Deimos-1 is a Spanish Earth imaging satellite which is operated by Deimos Imaging who commercializes its imagery directly but also has distribution agreements with other entities like Astrium GEO and

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History

It was constructed by

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for

Elecnor Deimos Deimos is a Spanish technology group that specializes in space, defense, transports, aeronautics, maritime, telecommunications and digital intelligence. Areas of activity Deimos operates in the following markets: * Space * Aeronautics * Maritime ...

, representing the first Spanish Earth observation satellite and the first private one in Europe. It is based on the SSTL-100

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. Deimos-1 was launched into a

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low Earth orbit A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an geocentric orbit, orbit around Earth with a orbital period, period of 128 minutes or less (making at least 11.25 orbits per day) and an orbital eccentricity, eccentricity less than 0.25. Most of the artificial object ...

. The launch was conducted by

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, who used a Dnepr

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, with

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as the primary payload. Deimos-1, along with the

UK-DMC 2 UK-DMC 2 is a British Earth imaging satellite which is operated by DMC International Imaging. It was constructed by Surrey Satellite Technology, based on the SSTL-100 satellite bus. It is part of Britain's contribution to the Disaster Monitoring ...

, Nanosat 1B, AprizeSat-3 and AprizeSat-4 satellites, were launched as secondary payloads. The rocket was launched at 18:46 GMT on 29 July 2009, from Site 109/95 at the

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. The satellite was purchased from Elecnor Deimos by Urthecast in 2015, together with Deimos-2 and Deimos Imaging, the division of the Spanish company that was in charge of the operation of both satellites.

Optical instrument

The satellite has an expected lifetime of five years. It carries a multi-spectral imager with a resolution of and of swath, operating in green, red and near infrared spectra.

Advantages

These optical satellite images open new perspectives to users of this satellite for the development of services & applications in various markets such as Maritime, Agriculture, Environment or Forestry. * Fast coverage of territories thanks to its wide swath * Near-real-time capacity * Competitive price

References

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Astrium-Geo

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History

Optical instrument

Advantages

See also

References

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