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Pléiades 1 Satellite

Pléiades 1 satellite is a constellation comprised of two wide-footprint satellites with 50-cm resolution and one massive archive.

Pléiades 1 Satellite Imagery Samples

Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Rio Nevado, Chile; October 22, 2016
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, TX, USA; December 4, 2020
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul, South Korea; March 31, 2020
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Washington, D.C., USA; April 20, 2018
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Marsh Harbour, Grand Abaco, Bahamas; September 5, 2019 (Post Hurricane Dorian)
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Folsom Field, Boulder, CO, USA; April 23, 2019
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Ferrari World, Abu Dhabi, UAE; April 9, 2016
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Stanford Stadium, California, USA; April 23, 2017
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland; September 9, 2016
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Richmond, Australia; December 30, 2015
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Stade Vélodrome, Marseilles, France; July 28, 2015
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Shanghai Yuehu Sculpture Park, China; March 20, 2013
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Buenos Aires, Argentina; February 7, 2013
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Bidhannagar, India; October 18, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Bidhannagar, India; October 18, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Trump National Doral; Miami, Florida; January 10, 2015
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Gateway Arch; St. Louis, Missouri; June 9, 2014
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Perth, Australia; September 23, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Damascus, Syria; March 8, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida; November 26, 2017
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England; November 26, 2017
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Buenos Aires, Argentina; February 7, 2013
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Bingham Canyon, Utah; April 8, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Buenos Aires, Argentina; February 7, 2013
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Buenos Aires, Argentina; February 7, 2013
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Augusta, Georgia; March 10, 2013
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Chicago, Illinois; May 25, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; April 16, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Vatican City, Rome; April 3, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - PGA West Palmer Course; La Quinta, California; September 21, 2014
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Riverside, California, April 6, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Riverside, California, April 6, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Riverside, California, April 6, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Hong Kong; March 24, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Hong Kong, China; March. 24, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - St. Maarten, Bahamas; April 5, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - St. Maarten, Bahamas; April 5, 2012
Pléiades 1 50-cm Natural Color - Bingham Canyon, Utah; April 8, 2012

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The Pléiades 1 Advantage

Any Location, Every Day
These twin satellites deliver color 50-cm products collected over any location on the planet, every day.

Multiple Imaging Modes
The Pléiades 1 constellation features multiple imaging modes to fit the needs of any mapping project: (1) target – to collect small polygons; (2) strip mapping – to collect large polygons; (3) stereo and tri-stereo – to collect data for elevation models; (4) corridors – to collect narrow passageways; and (5) persistent surveillance mode – to collect multiple (four or more) views of the same location.

Emergency Response
With advanced ordering and production systems, imagery from the Pléiades constellation can be accessed within 6 hours (best case scenario) of data acquisition. This makes Pléiades 1 the clear choice for emergency and disaster responders.
Overview & HistoryPléiades 1 SpecificationsPricing

Launched on December 17, 2011 from Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana, Pléiades 1A was the first high resolution satellite in the Airbus Defense and Space constellation. Joined by its twin, Pléiades 1B, in space on December 2, 2012 after launching from the same pad, they provide 50-centimeter (cm) panchromatic and 2-meter (m) 4-band multispectral (i.e. blue, green, red and near-infrared/NIR) products with one of the widest footprints of any high resolution satellite at 20 kilometers (km). It should be noted that the native resolution of Pléiades 1A and 1B is 70-cm panchromatic and 2.8-m multispectral before it is processed for delivery.

The Pléiades 1 twins are exceptionally agile with the ability to collect one million square km of high resolution imagery per day per satellite. Featuring daily revisit time to any location on the planet, the Pléiades constellation separates itself from the competition for site monitoring and projects requiring rapid imagery acquisitions.

Launch Details
  • Launch Date: December 17, 2011, 02:04 UTC (1A), December 2, 2012, 02:03 UTC (1B)
  • Vehicle: Soyuz rocket
  • Site: Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana
  • Expected Mission Life: at least 5 years for each satellite, with at least 7 years of propellant

Pléiades 1 Components
  • Satellite Mass: 1,000 kg
  • Solar Array: 5 square meters of Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) panels, 150 Amp-hour lithium battery
  • Control Systems:
    • 3-axis stabilized
    • Actuators: four control movement gyros (CMGs)
    • Altitude determination: three star trackers
    • Orbit determination: DORIS receiver
  • Onboard Storage Capacity: 600 GBits, solid state mass memory
  • Ground Communication Systems:
    • Imagery downlink – 465 Mbits per second, 3 channels, X-band
    • TT&C link – S-band
  • Focal Plane:
    • 5 panchromatic array assemblies – 6,000 pixels per array, 13 µm pixel size
    • 5 multispectral array assemblies – 1,500 pixels per array, 52 µm pixel size
  • Optical Sensor Assembly: 650-mm diameter primary mirror, 13-m focal length, 65-cm aperture

Orbit Characteristics
  • Altitude: 695 km
  • Period: 98.79 minutes
  • Inclination: 98.2°
  • Direction: sun-synchronous quasi-circular, north to south (across the lit side of Earth)
  • Equatorial Crossing Time: 10:30 AM local time (approximate; across lit side of Earth)
  • Maximum Constellation Revisit Frequency: (at Equator)
    • 1 day (43° off-nadir)
    • 4 days (30° off-nadir)
    • 5 days (20° off-nadir)
    • 13 days (5° off-nadir)

Imaging System
  • Spectral Bands:
    • Panchromatic
    • 4-band multispectral (blue, green, red and NIR)
  • Sensor Resolution:
    • At nadir – 70-cm panchromatic & 2.8-m multispectral
    • Imagery products are delivered at a certified 50-cm panchromatic and 2-m multispectral resolution by a splining function
  • Spectral Band Wavelength Range: (in nm)
    • Panchromatic – 470 to 830
    • Blue (B0) – 430 to 550
    • Green (B1) – 500 to 620
    • Red (B2) – 590 to 710
    • NIR (B3) – 740 to 940
  • Dynamic Range: 12-bits

Collection Capabilities
  • Footprint Width: 20 km (at nadir)
  • Single Satellite Maximum Collection Geometry:
    • Mono, large area, 20° off-nadir – 120 km x 65 km (6 strips wide)
    • Mono, large area, 30° off-nadir – 140 km x 105 km (6 strips wide)
    • Stereo – 350 km x 20 km, 150 km x 40 km (tri-stereo mode available)
    • Single site – 30+ images in one pass
  • Retargeting Ability: slew > 3° per second within < 2 seconds
  • Daily Collection Capacity: 1,000,000 sq km per satellite
  • Georeferenced Horizontal Accuracy: < 10-m CE90 (global average, dependent on terrain)

Below is the least expensive Pléiades 1 data offered. Prices increase for new collections and data processing. Note that academic and volume discounts are available.

For an exact quote, please contact our Sales Team at sales@apollomapping.com.

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