Satellite Imagery Order Planner

Turn a rectangular area, acquisition requirements and optional supplier quote into a printable imagery brief and storage estimate.

Area and Product

AOI width (km)AOI height (km) Desired pixel spacing (m/pixel) Sensor type Must collect at night?Need natural-color photography?

Acquisition Requirements

Requested first dateRequested last dateMaximum cloud cover (%)Acquisitions needed

Dates, cloud cover and pixel spacing are requested specifications. This tool does not check an archive or predict successful collection.

Storage Assumptions

Stored bandsStored bits per bandAssumed compression ratio (1 = none)

Optional Supplier Quote (USD)

Price per km² per acquisition ($)Minimum billable area per acquisition (km²)Other fee per acquisition ($)

Only enter an applicable supplier quote; minimum areas, licensing and tasking terms vary. One minimum-area charge and one fee are applied per acquisition.

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Method context: ESA on SAR collection and NASA on pixel spacing versus actual sensor resolution. Area is width × height; price is max(area, quoted minimum) × quoted rate, plus the quoted fee, for each acquisition.