Pléiades 1 & 2
Marc BERNARD – Spot Image
SPIRIT Workshop - April 2010
Content
Spot Image: corporate overview
Pléiades 1 & 2
Precise Reactive Easy to access
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Spot Image in a few words… A global leader
Headquarters in Toulouse (France)
Staff: 255 people
6 subsidiaries and 1 office
Revenues 2008: €107,2 m
86% owned by
43 active direct receiving stations
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Spot Image in a few words… A multisensor provider
2 satellites in full operation: Spot 4 & 5
Distribution partnership for other satellites:
Formosat 2, Kompsat 2, TerraSAR X, ERS, Envisat…
Continuity on track ! Spot 6 & 7 (2012 - 2013) Pléiades 1 & 2 (2010 - 2011)
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Content
Spot Image: corporate overview
Pléiades 1 & 2: operational capabilities
Precise Reactive Easy to access
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Precise Imaging sensor
One camera 12 bit 150 / 0.14 Color Bundle 3-6m CE90
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1 panchromatic band 4 multispectral bands Pixel depth at acquisition
Pléiades products
50 cm 2m
SNR / MTF
Standard mode acquisition
Ortho Rectified JPG 2000
Expected accuracy without GCP
Panchromatic Color 3-band (pansharp) Color 4-band (pansharp) 4-band multispectral As a standard. Fully automatic processing incl. for monopass mosaics. Standard Format. Including RPC.
Reactive Constellation capabilities
1 day
20 km Monopass collection scenarios
Revisit time 2 satellites @ 45°incidence (Equator) @ 30°incidence (Lat 40°) Widest swath of the VHR market Multi-target, Mosaic (1x1 sq deg), Stereo, tristereo, Border / coastal / corridor
Operational capabilities
3 per day Up to 2 hours
Before the acquisition window to post a Rush Collection Request
Direct Tasking
Up to 20 mn before actual acquisition
30 min 25 s 11 s
Slew time over 800 km Slew time over 200 km
2 hours A few min
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# of tasking plans per satellite. One tasking plan every 8 hours.
50cm color ortho production of a 20x20km area … …for a 60 x 60km mosaic Delivery to the customer (ftp)
Reactive Multiple targets
Monopass large collection
Stereo / Tristereo pairs / triplets a
Typically 15-20 targets over 1,000 km within a +/-30 deg corridor
Typically 1 sq deg (approx 10,000 km²)
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In a single pass 6,000 km² stereo (pairs) 2,000 km² tristereo (triplets)
Reactive
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Acquisition simulation: 2 satellites • Includes other customers’ programming requests (tasking conflicts). • 10% cloud coverage or less • 15°incidence angle or less • 75,000 sq. km to cover, in 11 separated areas (« départements ») Collection achieved within 2 months (June 7th - August 3rd)
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One-click-away data - A true eBusiness portal
24/7 online Catalogue User-friendly, efficient platform for selection, ordering, and payment Customer « extranet » to follow the current orders and record past orders and invoices
24/7 online Subscription / streaming Because lifelong license is not always relevant, a growing demand for easier access to data is raising
One-year subscription for Online access to Pléiades data
Users get rid of storage constraints No problematic downloading operations Easy data sharing across an entity
Programming Standard acquisition request with # options (priority, cloud cover,…) Lastminute.prog, a premium online service addressing extreme reactivity needs. Full benefit of the 3 daily tasking plans
Get an immediate response: which satellite is going to pass next? Then post an acquisition request with a top priority level.
For both modes, online access to the collection progress of on-going tasking orders
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Conclusion
Pléiades, an outstanding system to answer users’ needs, a big step ahead for Spot Image
Solid synergies with HR data from SPOT satellites
SPOT HR: global coverage Pléiades VHR: local deeper and more focused insights
Spot Image’s integrated multisensor ability will allow making the best of it!
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