Posted on October 6th, 2015

High Resolution Imagery Collections – Pléiades 1 – Canada and the United States, June to August 2015

In this monthly piece, we give our readers a sense of the high-resolution imagery coverage collected over a geography during a specified window. To do this, we pick a high resolution satellite, a defined time period and area of interest, then report key statistics on the total amount of imagery collected in square kilometers (sq km). Without further delay, let’s jump into our analysis.

This map shows the areas imaged by the Pléiades 1 constellation from June to August, 2015 over Canada and the United States. Please note that in many instances, multiple images were collected over the same area which is difficult to portray on this static map.

Graphic Region of Interest: Canada & the United States (minus Hawaii and some smaller off-shore islands)

Land Mass Covered: 19,345,496.1 sq km

Time Period: June 1 to August 31, 2015

High Resolution Satellite Constellation: Pléiades 1

Pléiades 1 Constellation Imaging Statistics – Canada and the United States

Total Area Collected: 9,553,977.8 sq km; 51,923.8 sq km per satellite/per day

Area Collected @ 20% or Less Clouds & 30 Degrees or Less Off-Nadir: 5,959,718.4 sq km; 32,389.8 sq km per satellite/per day; 62.38% of total

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