abstrakt: | Examines EarthWatch Inc.'s so-called EarlyBird satellite. The date of its scheduled launch; The Russian booster on which it will be launched; 15-meter panchromatic resolution, which it is designed to provide; Plans to to launch two so-called QuickBirds as complementary satellites; Background on EarthWatch; Some of its competitors, including Space Imaging, the Orbital Imaging Corp. and GDE Systems; Payloads for the EarlyBird; The orbits planned for the satellites. |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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