Umbra

Very high resolution 25 cm SAR satellite imagery, acquired worldwide with a revisit rate of 4 times a day.

Overview

Umbra is a constellation of microsatellites equipped with an X-band and capturing SAR imagery in 25 cm, 35 cm, 50 cm, and 1 m azimuth resolutions.

An Umbra image of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Data products

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    A custom data product delivered with the acquisition, processing, and other parameters of your choice.

    API DETAILS
    Name:
    umbra-tasking
    ID:
    fe2d291a-d065-481e-a083-aa2c7b901be8

Specifications

General

SpecificationDescription
ProviderUmbra
Collection type

Tasking from 73,400 credits per scene

Product typeSAR
System typeSatellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
Azimuth resolution

25 cm

35 cm

50 cm

1 m

Ground range resolutionFrom 25 cm to 1 m
Bit depth per pixel8-bit
Delivery format

A ZIP file containing the following files:

  • Data (GEC: GeoTIFF; SICD, SIDD: NITF; CPHD: CPHD)
  • Metadata (JSON)
MasksTransparency
NoData value0

Processing levels

The ordered tasking data will include all processing levels.

ComplexDetectedGeocoded

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SICD, CPHD

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SIDD

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GEC

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition modeSpot
Incidence angle

25 cm resolution: 45°

35 cm resolution: 41°

55 cm resolution: 47°

1 m resolution: 57°

Number of looks

1-look

2-look

3-look

Slant range resolutionFrom 35 cm to 1 m
OrbitSun-synchronous, at 450–600 km
Orbit direction

Ascending

Descending

Number of satellites5
Tasking priorityStandard
PolarizationSingle: HH, VV
Revisit rate4 times a day

Band data

SpecificationDescription
FrequencyX-band: 9.6 or 9.8 GHz

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemUTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy8 m CE90 absolute

Conditions

SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: POI

Output: Scenes of a certain size intersecting the defined POI:

  • 5 km × 5 km
  • 20 km × 13 km (natural footprint)

Within natural footprints, only the central 5 km × 5 km area maintains the selected resolution, while the surrounding areas might have artifacts that reduce quality.

Minimum chargeAs per 1 scene
Tasking opportunities

Order parameters that must be set to discover opportunities:

  • Geometry
  • Order name
  • Acquisition dates

Optional parameters to narrow results:

From today, opportunities for the next 7 days are provided with the following:

  • Incidence angle
  • Azimuth angle

Geographic coverage

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