Quickbird 1 |
USA |
| Designation | 26617 / 00074A |
| Launch date | 20 Nov 2000 - 23:00 UT |
| Launch site | Plesetsk, LC132/1 |
| Launch vehicle | Cosmos-3M (11K65M - S/N 47165-631) |
| Mission | Remote sensing, Imaging |
| Sun-synchronous Earth orbit: | |
| Perigee/Apogee | 600 km, non-sun-synchronous |
| Inclination | 66° |
| Period | |
| Prime contractor | Ball aerospace |
| Platform | BPC-2000 |
| Mass at launch | 931 kg |
| Payload mass | 300 kg |
| Dry mass | 899 kg |
| Dimension | 3 x 1.6 x 1.6 m |
| Solar array | 5.2 m |
| Stabilization | |
| DC power | 350 W |
| Design lifetime | 5 years |
| Out of service | 20 Nov 2000 |
| Cause | Not clear yet, possibly a failure of the second stage of the rocket which did not restart at apogee. The satellite would then have falled back to earth. |
| Decay | 21 Nov 2000 close to South America |
| Wavebands | 450-900 nm |
| Resolution | 0.82 m, image size: 22 km x 22 km |
| Field of regard | 704 km |
| Wavebands |
Blue:
450-520 nm Green: 520-600 nm Red: 630-690 nm Near IR: 760-900 nm |
| Resolution | 3.28 m, image size: 22 km x 22 km |
| Field of regard | 704 km |