Canon announced today that their have successfully launched their Ce-SAT-IE satellite into orbit from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex in Kagoshima, Japan on February 17, 2024. A Canon PowerShot S110 compact digital camera mounted on the satellite as a secondary-optical system for wide area photography captured a stunning image of Earth.
More specifically, this image of Earth shows the Gulf of California, which is registered as a World National Heritage Site, and also called “the aquarium of the world”. The main satellite’s main camera is a Canon EOS R5 DSLR, paired with a 400 mm aperture telescope.
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The high-resolution image is designed to achieve a ground sampling distance about 80cm when taken at an orbital altitude of 670 km. Images captured from the CE-SAT-IE satellite may help contribute to the security and safety of society through its contribution to geospatial information collection and disaster prevention activities,” said Canon.
