Near Space Labs

Very high resolution 10 cm optical aerial imagery, acquired over the US with a revisit rate of 5 times a day.

Overview

Near Space Labs imagery is acquired by a fleet of stratospheric balloons up to 5 times a day. See more on the marketplace.

A Near Space Labs image of Odessa (USA)

Geographic coverage and restrictions

The datasets cover the USA.

Data products

Data product	Type	Spectral bands combination
Custom	Tasking	3-band: multispectral (RGB)

Specifications

General

Specification	Description
Collection type	Tasking
Product type	Optical
System type	Aerial

Data

Specification	Description
Resolution	Available resolutions: 10 cm 30 cm
Bit depth per pixel	8-bit
Delivery format	A ZIP file containing the following files: Data (GeoTIFF) Thumbnails (PNG)
Masks	Transparency
NoData value	0

Processing levels

	Primary	Georectified	Orthorectified
Basic
TOA
Surface reflectance
Display

System

Specification	Description
Acquisition mode	Mono
Incidence angle	Up to 30°
Tasking priority	Standard
Revisit rate	5 times a day

Band data

Specification	Description
Spectral bands	RGB

Geographic reference

Specification	Description
Coordinate reference system	UTM-NAD83
Positional accuracy	5 m CE90 absolute

Limitations

Limitation	Value
Input	AOI
Output	Scenes of a certain size intersecting the defined AOI: 10 cm resolution: 0.4×0.33 km 30 cm resolution: 1.4×1 km

API integration

Data product	Type	Name and ID	Collection name
Custom	Tasking	Name: `nsl-tasking` ID: `21591ec1-8365-46a6-8f63-5f9cfff2f53e`	`nsl-tasking`