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PLEIADES 1B
Very High Resolution Imaging · CNES / Airbus
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The second Pleiades satellite completes the pair that can image any target on Earth within 24 hours. Together they have documented war damage in Ukraine, mapped Beirut after the 2020 port explosion, and tracked Amazon deforestation in near real-time — demonstrating that commercial imaging now operates in every domain previously exclusive to government space programs.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 436–437 mi (701–703 km)
- Inclination
- 98.2°
- One orbit
- 98.7 minutes14.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 39019
- Int’l designator
- 2012-068A
- Launched
- 2012
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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