AIRBUS Defence & Space Pleiades-1A satellite sensor was successfully launched on December 16, 2011, and provides 0.5m high resolution satellite image data. Watch video of Pleiades-1A satellite launch.
The Pleiades-1A satellite is capable of providing orthorectified color data at 0.5-meter resolution (roughly comparable to GeoEye-1) and revisiting any point on Earth as it covers a total of 1 million square kilometers (approximately 386,102 square miles) daily. Perhaps most importantly, Pleiades-1A is capable of acquiring high-resolution stereo imagery in just one pass and can accommodate large areas (up to 1,000 km x 1,000 km).




