Pleiades High-Resolution Optical Satellite Imagery Archive

Daily global optical imagery from the Pléiades 1A and 1B satellites, offering up to 0.5-meter panchromatic resolution and 2-meter multispectral resolution. The archive includes orthorectified products and is curated for cloud cover and incidence angle, with subscription-based access managed by ESA. The OneAtlas Living Library provides a continuously updated collection of less-than-18-months-old imagery.

Use Cases

• Land cover classification using 4-band multispectral imagery at 2m resolution.
• Change detection analysis leveraging the daily revisit capability and ortho-products corrected for terrain effects.
• High-resolution mapping and feature extraction from 0.5m panchromatic or pansharpened color images.
• 3D modeling and digital elevation model generation using Stereo and Tristero acquisition modes.
• Streaming-based analysis of curated imagery with specific cloud cover (e.g., max 15% for Pleiades) and incidence angle (30°) thresholds.

Strengths

• Very high spatial resolution up to 0.5 meters for panchromatic data.
• Daily revisit capability for any global point.
• Ortho-products are automatically generated and georeferenced in UTM/WGS84.
• Living Library provides curated, less-than-18-months-old imagery with defined cloud cover limits.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, total archive size, and file formats are not provided.
• Access is subscription-based with defined area quotas (e.g., km2 limits per package).
• Very high-resolution imagery of conflict areas is restricted per ESA policy.

Provenance

Source

European Space Agency (ESA) via the NASA Earthdata platform.

Collection Method

Acquired by the Pléiades 1A and 1B satellite sensors, with products automatically generated by the Pléiades ground segment.

Time Range

Ongoing; the Living Library focuses on imagery less than 18 months old.

Freshness

The Living Library is updated daily with recent imagery.

Geography

Global coverage.