Pléiades, Very High-resolution Satellite Imagery

Pléiades products supply detailed information about target areas and their surroundings:

• 50-cm resolution, colour, orthorectified imagery.
• 20-km ground footprint at nadir, up to 100 km x 100 km in strip mapping mode.
• 4.5-m location accuracy without ground control points (CE90 with refined ephemeris data).

These features make Pléiades products the ideal solution for precision mapping and photointerpretation.

The Pléiades system is designed to deliver data in double-quick time for emergency response:

• The phased orbits of the constellation’s satellites offer daily revisits to any point on the globe.
• Three satellite work plans a day ensure easy handling of last-minute tasking requests.
• An automated production system capable of generating 20 km x 20 km orthorectified images in just 30 minutes.

Availability and flexibility

The Pléiades constellation has the ability to acquire a maximum number of images, matching imaging modes closely to users’ needs:

• Maximum acquisition capacity of 1 million sq.km per day, per satellite.
• Exceptional agility to maximize acquisitions of a specific area of interest.
• 5 acquisition modes: Target, Strip Mapping, Tristereo, Corridor and Persistent Surveillance.