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FOREST-2
Description
OroraTech is a thermal-infrared data intelligence company that monitors Earth’s temperature continuously on a global scale. The satellite-based camera FOREST-1 is designed to quickly capture thermal-infrared data and transmit critical information to decision-makers on the ground.
Technical information
Spectral bands | MWIR, LWIR1, LWIR2 |
Ground Sampling Distance (GSD) | Thermal Infrared (TIR) Design: 200 m Threshold (max): 250 m |
Swath | TIR Design: 410 km Threshold (min): 335 km |
Orbit | 540 km Local Time at Descending Node (LTDN) ~13:00-14:00 |
Image quality (modulation transfer function at Nyquist) | Design: 10% Threshold: 5% |
Acquisition modes | Scanning, Tasking |
Revisit time scanning (NADIR pointing mode only) | 7 d |
Revisit time tasking | Minimum at equator: 0.5 d Maximum at equator: 6.5 d Average at equator: 1.9 d |
Data products | Level 1 product: Brightness temperature (K) |
Data format | GeoTIFF |
Coverage | Global |
Minimum AOI size | Priority 2 Tasking: 50,000 km2 Priority 1 Tasking: 200,000 km2 |
Minimum width | 100 km |
Scene size | Clipped AOI Max. 400 x 2000 km |