The PlanetScope and SkySat missions are Third Party Missions under evaluation.

This will allow any interested user to investigate the suitability of the data for scientific and R&D activities.

Learn more about the available data from these missions:

• PlanetScope Full Archive
• SkySat Full Archive and New Tasking

PlanetScope is a constellation of 120+ satellites named Doves, that are able to provide VHR imagery of the entire landmass of the Earth daily with a huge amount of data at a global scale.

Skysat, composed of 15 satellites, is able to provide a ground resolution of about 72 cm for multispectral bands.

Different product formats are available to serve different use cases:

• Basic Scene product: Scaled Top of Atmosphere Radiance (at sensor) and sensor-corrected product. Designed for users with advanced image processing and geometric correction capabilities. Not orthorectified or corrected for terrain distortions.
• Ortho Scene product: represent the single-frame image captured as acquired by the satellite with additional post processing applied
• Consolidated product (only for SkySat): ortho frames belonging to the same collect are merged into a single deliverable for considerably easier file management

ESA scientific users can request archive or new acquisition data by submitting a project proposal.

A full report on the evaluation shall be delivered to ESA at the end of the study.