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Satellite Programme:
Pléiades
Programme details
Programme description
Constellation of two satellites in orbits coordinated so as to provide frequent revisit time (up to daily with both satellites in orbit).
Follow-on and merging of the civilian SPOT and military Helios series.
CNES responsible of development and operations, with national contributions from Sweden, Belgium, Spain and Austria. Programme coordinated with the ASI COSMO-SkyMed to implement the Optical and Radar Federated Earth Observation programme (ORFEO).
The platforms are actively stabilised over 3 axes.
The design lifetime of the satellites is 5 years.
The satellites exploit a sunsynchronous orbit around 10:30.
The two-satellite programme implies mutual redundancy. Further redundancy is provided by the co-flying SPOT-6 and SPOT-7.
See detailed description at http://smsc.cnes.fr/PLEIADES/index.htm .
Data circulation
Main image receiving stations in Kiruna and Toulouse, in association with a network of Regional Image Receiving Stations (RIRS).
Dual (civil and military) control centre managed by CNES in Toulose.
Military mission centers in France (Creil) and Spain (Torrejon).
Agencies
CNES
Programme lifetime
2011 - 2022
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational
, blue tag => planned
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 released
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 was released including new features related to Gap Analysis and satellite status information. With version 2.6 OSCAR/Space has a new URL; https://space.oscar.wmo.int . Please read more via the link here .