Deimos-1 Mission information

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DEIMOS-1 satellite, a SSTL-100 platform designed by SSTL, was successfully launched on the 29th of July 2009, from the Baikonur Rocket (Kazakhstan). DEIMOS-1 mission, fully owned and operated by DEIMOS Imaging S.L. (DMI) offers a new source of geospatial information for resolution satellite imagery users around the World.
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DEIMOS-1 Mission Information

Owner

DEIMOS Imaging S.L.

Constructor

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL)

Rocket and place of launch

 Dnepr, Baikonur (Kazakhstan)

Date of launch

 29th of July 2009

Ground stations

1 in Boecillo (Spain) and 1 in Svalbard (Norway)

Nominal life

 5 years

 

DEIMOS-1 Main Technical Characteristics

Platform

MicroSat-100 bus

Sensors

SLIM-6: 6 channels CCD

Nominal orbit

680 km

Mass

 110 kg (micro satellite)

Dimensions

 63.2 cm x 63.2 cm x 108.5 cm

Orbital period

 1 h 37 min 56 sec

Perigee

 ≈ 642 km

Apogee

 ≈ 680 km

Inclination

 ≈ 98.13 degrees

LTAN (Local Time at Ascending Node)

 10:30 UTC

Orbit type

 Polar, sun synchronous

Swath

 ≈ 600 km (8 bits) / ≈ 498 km (10 bits)

Excentricity

 0.002

On board storage

 4 GB

Pointing

 Nadir

Radiometric resolution

 8 bits : 0-255 / 10 bits : 0-1023
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- Satellite Image (extract): Nakadale Volcano and Town of Aso, Japan - ©2010 Deimos IMAGING -
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Satellite Image (extract): Nakadale Volcano and Town of Aso, Japan - ©2010 Deimos IMAGING

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