High Resolution Optical Satellites

	Pleiades	Pleiades Neo
Data products
Data product	Custom	Custom
Type	Tasking, Catalog	Tasking, Catalog
Spectral bands combination	4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR)	6-band: pansharpened (deep blue, RGB, red edge, and NIR)
Specifications
General
Provider	Airbus	Airbus
Collection type	Tasking, Catalog	Tasking, Catalog
Product type	Optical	Optical
System type	Satellite	Satellite
Data
Resolution	Panchromatic: 50 cm	HD15: 15 cm
	Pansharpened: 50 cm	Panchromatic: 30 cm
	Multispectral: 2 m	Pansharpened: 30 cm
		Multispectral: 1.20 m
Bit depth per pixel	GeoTIFF: 8 or 16‑bit	Tasking:
	JPEG 2000: 8 or 12‑bit	GeoTIFF: 8 or 16‑bit
	Catalog:	JPEG 2000: 8 or 12‑bit
	Analytic: 12‑bit	Catalog:
	Pansharpened Reflectance: 16‑bit	Analytic: 16‑bit
	Display: 8‑bit	Pansharpened Reflectance: 16‑bit
		Display: 8‑bit
		Pléiades Neo HD15 Ortho: 8‑bit
Delivery format	A ZIP file containing the following files:	A ZIP file containing the following files:
	Data (catalog: GeoTIFF; tasking: GeoTIFF or JPEG 2000)	Data (catalog: GeoTIFF; tasking: GeoTIFF or JPEG 2000)
	Metadata (XML, PDF)	Metadata (XML)
	Masks (GML, KML)	Masks (GML, KML)
	Thumbnails (JPEG)	Thumbnails (JPEG)
Masks	Cloud	Cloud
	Environmental	Quality
	Quality	ROI
	ROI	Transparency
	Transparency	Water
NoData value	0	0
Processing levels
Tasking
Basic	Primary, Georectified, Orthorectified	Primary, Georectified, Orthorectified
TOA
Surface reflectance	Primary, Georectified, Orthorectified	Primary, Georectified, Orthorectified
Display	Primary, Georectified, Orthorectified	Primary, Georectified, Orthorectified
Processing levels
Catalog
Basic	Primary, Georectified, Orthorectified	Primary, Georectified, Orthorectified
TOA
Surface reflectance	Primary, Georectified, Orthorectified	Primary, Georectified, Orthorectified
Display	Primary, Georectified, Orthorectified	Primary, Georectified, Orthorectified
System
Acquisition mode	Tasking:	Tasking:
	Mono	Mono
	Stereo	Stereo
	Tri-stereo	Tri-stereo
	Catalog:	Catalog:
	Mono	Mono
	Stereo*)	Stereo*)
	Tri-stereo*)	Tri-stereo*)
Incidence angle	From 5° to 50°	From 5° to 50°
Off-nadir angle	30°	30°
Tasking priority	Standard	Standard
	High	High
Orbit	Sun-synchronous, at 694 km	Sun-synchronous, at 620 km
Orbit direction
Number of satellites	2	2
Polarization
Revisit rate	Daily	2 times a day
Catalog refresh rate	Daily	2 times a day
Swath width	20km	14 km
Band data
Spectral bands	Panchromatic: 470–830 nm	Panchromatic: 450–800 nm
	Multispectral:	Multispectral:
	590–710 nm (red)	620–690 nm (red)
	500–620 nm (green)	530–590 nm (green)
	430–550 nm (blue)	450–520 nm (blue)
	740–940 nm (near-infrared)	770–880 nm (near-infrared)
		700–750 nm (red edge)
		400–450 nm (deep blue)
Geographic reference
Coordinate reference system	Tasking:	Tasking:
	Geographic-WGS84	Geographic-WGS84
	UTM-WGS84	UTM-WGS84
	Catalog: UTM-WGS84	Catalog: UTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy	6.50 m CE90 absolute at nadir	Tasking and catalog standard: 5 m CE90 absolute at nadir Catalog advanced: < 3.5 m CE90 absolute at nadir
Conditions
Tasking conditions
Limitations	Input: AOI from 5 km2 and at least 2 km wide	Input: AOI from 5 km2 and at least 5 km wide
	Cloud coverage: 5–20%	Cloud coverage: 5–20%
	Output: AOI-clipped imagery	Output: AOI-clipped imagery
Minimum charge	As per 100 km2	As per 100 km2
Catalog conditions
Limitations	Input: AOI, depending on the asset delivery time:	Input: AOI, depending on the asset delivery time:
	10 min: from 0.1 km2	10 min: from 0.1 km2
	24 hours: from 1 km2	24 hours: from 5 km2
	Non-integrated: from 25 km2 at least 500 m wide	Few days: from 25 km2
	Availability: from 2012	Non-integrated: from 25 km2
	Output: AOI-clipped imagery	Availability: from 2021
		Output: AOI-clipped imagery