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Pléiades ESA archive

How to Access Data

Fast Registration with Approval (Restrained): Access to this data collection is provided after registering and receiving approval from ESA. Approval is typically granted within a few days. Once authorised, you will receive credentials to access and download the data from the designated dissemination service.

Access Steps:

  1. Createor log in to EO Sign In - Users are required to provide their institutional email address when registering a new account. 
  2. Go to the ESA User Services Portal and submit the form for accessing the data.
  3. The request will be evaluated by ESA, which normally takes up to 2 days.
  4. Upon successful evaluation, you will receive a confirmation email.
  5. Go to the EO User Portal to check the status of your request
  6. A second email will follow with details of where to download the data.
  7. Search and download the products from the dissemination service (via a map).
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All Pléiades products are freely accessible in accordance with ESA Member States and ESA Cooperating/Associate States. 

The products can also be discovered through Exploring Earth service, which allows users to browse and download products among the available datasets from ESA and Third Party Missions and instruments, using various criteria (spatial, temporal).

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Collection Description

The Pléiades ESA archive is a dataset of Pléiades - Level 1A and Level 1B products that ESA collected over the years. The dataset regularly grows as ESA collects new Pléiades products.

Pléiades Primary and Ortho products can be available in the following modes:

  • Panchromatic image at 0.5 m resolution
  • Pansharpened colour image at 0.5 m resolution
  • Multispectral image in 4 spectral bands at 2 m resolution
  • Bundle (0.5 m panchromatic image + 2 m multispectral image)

Spatial coverage: Check the spatial coverage of the collection on a map available on the Third Party Missions Dissemination Service. 

As per ESA policy, very high-resolution imagery of conflict areas cannot be provided. 

Technical Details

DATA SET SPECIFICATIONS

Spatial coverage:
90.00 N, 90.00 S, 180.00 W, 180.00 E
Temporal coverage:
2011-01-01T00:00:00.000Z - present
Date of launch:
2011-12-17
Operators:
CNES
Mission status:
onGoing
Orbit height:
694 km
Orbit type:
Sun-synchronous
Swath width:
20 km
Resolution:
Very High Resolution - VHR (0 - 5) m
Wavelengths:
VIS (0.40 - 0.75) µm, NIR (0.75 - 1.30) µm
Product types:
HIR_P___1A, HIR_P___3_, HIR_MS__1A, HIR_MS__3_, HIR_PMS_1A, HIR_PMS_2_, HIR_PMS_3_, HIR_P_S_1A, HIR_P_S_2_, HIR_P_S_3_

PROCESSING LEVEL

level 1, level 3

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