EO-1 (Hyperion, ALI) satellite imagery

EO-1 (Earth Observing-1) was launched on November 21, 2000 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. EO-1 turned to be the first satellite of the New Millennium Program held by NASA. The basic concept of the satellite was to replace Landsat-7 operating in orbit since 1999.

EO-1 was set into polar sun-synchronous orbit at the height of 705 km (in-plane orbit of Landsat-7, 1 minute back). EO-1 is fitted with ALI, Hyperion and LAC equipment detecting and eliminating atmospheric disturbance. Hyperspectral sensor Hyperion acquires digital satellite imagery with spatial resolution from 30m in 220 spectral visible and IR bands.

Upon successful termination of 1-year orbital mission of EO-1 it was decided to prolong its orbital lifetime without date.

EO-1 satellite imagery applications

• Inventory and regulation of the forests and accurate species classifying, precision forest health gauge (anthropogenic stress (human impact), vermin and fragile definition).
• Crop mapping, monitoring and assessment of the crop state and contamination, determination of the crop fragile, crop yields forecasting.
• Soil mapping. Determining soil mineral and aggregate-size distribution, assessment of the soil fertility.
• Broad spectrum of simple geological and geological-survey projects.
• Searching and grounding the non-metallic and ore mineral perspective appraisal survey places.
• Workflow mapping of vegetation, landscapes and land use.
• Monitoring and forecasting of such impacts as: bogginess and desertification, salinification, karsts, erosion, forest and grass fires, flooding etc.