Given the recent launches of Pléiades Neo 3 and Neo 4, we are pleased to announce an update to our regular stadium of the month series as the focus will shift a bit, offering only high-resolution imagery now from the Pléiades 1 – Pléiades Neo constellations. So, without further delay, here we go! In January we checked out the site of a non-conference basketball matchup in the NCAA, and for the February edition of the Pléiades 1 – Pléiades Neo Stadium of the Month we travel to the other side of the world with a look at a Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic stadium, i.e. National Stadium. A 30-cm color image of National Stadium in Beijing, China collected on September 23, 2021 by Pléiades Neo 3; and then a 50-cm Pléiades 1A image of the same stadium collected on November 16, 2021. These images have custom processing and color balancing applied by Apollo Mapping. PLÉIADES © CNES 2022. About the Stadium: National Stadium is located on Beijing’s Olympic Green some 4.5 miles (7.2 kilometers) north of the historic Palace Museum in the city’s north fourth ring. Designed by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Piere de Meuron, the Chinese spent $423 million … Continue reading