With the Pleiades constellation, comprising the Pleiades-1 and Pleiades-2 satellites, Spot Image is set to bring you satellite imagery at a resolution of 50 cm and with a footprint of 20 km x 20 km. More information on http://www.spotimage.com/pleiades

1. Pléiades 1 & 2

5. Courtesy of Astrium Pléiades program March 08: platform integration at Astrium  EADS Astrium / CNES

6. May 08: antenna and M&C room  Spot Image / CNES

7. July 08: flight telescopes undergoing integration  EADS Astrium / CNES

8. September 08: Platform and telescope at Astrium  EADS Astrium / CNES

9. October 08: Processing room  Spot Image / CNES

10. © Spot Image 2008 Avril 09: Testing at Intespace  EADS Astrium / CNES / Intespace

11. January 2010: ground segment installed in Kiruna  Spot Image / CNES / SSC

14. Precise © Spot Image 2010 Imaging sensor One camera 1 panchromatic band 4 multispectral bands 12 bit Pixel depth at acquisition Colour Bundle Standard mode acquisition 3 m CE90 Prelaunch accuracy performance, without GCP With refined ephemeris data Pléiades products 50 cm Panchromatic Colour 3-band (pansharp) Colour 4-band (pansharp) 2 m 4-band multispectral Ortho Rectified As a standard. Fully automatic processing incl. for monopass mosaics. JPG 2000 Standard Format. Including RPC. Km² Pricing model

15. Reactive © Spot Image 2010 Constellation capabilities 1 day Revisit time 2 satellites @ 45° incidence (Equator) @ 30° incidence (Lat 40°) 20 km Widest swath of the VHR market Monopass collection scenarios Multi-target, Mosaic (1x1 sq deg), Stereo, tristereo, Border / coastal / corridor 25 s 11 s Slew time over 800 km Slew time over 200 km 1M sq. km Daily acquisition capacity using max imaging time per orbit Operational capabilities 3 per day # of tasking plans per satellite. One tasking plan every 8 hours. 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 50 cm colour ortho production of a 20x20km area … 2 hours … for a 60 x 60km mosaic

16. Monopass collection scenarios Typically 15 targets over 1,000 km within a +/-30 deg corridor In a single pass 6,000 sq.km pairs 2,000 sq.km triplets Typically 1 square degree © Spot Image 2010 To follow linear targets such as coasts, borders, roads, pipelines, rivers Typically 15 targets over 1,000 km within a +/-30 deg corridor In a single pass, up to 6,000 sq.km pairs 2,000 sq.km triplets Typically 1 square degree Automatically orthorectified and mosaicked

18. Pléiades – simulated image Cannes – France – 0,50 m Colour  CNES

19. Pléiades – simulated image Port de Bouc – France – 0,50 m Colour  CNES

20. © Spot Image 2009 © CNES

21. © Spot Image 2009