EROS-C

Very high resolution 30 cm optical satellite imagery, acquired between 40°N and 40°S with a daily revisit rate. The collection contains data from 2021 to the present.


Overview

EROS-C collection is presented by EROS-C2 and EROS-C3 satellites capturing very high resolution panchromatic and multispectral imagery anywhere on the globe. See more on the marketplace.

An EROS-C image of the Forbidden City (China)

Geographic coverage and restrictions

The geographic coverage is approximately between 40°N and 40°S.

The coverage map of EROS-C

Data products

Data productTypeSpectral bands combination
CustomTasking
Available band combinations and bundles
  • 1-band: panchromatic
  • 4-band: multispectral (RGB and NIR)
Level 0A (EROS-C2 PAN)Catalog1-band: panchromatic
Level 0A (EROS-C3 PAN & MS)CatalogBundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
Level 1A (EROS-C2 PAN)Catalog1-band: panchromatic
Level 1A (EROS-C3 PAN & MS)CatalogBundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
Level 1B (EROS-C2 PAN)Catalog1-band: panchromatic
Level 1B (EROS-C3 PAN & MS)CatalogBundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)

Specifications

General

SpecificationDescription
Collection typeTasking
Catalog
Product typeOptical
System typeSatellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
ResolutionPanchromatic: 30 cm
Multispectral: 60 cm
Bit depth per pixelTasking: 8 or 16‑bit
Catalog: 16‑bit
Delivery formatA ZIP file containing the following files:
  • Data (tasking: GeoTIFF or TIFF; catalog: GeoTIFF)
  • Metadata (RPC, PASS, TQR)
  • Overviews (JPEG)
MasksTransparency
NoData value0

Processing levels

Tasking levels

Catalog levels

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition modeTasking:
  • Mono
  • Stereo
  • Tri-stereo
Catalog:
  • Mono
Incidence angleUp to 45°
Tasking priorityStandard
OrbitSun-synchronous, at 500 km
Revisit rateDaily
Catalog refresh rateDaily
Swath width12.5 km

Band data

SpecificationDescription
Spectral bandsPanchromatic: 450–900 nm
Multispectral:
  • 450–510 nm (blue)
  • 510–580 nm (green)
  • 630–690 nm (red)
  • 770–900 nm (near-infrared)

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemUTM-WGS84

Conditions

Tasking conditions

SpecificationDescription
LimitationsInput: AOI at least 12.5 km wide
Cloud coverage: 0–100%
Output: scenes of a certain size intersecting the defined AOI
  • Mono: 12.5×12.5 km
  • Stereo: 12.5×24 km
  • Tri-stereo: stereo + 12.5×24 km
Minimum chargeAs per 100 km2

Catalog conditions

SpecificationDescription
LimitationsInput: AOI from 25 km2
Availability: from 2021
Output: AOI-clipped imagery

API integration

Data productTypeName and IDCollection name
CustomTaskingName: erosc-tasking
ID: 18926529-48fa-4273-892a-8d9b1e879e76
imagesat-erosc-tasking
Level 0ACatalogName: eros-c-level-0a
ID: 7bf7420d-e414-44a0-8cb7-1904c70bd0fa
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Level 0ACatalogName: eros-c-ms-level-0a
ID: 67b6bc7c-6b47-4fd6-9058-0c882b417fe8
eros-c-ms
Level 1ACatalogName: eros-c-level-1a
ID: e603098c-0721-4aab-8812-5d3d82eb1d28
eros-c
Level 1ACatalogName: eros-c-ms-level-1a
ID: 10b01b78-d7cc-4c80-8b18-9e40a484b48a
eros-c-ms
Level 1BCatalogName: eros-c-level-1b
ID: be1e0f74-4038-4c57-947b-d18a4b835081
eros-c
Level 1BCatalogName: eros-c-ms-level-1b
ID: cebc78f6-c9fb-49b6-9866-eeea976c1db4
eros-c-ms