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Planet

Very high resolution 50 cm multispectral satellite imagery, acquired worldwide with a revisit rate of 9 times a day. The collection contains data from 2016 to the present, up to 30 days prior.

Overview

Planet imagery is acquired by high resolution SkySat and Pelican constellations anywhere on the globe. Catalog datasets are available starting from 2016.

Tasking

  • SkySat
  • Pelican

Catalog

  • SkySat

A Planet Pelican image of Sydney (Australia)

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Data products

  • Custom Order now

    A custom data product delivered with the acquisition, processing, and other parameters of your choice.

    BAND COMBINATIONS
    • 3-band: Pansharpened true color (RGB)
    • 4-band: Multispectral (RGB and NIR)
    • 4-band: Pansharpened (RGB and NIR)
    • Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4-band multispectral (RGB and NIR)
    • 6-band: Multispectral (RGB, 2× NIR, and red edge)
    • 6-band: Pansharpened (RGB, 2× NIR, and red edge)
    • Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 6-band multispectral (RGB, 2× NIR, and red edge)
    • 4 or 6-band: Multispectral (RGB and NIR; or RGB, 2× NIR, and red edge)
    • 4 or 6-band: Pansharpened (RGB and NIR; or RGB, 2× NIR, and red edge)
    • Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 or 6-band multispectral (RGB and NIR; or RGB, 2× NIR, and red edge)
    API DETAILS
    Name:
    planet-tasking
    ID:
    e201372e-f72d-4a90-81f4-471b73ab363e
  • Pansharpened Order now

    Geometric processing: Orthorectified
    Radiometric processing: TOA
    4-band: Pansharpened (RGB and NIR)

    API DETAILS
    Name:
    skysat-pansharpened
    ID:
    6032bb0e-2cb9-4a01-b45d-831f2d7b8dad
  • Analytic Surface Reflectance Order now

    Geometric processing: Orthorectified
    Radiometric processing: Surface Reflectance
    4-band: Multispectral (RGB and NIR)

    API DETAILS
    Name:
    skysat-analytic-sr
    ID:
    2784e681-9cd3-4f12-bc72-5447293d0648
  • Analytic TOA Order now

    Geometric processing: Orthorectified
    Radiometric processing: TOA
    4-band: Multispectral (RGB and NIR)

    API DETAILS
    Name:
    skysat-analytic-toa
    ID:
    dd6b0a8f-f027-4b24-b0be-97a371a40a2f
  • Visual Order now

    Geometric processing: Orthorectified
    Radiometric processing: Display
    3-band: Pansharpened (RGB)

    API DETAILS
    Name:
    skysat-visual
    ID:
    e6f9dc87-7629-4403-92ea-31fd58a19805
  • Panchromatic Order now

    Geometric processing: Orthorectified
    Radiometric processing: TOA
    1-band: Panchromatic

    API DETAILS
    Name:
    skysat-panchromatic
    ID:
    c3d0106c-661e-4322-a0d1-020925e8dff7

Specifications

General

SpecificationDescription
ProviderPlanet
Collection type

Tasking from 29,000 credits per scene

Catalog from 700 credits per km2

Product typeMultispectral
System typeSatellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
Resolution50 cm
Bit depth per pixel

Tasking: 8 or 16‑bit

Catalog:

  • Pansharpened: 16‑bit
  • Analytic TOA: 16-bit
  • Panchromatic: 16-bit
  • Analytic Surface Reflectance: 16-bit
  • Visual: 8‑bit
Delivery format

A ZIP file containing the following files:

  • Data (GeoTIFF)
  • Metadata (JSON, XML)
  • Masks (GeoTIFF)
Masks

A UDM GeoTIFF file containing the following masks:

  • Cloud
  • Environmental
  • Quality
  • Transparency
NoData value0

Processing levels

 PrimaryGeorectifiedOrthorectified
BasicNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large
TOANot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeSupported inline-icon-large
Surface reflectanceNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeSupported inline-icon-large
DisplayNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeSupported inline-icon-large
 PrimaryGeorectifiedOrthorectified
BasicNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large
TOANot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large

Supported inline-icon-large

  1. Pansharpened
  2. Analytic TOA
  3. Panchromatic
Surface reflectanceNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large

Supported inline-icon-large

Analytic Surface Reflectance

DisplayNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large

Supported inline-icon-large

Visual

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition mode

Tasking:

  • SkySat:
    • Mono
    • Stereo
    • Tri-stereo
  • Pelican: Mono

Catalog: Mono

Incidence angleFrom 10° to 30°
Tasking priorityStandard
Orbit

SkySat: Sun-synchronous, at 500 km

Pelican: Sun-synchronous, at 440 km

Number of satellites

SkySat: 15

Pelican: 7

Revisit rate9 times a day
Swath width

SkySat: 5.9 km

Pelican: 8 km

Band data

SpecificationDescription
Spectral bands
  • Panchromatic: 450–900 nm
  • Multispectral:
    1. 450–515 nm (blue)
    2. 515–595 nm (green)
    3. 605–695 nm (red)
    4. 740–900 nm (near-infrared)
  • Panchromatic: 450–800 nm
  • Multispectral:
    1. 416–518 nm (blue)
    2. 547–585 nm (green)
    3. 650–6982 nm (red)
    4. 779–885 nm (near-infrared wide)
    5. 699–716 nm (red edge)
    6. 846–887 nm (near-infrared narrow)

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemUTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy< 10 m CE90 absolute

Conditions

SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: POI

Cloud coverage: 0–15%, not selectable

Output: 5 km × 5 km scene

Minimum chargeAs per 1 scene
SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: AOI

Availability: From 2016, older than 30 days

Output: AOI-clipped imagery

Minimum chargeAs per 25 km2

Geographic coverage

Migration guide

The tasking collection has been updated. Active orders won’t be affected.

To create orders for the new tasking collection, you’ll need to accept the EULA and submit geometries as POIs instead of AOIs.

See the API values for the updated collection and data product:

FieldOldNew
Collection nameskysat-taskingplanet-tasking
Data product nameskysat-taskingplanet-tasking
Data product IDc593bae4-c334-4dd7-848c-816e1407bb67e201372e-f72d-4a90-81f4-471b73ab363e