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Very high resolution optical satellite image of an urban area

Data

Optical

Very high resolution imagery in visible and near-infrared light, from 25 cm down to 3 m daily.

25 cm

Specifications

Best resolution
25 cmSpaceEye-T · 15 cm HD product
Range we carry
25 cm to 3 m
Bands
Panchromatic4–8 multispectral, SWIR on WorldView-3
Revisit
Up to 15 × a dayLegion · daily (PlanetScope)
Positional accuracy
< 5 m CE90 without control; better with our orthorectification
Archive depth
Back to 1999IKONOS over most of Greece

Resolution

WorldView-3 at 31 cm: from the full frame to a single car park.

A city centre from WorldView-3A car park at 31 cm resolution
A car park at 31 cm resolution
Field of view
1.98 km
Zoom
1.0×
Ground sample distance
31 cm

Bands

WorldView-3: one panchromatic band, eight multispectral, eight short-wave infrared.

Reflectance0.20.40.6
  • Growing crop
  • Drying field
  • Bare soil
  • Water
  • Measured by Wyvern Dragonette, 445–869 nm
Panchromatic1 band · 31 cm
Multispectral8 bands · 1.24 m
CoastalBlueGreenYellowRedRed EdgeNIR1NIR2
Short-wave infrared8 bands · 3.7 m
4006008001000140018002200nmVisibleNear infraredShort-wave infrared

Pan-sharpening

Colour is recorded at four times the pixel of the panchromatic band, then fused with it.

Multispectral: Colour at 1.24 m
MultispectralColour at 1.24 m
Panchromatic: Detail at 31 cm
PanchromaticDetail at 31 cm
Pan-sharpened: Colour at 31 cm
Pan-sharpenedColour at 31 cm

Derived from the delivered 31 cm product.

Gallery

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Two wide-body aircraft at their stands, 15 cm HD

Detects

  • Buildings, roads, vehicles, vessels: anything with a visible outline
  • Vegetation health through the near-infrared band
  • Change between two dates, at the level of a single plot
  • True colour for maps, plans and public-facing products

Limits

  • Nothing through cloud, smoke or haze
  • No night collection
  • Winter tasking over Greece needs a wider window

Satellites

Sorted by resolution. Operators’ published figures.

SatelliteOperatorResolutionLaunchedStatus
SpaceEye-TSI Imaging Services25 cm pan · 1 m MS2025Taskable
WorldView LegionVantor30 cm class pan · 1.36 m MS2024–2025Taskable
WorldView-3Vantor31 cm pan · 1.24 m MS · 3.7 m SWIR2014Taskable
WorldView-4Vantor31 cm pan · 1.24 m MS2016Archive only
KOMPSAT-3ASI Imaging Services40 cm pan · 1.6 m MS · 5.5 m MWIR2015Taskable
WorldView-2Vantor46 cm pan · 1.85 m MS (8 bands)2009Taskable
GeoEye-1Vantor46 cm pan · 1.84 m MS2008Taskable
WorldView-1Vantor50 cm pan only2007Taskable
SkySatPlanet50 cm pan & MS (ortho) · video2013–2020Taskable
PelicanPlanet50 cm pan · 1 m MS (6 bands)2023–Taskable
KOMPSAT-3SI Imaging Services50 cm pan · 2 m MS2012Taskable
QuickBirdVantor55 cm pan · 2.16 m MS2001Archive only
NewSat (Mark IV/V)Satellogic70 cm MS · 25 m hyperspectral2020–Taskable
IKONOSVantor82 cm pan · 3.2 m MS1999Archive only
KOMPSAT-2SI Imaging Services1 m pan · 4 m MS2006Archive only
OwlPlanet1 m class · SuperDove bands2026 (demo)Deploying
GRUS-1 (AxelGlobe)Axelspace2.5 m pan · 5 m MS2018–2021Taskable
PlanetScopePlanet3 m, 8 bands2014–Taskable
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