2020 Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation—Remote sensing satellite compendium

Abstract

First posted September 3, 2020 Revised October 5, 2020 For additional information, contact: Director, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS)U.S. Geological Survey47914 252nd Street Sioux Falls, SD 57198 The Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) is a collaboration between five Federal agencies that are major users and producers of satellite land remote sensing data. In recent years, the JACIE group has observed ever-increasing numbers of remote sensing satellites being launched. This rapidly growing wave of new systems creates a need for a single reference for land remote sensing satellites that provides basic system specifications and linkage to any JACIE assessment that may have been completed on existing systems. This volume has been assembled by the Requirements, Capabilities, and Analysis for Earth Observation Project under the U.S. Geological Survey National Land Imaging Program as a contribution to the JACIE community. This is the second edition of the JACIE compendium, which is planned to be updated and released annually.