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PLEIADES

Meeting with FFGChristophe HUTIN

April 2009

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PLEIADES data, Very High Resolution imagery (VHR)

0.5m color

0.5m pan2m color

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PLEIADES, largest swath on the market place

PLEIADES

20 x 20 Km

60 x 60 KmSPOT

WorldView

17 x 17 Km

GeoEye

15 x 15 Km

For the same

0.5m GSD

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PLEIADES Terminal: Standard image products

� 50 cm B&W

� 8 or 16 bits

� 2 m colour� 4 bands : B, R, G, NIR

� 8 or 16 bits

� Pan Sharpened 50 cm colour

� 4 bands : B, R, G, NIR

� 3 bands in True or False colours

� 8 or 16 bits

� Bundle : 50 cm B&W + 2 m colour bands� 8 ou 16 bits

� Product level

� SENSOR ���� 1A level� radiometric corrections

� Perfect P and XS registration

� Localization accurracy: spec.7m (CE90)

� ORTHO � Geo-Location accurracy: spec.7m (CE90)

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PLEIADES 1-A

180°

PLEIADES 1-B

Twin satellite constellation

1-A: March 2010

1-B: +12 to 18 months

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PLEIADES constellation: key performances

Daily Revisit

@

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PLEIADES constellation: acquisition modes

typically 15 targets

over 1,000 km

Multiple Point

Targets

High-level

agility20 km

20 km

Same - pass

Large Collection

Stereo,

Tri-stereo

Up to 21,600 km²

Or

1 deg²

In a single pass

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PLEIADES image processing: AOI sub-scene production

Multiple Point

Targets

20 km

20 km

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PLEIADES image processing: Seamless same-day ortho-mosaic product

Same- pass

Large Collection

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Illustration over Japan

Multiple Target imaging time~20%

Same-pass large

collection

imaging time~40 to 80%

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PLEIADES: a dual access to data

10% High Priority Data (HPD) for Defense partners: France,

Italy, Spain

90% for WW users through

Spot Image

350 images/ day

~35 images HPD/ day

Access

rights

Spot Image get access to up to 5 HPD

images / day for Pleiades-1A

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� Routine: � Centralized programming loop

� Dialogue with Spot Image, as for SPOT

� Feasibility study

� Standard Priority level

� Can be upgraded to Priority or Dedicated Priority (so-called DUAL High priority data)

60 daysRoutine:

72 hours

Collection

window

Routine Programming mode

Dead-Line for request

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DRSor Customer

Order RequestOrder Confirmation

Telemetrydownlink

2Ghz networl

Collection plan upload

Collection

direct reception & processing

Collectionplan

Routine: nominal centralized programming loop

Routine

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Routine

Priority level

UpgradeStandard

Dedicated

PriorityPriority

Routine programming priority level upgrade

� Upgrade

� in case of conflict

� To Priority: when conflicting with other routine request

� To dedicated priority: when conflicting with other priority request...

� Or when depositing the request

� for time-critical or important data

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� Urgent:

� 24/7 automatic procedure for deposit

� No dialogue with Spot Image, except if requested during working days/hours

� Up to 4 hours before collection

� Limited AOI

� Priority level

Dead-Line for RequestCollection

window

7 daysUrgent:

4 hours

Urgent Programming mode

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Urgent: 24/7 automatic procedure

6:00 UT13:40 UT 23:20 UT

Ability to take in account Urgent programmingup to 4 hours before collection

24/7 access through automatic process withno intervention from Spot Image

collection plan update and upload

3 times a day, every 8 hours

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PLEIADES vs. competitors

� Non-US VHR solution

� 90% of the resource available for Spot Image customers

� Field-Proven Services

� Experience of station customer& station network management

� Full range of programming services up to direct tasking

� Competitive pricing

� Twin Constellation performance

� Top agility

� P and XS simultaneous collection

� Largest swath for same GSD@0.5m

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PLEIADES vs. competitors: technical assets

� Mission

� A constellation of 2 identical Pleiades satellites ensuring daily revisit of anypoint of the globe

� Continuity of service : beyond 2018

� Dual mission but…95% of satellite data for worldwide end-users50% for GE-1, 15-30% for WV1…

� Imaging capacity� Large imaging capacity: 500,000km2 /day /satellite (roll

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18 sec

200 km

IKONOS

9 sec

200 km

WorldView-2

� Pleiades and WorldView benefit from Control Moment Gyros (CMGs) that provide an acceleration >10X better than competition

20 sec

200 km

GeoEye-1

PLEIADES vs. competitors: Agility Comparison

11 sec

200 km

Pleiades

No CMG With CMG

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Pleaides + Spot 6: a bright EO constellation in orbit…very soon

Spot 6 (left) and 2 Pleiades (right)

ready to span their wings, phased on

the same orbit …with unique advantages:

-coherent data collection planning

by Spot Image as unique

commercial satellite operator

-2+1 optical LEO systems having

same imaging bands and fully

compatible ground image reception

and processing-60km swath

-2m ground resolution

-800km corridor view -20km swath

-0.5m groundresolution

-800km corridor view

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PLEIADES 1-A

SPOT 6

PLEIADES 1-B

97°

103° SPOT 7

PLEIADES + Spot 6/7 constellation in 2012

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Contact :Christophe.hutin@spotimage.fr

Thank you !