PlanetScope (RESA) – CODE-DE-Lab

The PlanetScope satellite constellation consists of multiple launches of groups of individual Dove satellites into a 400 km orbit. Some of them were launched from the ISS. Therefore, on-orbit capacity is constantly improving in capability or quantity. Each Dove satellite is a CubeSat with a size of 10 x 10 x 34 cm. The complete PlanetScope constellation of approximately 130 satellites is able to image the entire land surface of the Earth every day, equating to a daily collection capacity of 200 million km².

The PlanetScope data of this collection has been purchased by the German Space Agency with funds from the Ministry of Economy and is available for Germany-based researchers for scientific use.

This collection comprises the following individual products:

the PlanetScope L1B Basic Scene 3-band natural color RGB products. The PlanetScope Basic Scene product is a Scaled Top of Atmosphere Radiance (at sensor) and sensor corrected product, providing imagery as seen from the spacecraft without correction for any geometric distortions inherent in the imaging process. It has a scene-based framing, and is not mapped to a cartographic projection.
the PlanetScope L1B Basic Scene 4-band multispectral image products with three visual RGB and one near-infrared band. The Basic Scene product is a scaled Top of Atmosphere Radiance (at sensor) and sensor corrected product, providing imagery as seen from the spacecraft without correction for any geometric distortions. It has a scene-based framing, and is not mapped to a cartographic projection. If available, the Surface Reflectance layer which corrects for the effects of the Earth's atmosphere is added to the product.
the PlanetScope L3A OrthoTile products which are orthorectified as individual 25 km by 25 km tiles referenced to a fixed, standard image tile grid system. The OrthoTile products are radiometrically-, sensor-, and geometrically-corrected and aligned to a cartographic map projection. The Surface Reflectance layer which corrects for the effects of the Earth's atmosphere is included in the product.

Please note: this is a completed collection. No more data will be added. You can find information about further PlanetScope data on EO-Lab here.

Usage requirements

	Required?	Remark
Registration on EO-Lab	Yes	---
Cloud resources on EO-Lab	Yes	---
Individual request	Yes	---

Access

These data are only available on individual request and for authorised institutions only.

To request access to the existing data in the EO-Lab RESA Archive, please go to "Data Request" in the Profile Manager on EO-Lab, then click on "Create Request" and choose "Data access". Your application will be reviewed and you will be contacted with further information. Once granted access, you will see the data in

/eolab/RESA-PlanetScope

More information

Further information on this product can also be found on the following external pages:

Terms of use

Use of the product is subject to the following terms of use:

Sublicensing Agreement RESA Data