Pleiades/ SPOT Instruments-Key Technical Summary

PLEIADES (AIRBUS)

HiRI (High Resolution Imager)

High resolution optical imagers

LAUNCH DATE

Pleiades-1A– December 16, 2011
Pleiades-1B– December 2, 2012

MISSION PARAMETERS

Cycle Days: 26 days
Orbit Type: Sun-synchronous, near-polar
Orbit Altitude: 694 km
Orbit Period: 98.6 min

INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS

Bands: 5 (RGB, NIR, Panchromatic)
Swath: 20km
Spatial Resolution: 50 cm (VHR-Panchromatic and Colour), 2m (VHR-Multispectral)
Temporal Resolution: 1 day
Radiometric Resolution: –
Frequency: –
Antenna look direction: –

DATA PRODUCTS

Primary (1A), Ortho (automatic), or Tailored Ortho

SPOT-6, SPOT-7 (AIRBUS)

NAOMI (New Astrosat Optical Modular Instrument)

High-resolution optical pushbroom imager

LAUNCH DATE

SPOT-6– September 9, 2012
SPOT-7 June 30, 2014

MISSION PARAMETERS

Cycle Days: 26 days
Orbit Type: Sun-synchronous
Orbit Altitude: 694 km
Orbit Period: 98.79 min

INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS

Bands: 5 (RGB, NIR, Panchromatic)
Swath: 60km
Spatial Resolution: 1.5m(panchromatic), 6m(multi-spectral)
Temporal Resolution: 1 day with SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 operating simultaneously, Between 1 and 3 days with only one satellite in operation
Radiometric Resolution: –
Frequency: –
Antenna look direction: –

DATA PRODUCTS

Orthorectified product