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About PlanetScope
The PlanetScope satellite constellation consists of multiple launches of groups of individual cubesats (Doves and SuperDoves).
| Orbit Altitude | 475 km - 525 km |
| Orbit Type | Sun-synchronous |
| Orbit Inclination | 98° |
| Repeat Cycle | Daily |
| Equator Crossing Time | 9:30 - 11:30 am (local solar time) |
PlanetScope Objectives
The PlanetScope constellation of more than 600 Dove and SuperDove satellites is able to image nearly all Earth's land every day.
PlanetScope Instruments
PlanetScope Camera
The PlanetScope camera on each Dove cubesat operates currently in eight bands - red edge, red, green, green I, yellow, blue, coastal blue and near infra-red.
| Sensor Type | Three-band frame Imager or four-band frame Imager with a split-frame NIR filter (Dove-C) Four-band frame imager with butcher-block filter providing blue, green, red, and NIR stripes (Dove-R) Eight-band frame imager with butcher-block filter providing blue, green, red, red-edge, and NIR stripes (SuperDove) |
| Spectral Bands | Coastal Blue: 431 - 452 nm Blue: 465 – 515 nm Green I: 513 - 549 nm Green: 547 – 583 nm Yellow: 600 - 620 nm Red: 650 – 680 nm RedEdge: 697 – 713 nm NIR: 845 – 885 nm |
| Ground Sample Distance (nadir) | Dove-C: 3.0 m-4.1 m Dove-R: 3.0 m-4.1 m SuperDove: 3.7 m- |
| Frame Size | 24 km x 8 km (approximate) for Dove-C 24 km x 16 km (approximate) for Dove-R 32.5 km x 19.6 km (approximate) for SuperDove |
| Maximum Image Strip per orbit | 20,000 km2 |
| Revisit Time | Daily at nadir |
| Image Capture Capacity | 200 million km2/day |
PlanetScope Data
DATA COLLECTIONS
ESA is offering, for scientific research and application development, access to data from the full archive of the PlanetScope missions upon submission and acceptance of a project proposal. These collections are available as part of the Planet imagery offer.
ESA will support as many high-quality and innovative projects as possible within the quota limit available, therefore only a limited amount of products can be made available to each project.
The following data collection is available:
Product Information
| Name | Description | Product Level |
| PlanetScope Basic Scene Product | Scaled Top of Atmosphere Radiance (at sensor) and sensor corrected product. The Basic Scene product is designed for users with advanced image processing and geometric correction capabilities. This product has scene based framing and is not projected to a cartographic projection. Radiometric and sensor corrections applied to the data. | Level 1B |
| PlanetScope Ortho Scene Product | Orthorectified, scaled Top of Atmosphere Radiance (at sensor) or Surface Reflectance image product suitable for analytic and visual applications. This product has scene based framing and is projected to a cartographic projection. | Level 3A |
| PlanetScope Ortho Tile Product | Radiometric and sensor corrections applied to the data. Imagery is orthorectified and projected to a UTM projection. | Level 3B |