ESA Pleiades Satellite Imagery Archive

ESA's Pleiades archive contains high-resolution satellite imagery products from the Pleiades-1A and 1B missions. The collection includes panchromatic, pansharpened, and multispectral images, and it is regularly updated as the European Space Agency acquires new data. Specific spatial coverage details are available via the Third Party Missions Dissemination Service map.

Use Cases

• Land cover classification using the 4-band multispectral image at 2m resolution.
• Urban change detection by comparing panchromatic images at 0.5m resolution over time.
• Creating detailed base maps by fusing the 0.5m panchromatic image with the 2m multispectral image in the bundle product.
• Agricultural monitoring by analyzing vegetation indices derived from the multispectral image's spectral bands.

Strengths

• Very high spatial resolution of 0.5 meters for panchromatic and pansharpened products.
• Multispectral data available in 4 spectral bands for analysis.
• Collection is regularly updated with new Pleiades products.

Limitations

• Imagery of conflict areas is restricted per ESA policy, creating geographic gaps.
• Specific spatial coverage, temporal range, and total volume of data are not provided in the description.
• No information on the availability of metadata or ancillary data like cloud cover or acquisition angles.

Provenance

Source

European Space Agency (ESA)

Collection Method

Collected from the Pleiades-1A and Pleiades-1B satellite missions.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Global, but excludes conflict areas per ESA policy. Specific coverage available via a map service.