Default Satellites

SPOT-7 orbit is now modified to be not Sun Synchronous.

Sentinel-1B has been removed because not any more operational

Modified AQUA orbit to account for departure from nominal SSO orbit

Updated COSMO-Skymed-SG-2 to Sun Synchronous

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Removed SPOT-5 because decommissioned

Deimos-2 sensor resolution changed to 0.75 m

TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X and PAZ sensor definitions have been updated to implement the following frame sizes SC= 22 sec, WS= 29 sec, SM= 8 sec

TanDEM-X has been set to disengaged, because flying in formation at a close distance from TerraSAR-X it would produce practically the same swaths and footprints, cluttering the views

COSMO-Skymed-SG configuration has been updated to remove the Eclipse constraint on its sensors

Updated COSMO-Skymed-SG-1 to Sun Synchronous

COSMO-Skymed-SG sensor beam geometries have been updated following input from ASI

Changed satellites names to COSMO-Skymed-1,2,3 and 4

Changed CSG1 and 2 names to COSMO-Skymed-SG-1 and 2

New 3D model for CSG

Updated Sentinel-2 sensor configuration to include calibration and observation modes

Updated Sentinel-3 OLCI configuration with Sun Zenith Angle constraints

Updated LANDSAT-7 orbit as not Sun Synchronous

RESOURCESAT-1 (IRS-P6) orbit has been updated for a 3 day repeat cycle and 43 cycle length.

TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X framing definitions have been updated:

- Keep Boundaries = true

- Floating frame align = ALIGN AT CENTER

- Frame size Wide scanar = 29 sec

- Frame size Scansar = 22 sec

- Frames size Stripmap = 8 sec

Added Sentinel-1B after its recent launch

Added Sentinel-2B and Sentinel-3A

Polarization parameters have been added to several SAR sensors.

Sentinel-1 sensor geometries have been tuned to be aligned with footprints ESA Sentinel-1 plan files

Updated Sentinel-1 sensors including:

- addition of RFC mode

- setting Exclusive Group rules among different modes

- maximum Transition Time of 4 seconds between mode instruments

- Wave mode is set to apply only over ocean.

Cosmo Skymed, TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X and Sentinel-1A satellites have been reconfigured with Total Zero Doppler steering via pitch steering.

Sentinel-1A has been configured wth PERPENDICULAR Z-Pointing

Updated RADARSAT-2 aligning to latest APT baseline in BeamDefinitions.cfg

• Updated SQ2 in Standard Quad Polarization SQ
• Updated FQ1 e FQ2 in Fine Quad Polarization FQ

Modified TLE source addresses

Modified SPOT-5 sensors to have sensor steering convention as "LeftIsPositive", correcting problem observed when editing swaths on the map and doing manual cross-track sensor steering.

Update of TLEs

Added Sentinel-1A after its recent launch

Corrected TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X Spotlight mode (SL) scene dimensions to fixed 10 x 10 km

Update to fix Radarsat-2 sensor geometries, aligning to latest APT baseline (v2.175 of August 2012). It fixes Spotlight mode Az x Rng flip problem.

Removed Radarsat-1 due to end of life

Fixed Radarsat-2 duration constraints for all beams to handle Minimum Durations instead of Threshold Durations. The Threshold Durations caused small swaths to disappear. Now they will be extended to cope with the minimum duration constraint.

Landsat-8: Yaw Steering disabled as for Landsat-7

Updated Cosmo-Skymed constellation

Updated orbit data and geometry xml format

Removed SPOT-4 due to end of life

Modified Spotlight sensors configuration on Cosmo, Tandem-X and TerraSAR-X. We have disabled the Duration constraint which was redundant with the Spotlight and created a problem with TrimSide settings.

Removed Nigeriasat-1 due to end of life.

Added METOP-B, following its recent launch

Added SPOT-6, following its recent launch

Cosmo Skymed Sensor Modes under ScanSAR (HugeRegion) are renamed from HG-xx to HR-xx

Removed Envisat due to end of mission in April 2012

Removed Landsat-5 due to end of mission in March 2012

Added Kompsat-3

Added Mean Local Solar Time drift parameters to Cosmo-Skymed satellites to stabilize the Sun Synchronous Orbit predictions over long term.

Cosmo-Skymed 1..4 Beams HG-00 and WR-00 are now back to operational (engaged for planning)

Cosmo-Skymed 1..4 ScanSAR (HugeRegion) - Left HG-00 is now disengaged.

Instrument bit rates have been configured on all sensors

Envisat orbit has been updated with a new Orbit Event File covering until September 2102

Cosmo Skymed: Spotlight mode integration time has been modified from 3.3 seconds to 7.3 seconds to account for actual duration of the spotlight acquisition.

Radarsat-2 Wide Ultrafine beams have been updated in accordance with RADARSAT-2 Mode/Beam Descriptions v2.156 (BeamDefinitions.cfg file in Radarsat-2 APT)

SAC-C track numbers have been aligned to Landsat WRS

TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X are now configured with framing (scene) definitions for ScanSAR (100 x 150 km) and StripMap (30 x 50 km)

Added Nigerisat-X

Updated TLE orbit parameters with latest predictions.

Added support for Nigeriasat-2 3D model

Cosmo-Skymed satellites have now prioritized sensor definitions such that Right looking acquisitions will be preferred over Left looking, reflecting the current CS operational policy.

Radarsat-2 is now configured with Slew Plan and Outages definition using the same files of the Radarsat-2 APT.

Cosmo-Skymed satellites SpotLight modes have been configured with the SpotLight constraint configured, activating the new SpotLight handling function (as of SaVoir 4.4.7)

TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X sensor definitions have been upgraded to accommodate SpotLight (10x10km) and High Resolution SpotLight (5x10 km) modes

Radarsat-2 Wide beams have now a Spatial Resolution parameter, which was missing in previous versions

SPOT-2 removed because it ended its operational life in end-June 2009.

TerraSAR-X and TANDEM-X: Spot Light modes have been modified so that the swath width is exactly 10 km (it was 17 km before, according to the theoretical beam width)

Fixed NigeriaSat 2 to show the default sensor mode at 0 degrees (center)

Envisat beams have been modified according to the latest Envisat 2010 configuration with particular attention to ASAR / AP beam footprints which are slightly different than ASAR / IM, and to nominal frame settings for AATSR, MERIS and ASAR/GM which were not configured with framing before.

ERS-2 has been removed due to satellite end of life.

Cosmo-Skymed satellites have been added.

Added Nigeriasat 2

Fixed error in the definition of Envisat ROEF file name, which missed the final extension N1

Radarsat-2 configuration updated as per last Radarsat-2 APT configuration update: "Added F0W3 to complement and extend the incidence angle range of the existing F0W1 and F0W2 Fine Wide beam mode"

SPOT-2 is now configured with two HRV independent units, HRV1 and HRV2.

SPOT-4 is now configured with two HRVIR independent units, HRVIR1 and HRVIR2.

SPOT-5 is now configured with two HRG independent units, HRG1 and HRG2.

18/06/2011

Radarsat-2 configuration has changed to add new operational beam modes: Wide Ultra Fine, Wide Multi-Look Fine, Wide Fine, Wide Ultra-Fine, Wide Fine Quad, Wide Standard Quad.

• Removed dismissed satellites ALOS, ALSAT-1, BILSAT-1.

• Envisat Reference Orbit files updated.

• Added NOAA-18, NOAA-19 and Metop-A

ALOS satellite has been configured without Sun Synchronous modifier to cope with the satellite anomaly of 22 April 2011.

All satellites with Sun Synchronous orbits have been modified to host also a pure Two Line Element orbit to allow comparing predictions.

TLE source has been modified for all satellites to be fed from Taitus web site which provides updates every 6 hours directly fed from Space Track.

Envisat orbit modified to host new ROEF (v18).

ERS nominal orbit is now the 3/43 Ice Phase orbit (3 day cycle, 43 orbits per cycle).

IRS-P6 name modified to RESOURCESAT-1

Added RESOURCESAT-2

Added KOMPSAT-2

IRS-1C removed because Mission completed on September 21, 2007 after serving for 11 years and 8 months.

IRS-1D removed because Mission completed during January 2010 after serving for 12 years and 3 months.

IRS-P4 (Oceansat) removed because Mission completed on August 8, 2010 after serving for 11 years and 2 months.

Radarsat-1 sensor modes and orbit have been completely updated to make them compatible with the Radarsat-1 official Swath Planner application.

Radarsat-2 sensor modes and orbit have been completely updated to make them compatible with the Radarsat-2 official Acquisition Planning Tool application.

Sun-Synchronous orbit modifier has been removed in some satellites that are not anymore operated and manoeuvred within their nominal Sun Synchronous repeat cycle and cycle length, e.g. Cartosat-1, Spot-2, Spot-4.

Updated TLE orbit parameters with latest predictions.

Correction in the orbit numbering of Radarsat-1.

Updated TLE orbit parameters with latest predictions.

New orbit configuration for Radarsat-1, compatible with the Radarsat-1 Swath Planner tool

New orbit configuration for Radarsat-2, compatible with the Radarsat-2 Acquisition planning Tool.

Fix in the TerraSAR-X and TANDEM-X sensor configuration, correcting and sign error in the SM SP Full Performance Left Field of Regard.

Format modification with new Attitude section under each satellite, declaring the Yaw Steering state.

Updated TLE orbit parameters with latest predictions.

ERS-2: the upcoming Ice Phase orbit (starting Feb 2011) with RC/CL = 3 / 43 has been added to the ERS-2 orbits collection

Updated TLE orbit parameters with latest predictions.

Envisat Orbit default has been set to "2010 Reference Orbit Event File".

Updated TLE orbit parameters with latest predictions.

Envisat Orbit default has been set to "2010 Orbit Scenario File". Old "Sunsynchronous nominal orbit" has been removed.

Beijing-1 satellite was wrongly declared as belonging to Algeria, instead of China, and has been corrected.

Updated TLE orbit parameters with latest predictions.

Envisat 2010+ orbit files are updated with latest ones provided by ESA. This includes MPL_ORB_SCVRGT20101012_091618_00000000_00000003_20020301_025355_20781231_235959.N1 and MPL_ORB_EVVRGT20101012_093254_00000000_00000016_20101024_070525_20110125_215953.N1

Envisat 2010+ orbit file is now correctly configured in the Envisat orbit section. Select orbit "2010 Orbit Scenario File". Orbit predictions are valid from 26th October 2010 onwards.

Updated TLE orbit parameters with latest predictions.

Envisat satellite incorporates now the ASAR WV mode as a Leap Frog footprint, defined as small imagettes of 10x10km separated by 100km in alternative incident angles (e.g. first IS2 then IS4 then IS2,...).

Updated TLE orbit parameters with latest predictions.

New Envisat ROEF, to comply with Envisat 2010+ scenario following the manoeuvre that will take place on end October 2010.

Updated TLE orbit parameters with latest predictions.

Modified IRS instrument configuration. LISS-3 is now split in two different sensors, LISS-2 SWIR and LISS-3 VNIR, to account for operation under SZA constraint or not.