Pléiades

Overview

Pléiades imagery is acquired by two very high resolution optical satellites (Pléiades 1A and 1B) daily anywhere on the globe. Catalog datasets are available starting from 2012. See more on the marketplace or download sample data.

A Pléiades image of Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Geographic coverage and restrictions

The geographic coverage is global.

Data products

Data product	Type	Spectral bands combination
Custom	Tasking	Available band combinations and bundles 1-band: panchromatic 3-band: pansharpened true color (RGB) 3-band: pansharpened false color (RG and NIR) 4-band: multispectral (RGB and NIR) 4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR) Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
Analytic	Catalog	Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR) Analytic has a more stable contrast and can be used to extract physical properties, such as radiance or reflectance — for example, in vegetation health monitoring.
Pansharpened Reflectance	Catalog	4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR) Pansharpened Reflectance is a pansharpened Analytic image with a multispectral Look-Up-Table containing rendering of color curves.
Display	Catalog	4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR) Display has a true color curve applied on top of atmospheric correction. As a result, it looks better visually and can be used to extract features — for example, in car detection or infrastructure monitoring.
Basic Primary	Catalog*	Available band combinations and bundles 1-band: panchromatic 3-band: pansharpened true color (RGB) 3-band: pansharpened false color (RG and NIR) 4-band: multispectral (RGB and NIR) 4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR) Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
Basic Projected	Catalog*	Available band combinations and bundles 1-band: panchromatic 3-band: pansharpened true color (RGB) 3-band: pansharpened false color (RG and NIR) 4-band: multispectral (RGB and NIR) 4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR) Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
Basic Ortho	Catalog*	Available band combinations and bundles 1-band: panchromatic 3-band: pansharpened true color (RGB) 3-band: pansharpened false color (RG and NIR) 4-band: multispectral (RGB and NIR) 4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR) Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
Reflectance Primary	Catalog*	Available band combinations and bundles 1-band: panchromatic 3-band: pansharpened true color (RGB) 3-band: pansharpened false color (RG and NIR) 4-band: multispectral (RGB and NIR) 4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR) Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
Reflectance Projected	Catalog*	Available band combinations and bundles 1-band: panchromatic 3-band: pansharpened true color (RGB) 3-band: pansharpened false color (RG and NIR) 4-band: multispectral (RGB and NIR) 4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR) Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
Display Primary	Catalog*	Available band combinations and bundles 1-band: panchromatic 3-band: pansharpened true color (RGB) 3-band: pansharpened false color (RG and NIR) 4-band: multispectral (RGB and NIR) 4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR) Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
Display Projected	Catalog*	Available band combinations and bundles 1-band: panchromatic 3-band: pansharpened true color (RGB) 3-band: pansharpened false color (RG and NIR) 4-band: multispectral (RGB and NIR) 4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR) Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)

^*This data product isn’t integrated into the platform and can only be ordered upon request.

Specifications

Feasibility study

The tasking capabilities of this collection might require a feasibility study. However, a specific combination of parameter values bypasses that requirement. If input geometry limitations are met, an order with this combination will proceed to the activation request stage after creation.

The combination of parameter values

Parameter	Value
Minimum interval	At least 30 days
Acquisition mode	Mono
Cloud coverage	From 10% to 20%
Incidence angle	From 20% to 50%
Priority	Standard

General

Specification	Description
Provider	Airbus
Collection type	Tasking Catalog
Product type	Optical
System type	Satellite

Data

Specification	Description
Resolution	Panchromatic: 50 cm Pansharpened: 50 cm Multispectral: 2 m
Bit depth per pixel	Tasking: GeoTIFF: 8 or 16‑bit JPEG 2000: 8 or 12‑bit Catalog: Analytic: 12‑bit Pansharpened Reflectance: 16‑bit Display: 8‑bit
Delivery format	A ZIP file containing the following files: Data (catalog: GeoTIFF; tasking: GeoTIFF or JPEG 2000) Metadata (XML, PDF) Masks (GML, KML) Thumbnails (JPEG)
Masks	Cloud Environmental Quality ROI Transparency
NoData value	0

Processing levels

	Primary	Georectified	Orthorectified
Basic	with RPC
TOA
Surface reflectance	with RPC
Display	with RPC

	Primary	Georectified	Orthorectified
Basic	Basic Primary^* with RPC	Basic Projected^*	Basic Ortho^*
TOA
Surface reflectance	Reflectance Primary^* with RPC	Reflectance Projected^*	Analytic Pansharpened Reflectance
Display	Display Primary^* with RPC	Display Projected^*	Display

^*Upon request.

System

Specification	Description
Acquisition mode	Tasking: Mono Stereo Tri-stereo Catalog: Mono Stereo^) Tri-stereo^)
Incidence angle	From 5° to 50°
Off-nadir angle	30°
Tasking priority	Standard High
Orbit	Sun-synchronous, at 694 km
Number of satellites	2
Revisit rate	Daily
Catalog refresh rate	Daily
Swath width	20 km

^*Upon request.

Band data

Specification	Description
Spectral bands	Panchromatic: 470–830 nm Multispectral: 590–710 nm (red) 500–620 nm (green) 430–550 nm (blue) 740–940 nm (near-infrared)

Geographic reference

Specification	Description
Coordinate reference system	Tasking: Geographic-WGS84 UTM-WGS84 Catalog: UTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy	6.50 m CE90 absolute at nadir

Conditions

Specification	Description
Limitations	AOI from 5 km² and at least 2 km wide (maximum bounding area for high priority orders: 18.9×40 km²) Cloud coverage (depending on the priority): Standard: 5–20% High: up to 100%, not selectable Output: AOI-clipped imagery
Minimum charge	As per 100 km²

Specification	Description
Limitations	Input (AOI, depending on the asset delivery time): 10 min: from 0.1 km² 24 hours: from 1 km² Non-integrated: from 25 km² at least 500 m wide Availability: from 2012 Output: AOI-clipped imagery

API integration

Data product	Type	Name and ID	Collection name
Custom	Catalog	Name: `phr-tasking` ID: `4f866cd3-d816-4c98-ace3-e6105623cf13`	`PHR-tasking`
Analytic	Catalog	Name: `phr-analytic` ID: `4f1b2f62-98df-4c74-81f4-5dce45deee99`	`phr`
Pansharpened Reflectance	Catalog	Name: `phr-pansharpened-reflectance` ID: `df4ca029-2f6f-432b-98d5-ef2f5d70baee`	`phr`
Display	Catalog	Name: `phr-display` ID: `647780db-5a06-4b61-b525-577a8b68bb54`	`phr`

Delivery structure

In a standard delivery, an IMG_ directory contains imagery and uses file naming conventions to indicate the spectral processing of the delivered data product.

Naming convention	Description
`_MS_`	Analytic multispectral assets
`_P_`	Analytic panchromatic assets
`_PMS_`	Pansharpened Reflectance assets Display assets