Quickbird

The Quickbird satellite was launched on October 18, 2001 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It uses the state-of-the-art BGIS 2000 multispectral sensor and collects data with 0.61 meter resolution. It orbits the Earth at 450 kilometers at 25,560 kilometers an hour. Its orbit period is 93.5 minutes and has between a 1 to 3.5 day revisit time, depending on certain parameters. It is one of the older satellites used for Homeland Security but still very effective.

This 0.6m QuickBird satellite image depicts the North Korean Taepodong missile complex, which became the focus of international scrutiny after a recent rocket firing incident.

This QuickBird satellite image depicts an oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the sinking of Deepwater Horizon, a semi-submersible rig whose purpose was to drill oil wells in extremely deep water.