Sensor · Spaceborne

Pléiades HiRI

Missions → Pleiades-1A (Operational)

High-resolution passive optical imager flown on the Airbus Pléiades 1A and 1B satellites, supporting 50 cm imagery products over a 20 km swath.

Sensor

Pléiades HiRI is an Airbus Defence and Space high-resolution passive optical imager flown on Pléiades 1A and Pléiades 1B.^[1]

It covers 430 to 940 nm across five bands: panchromatic 470 to 830 nm, blue 430 to 550 nm, green 500 to 620 nm, red 590 to 710 nm, and near infrared 740 to 940 nm.^[1]

Native acquisition is 0.7 m panchromatic and 2.8 m multispectral, while distributed Airbus and DINAMIS imagery products are 0.5 m panchromatic and 2.0 m multispectral.^[1]^[2]

The imager has a 20 km swath.^[1]^[2]

Operator pricing

Pricing not publicly listed by operator

Supply chain position

carried by Pleiades-1A

Methods this sensor implements

Demonstrated

Vegetation index mappingvia Pleiades-1A
HiRI provides red and NIR multispectral bands suitable for band-ratio vegetation indices; Pleiades imagery is operationally distributed.
Multispectral optical imagingvia Pleiades-1A
Carried from the vegetation-index-mapping edge (demonstrated); multi-band optical imager per live sensor record, record source [pleiades-dinamis].

Capable, undemonstrated

Optical time-series change detection
Tasked high-resolution optical observations can contribute to optical time-series change detection where repeat acquisitions are available.

Topics this relates to

Snow cover Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)well suited

Cloud properties Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Flooding Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Terrain elevation Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Inland water Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)marginal

Economic activity intelligence Optical time-series change detection(capable)adequate

Transport infrastructure monitoring Optical time-series change detection(capable)adequate

Crop phenology Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Crop stress and yield Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Deforestation Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Land cover change Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Pasture and grazing Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Urban change Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Vector-borne disease risk Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Drought Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Irrigation monitoring Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Pest and disease detection Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Power grid and vegetation encroachment Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Urban heat island Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Wildfire Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Biodiversity and habitat Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Coastal erosion Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Coastal water quality Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Crop-type mapping Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Disaster damage assessment Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Forest structure and biomass Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Illegal construction Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Mineral exploration Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Pipeline integrity Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Solar energy siting and monitoring Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Vessel tracking Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Wind energy siting Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Sources

[1]Pléiades Imagery User Guide, Airbus Defence and Spaceoperator datasheet2026-05-28
[2]Pléiades imagery, Data Terra DINAMISagency doc2026-05-28

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@misc{eoatlas:products:sensor:pleiades-hiri,
  title = {Pléiades HiRI},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/pleiades-hiri}
}