# Pléiades Neo Platform
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Airbus-owned and operated very-high-resolution optical Earth-observation satellite platform used for the Pléiades Neo constellation.

## Specifications
- **product status**: operational
- **manufacturer**: airbus-ds
- **bus**: {"form_factor":"Airbus S950 optical Earth-observation satellite platform","platform_class":"medium"}
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **entity type**: bus
- **last verified date**: 2026-05-28
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: airbus-ds
- **attributes**: {"kind":"bus","product_status":"operational","manufacturer":"airbus-ds","description":"Airbus-owned and operated very-high-resolution optical Earth-observation satellite platform used for the Pléiades Neo constellation.","sensor":null,"bus":"{\"form_factor\":\"Airbus S950 optical Earth-observation satellite platform\",\"platform_class\":\"medium\"}","ground_segment":null,"launcher":null,"analysis_service":null,"deployment_context":"orbital"}

## Editorial
The Pleiades Neo Platform is a very-high-resolution optical Earth-observation satellite bus designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space, based on the Airbus S950 optical platform family.[^airbus-pleiades-neo-2020] The platform was developed to carry the 30 cm optical sensor of the Pleiades Neo constellation, providing sub-metre imagery from a commercial programme.[^airbus-pleiades-neo-current]

Airbus designed the platform for reactive tasking, with pre-launch material describing the capability to deliver urgent acquisitions within 30 to 40 minutes of request via customer Direct Receiving Stations and the OneAtlas platform.[^airbus-pleiades-neo-2020] The Pleiades Neo satellites are equipped with Laser Communication Terminals for relay through the European Data Relay System (EDRS).[^airbus-pleiades-neo-2020]

Copernicus Data Space records roll and pitch agility of 10 degrees in 7 seconds, 30 degrees in 12 seconds, and 60 degrees in 20 seconds for the Pleiades Neo satellites.[^copernicus-pleiades-neo] The constellation was originally planned as four identical satellites. Two satellites were lost in the 2022 Vega-C launch failure; Airbus markets the remaining two-satellite operational constellation.[^airbus-pleiades-neo-current]

## Sources
- [airbus-pleiades-neo-2020] | Pléiades Neo set for launch in early 2021, Airbus | https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/news/2020-10-pleiades-neo-set-for-launch-in-early-2021 | tier=operator-press | accessed=2026-05-28
- [airbus-pleiades-neo-current] | Pléiades Neo commercial imagery page, Airbus | https://space-solutions.airbus.com/imagery/our-optical-and-radar-satellite-imagery/pleiades-neo/ | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-05-28
- [copernicus-pleiades-neo] | Pléiades Neo contributing mission page, Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem | https://dataspace.copernicus.eu/explore-data/data-collections/copernicus-contributing-missions/missions/pleiadesneo | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-05-28

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