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Method for observing a region of the earth's surface, notably located at high latitudes; ground station and satellite system for implementing this method

  • US 20160006950A1
  • Filed: 07/02/2015
  • Published: 01/07/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for observing a region of the Earth'"'"'s surface, called region of interest, using a plurality of satellites moving along at least one non-stationary orbit, said method comprising:

  • acquiring, by at least two of said satellites, during a same passage over said region of interest and in successive acquisition periods, a plurality of images of the Earth'"'"'s surface, called partial images, each covering a portion of said region of interest; and

    obtaining an image covering all of said region of interest by the merging of at least two said partial images, exhibiting a predefined time shift between their acquisition periods, for each of said at least two satellites.

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