You can designate your single or repeat request to occur only at night or during the day using the Collection Time parameter. All individual tasking requests created by the repeat series will be restricted to the time you select. For example, if you select a Repeat Cycle of Daily and a Collection Time of Day, collection will be constrained to half of the day, every single day. The Collection Time parameter can also be used to search the catalog as well as on single tasking requests.
Configuration of Collection Time
The Collection Time parameter is determined by the local time at the center point designed by the point Area of Interest (AOI) submitted with your tasking request. This feature is not available for area (polygon) tasking requests. The local time parameter takes into account Daylight Saving Time.
Available options are:
- Day: Task will be collected between 6am and 6pm (06:00-18:00) local time
- Night: Task will be collected between 6pm and 6am (18:00 – 06:00) local time
- Anytime: Task will be collected at any available opportunity meeting your other request constraints
The default Collection Time is Anytime as an unrestricted collection time increase the chance of the tasking request being accepted.