DocumentCode
3071986
Title
The Pléiades system and data distribution
Author
Boissin, M. Benoit ; Gleyzes, Alain ; Tinel, C.
Author_Institution
CNES, Toulouse, France
fYear
2013
fDate
21-26 July 2013
Firstpage
4305
Lastpage
4308
Abstract
The Pléiades program is a dual program developed in cooperation between the space agencies of France, Sweden, Belgium, Spain and Austria. It has been designed to provide high resolution optical data for the benefits of civilian and defense users. The space component is composed of two agile "small satellites" offering a spatial resolution at nadir of 0.7 m and a field of view of 20 km. The first Pleiades satellite was successfully launched on December 17th 201 1 from the Europe\´s spaceport in Kourou, French Guyana and the commissioning ended successfully beginning of March 2012. The second satellite was launched on December 2nd 2012 and so the full constellation is operational since beginning of 2013.
Keywords
airports; artificial satellites; Austria; Belgium; Europe; France; French Guyana; Kourou; Pleiades satellite system; Spain; Sweden; civilian user; constellation; data distribution; defense user; distance 20 km; optical data resolution; space agency; spaceport; Abstracts; Clocks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Melbourne, VIC
ISSN
2153-6996
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-1114-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723786
Filename
6723786
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