Pleiades-HR

Pleiades-HR (High-Resolution Optical Imaging Constellation of CNES)
Main objectives	●      Land planning: detection of small land feature (roads, buildings) ●      Land management and crop yield, crop disease ●      Defense and homeland security ●      Maritime and littoral surveillance
Satellite name	Pleiades HR
Manufacturer	Astrium Prime/Alcatel
Operator	Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Sensors	HiRI (High Resolution Imager)
Launch date	HR -1: 17 December 2011 HR -2: 02 December 2012
Launch vehicle	Soyuz STA fregat
Satellite mass	970kg
Design lifetime	5 years
Maximal lifetime	5 years
Orbit
Altitude	695 km
Inclination	98.2 degree
Orbital period	Daily
Characteristics	Sun-synchronous phased near circular
Overpass time	Morning
Repeat coverage	26 Days
Coverage	Global
Sensor
Type	HiRI High Resolution Imager
Manufacturer	Astrium
Sensor type	array scanner
Swath width (FOV)	20km
Pixel size (GIFOV)	2.8 m (multispectral); .7 (panchromatic)
Radiometric resolution	12 bit
Spectral bands	Band Nr Band Name Spectral range (nm) Use of data Pixel size 1 Blue 4330-550 discriminating soil types 2m 2 Green 490-610 assessing crop disease 3 Red 600-720 used for crop yield 4 NIR 750-950 water stress
Data
Data provider	AirBus Defense and Space
Data distribution	Pléiades 50-cm-resolution products are available at two processing levels, Primary and Ortho. You can order archive or tasked satellite imagery per sq.km.
Data access	http://www.geo-airbusds.com
Data archive	http://www.geo-airbusds.com/en/3027-pleiades-50-cm-resolution-products
Processing levels	Primary and Ortho
Data format	JPEG 2000 (optimized and regular) GeoTIFF (uncompressed)
Publications (27 total)
Cheng-Chien Liu, "Processing of FORMOSAT-2 Daily Revisit Imagery for Site Surveillance," Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on , vol.44, no.11, pp.3206,3214, Nov. 2006 doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.880625 Discusses improving temporal resolution by using high spational resolution sensors.
Latry, C, C Panem, and P Dejean. leCloud Detection with SVM Technique. N.p., 2007. Print. Improve cloud notation by creating a cloud detection technology
Lamard, JL et al. No Design of the High Resolution Optical Instrument for the Pleiades HR Earth Observation Satellites. N.p., 2004. Print. Discusses cost, design, and performance maximization of various European satellites.
Rosak, A et al. “From Spot 5 to Pleiades HR: Evolution of the Instrumental Specifications.” 2004: n. pag. Print. Discusses the trade-off between high resolution and cost
Lebegue, L et al. PLEIADES-HR IMAGE QUALITY COMMISSIONING FORESEEN METHODS. Toulouse: N.p., 2010. Print. Discusses the satellites capacities and capabilities.
References
WIKI	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_(satellite)
EOportal	https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/p/pleiades
Spectral bands	http://www.satpalda.com/product/pleiades/
Data format	http://www.geo-airbusds.com