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PLEIADES NEO 4
Very High Resolution Imaging · Airbus
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The twin to Pleiades Neo 3, flying offset by 180 degrees for twice-daily revisit. Together the pair provides 30 cm imagery of any target on Earth within 24 hours — a capability that until recently required classified military satellite access. Commercial space has permanently changed who can see what.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 390–391 mi (627–629 km)
- Inclination
- 97.9°
- One orbit
- 97.1 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 49070
- Int’l designator
- 2021-073E
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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