Pleiades-1 Satellite Imagery and Sensor Specifications

Satellite Imaging Corporation is pleased to announce the Pleiades-1 satellite, launched December 16, 2011 and provides 0.5m high resolution satellite image data.

About the Pleiades-1 Satellite

Pleiades-1 satellite is the first very high-resolution satellite from SPOT. The satellite is capable of providing orthorectified color data at 0.5-meter resolution (roughly comparable to GeoEye-1) and revisiting any point on Earth as it covers a total of 1 million square kilometers (approximately 386,102 square miles) daily. Perhaps most importantly, Pleiades-1 is capable of acquiring high-resolution stereo imagery in just one pass, and can accommodate large areas (up to 1,000 km x 1,000 km).

Above: Simulated Pleiades-1 satellite imagery. Click on an image to enlarge it.

The satellite features four spectral bands (blue, green, red, and IR), as well as image location accuracy of 3 meters (CE90) without ground control points. Image location accuracy can be improved even further — up to an exceptional 1 meter — by the use of GCPs. Because the satellite has been designed with urgent tasking in mind, images can be requested from Pleiades-1 less than six hours before they are acquired. This functionality will prove invaluable in situations where the expedited collection of new image data is crucial, such as crisis monitoring.

Pleiades-1 Satellite Sensor Characteristics

Pleiades-1 Satellite Image Gallery

For More Information

Spot Image will launch Pleiades-2, the second element of the Pleiades satellite constellation in 2012/2013. For more information about Pleiades-1, the Pleiades constellation, and other very high-resolution satellite sensors, please contact us.