PlanetScope

Long name	PlanetScope
Short name	PLS
Sensor type	Each PlanetScope Dove satellite is a CubeSat 3U form factor (10 x 10 x 30 centimeters). The complete PlanetScope constellation consists of approximately 120 satellites. Each satellite carries a telescope and a frame CCD camera equipped with a Bayer-mask filter.
Platform	PlanetScope
Key file name (use to open dataset)	*_metadata.xml
Supported file name extensions	.xml, .tif
Sections	Data product name and description Distribution disk files Returned data for supported format References

Data product name and description

There are four generations of optical instruments:

PlanetScope 0 (PS0)
PlanetScope 1 (PS1)
PlanetScope 2 Dove-R (PS2.SD)
PlanetScope SuperDove (PSB.SD)

The spectral bands are:

Red: 590 - 670 nanometres (nm)
Green: 500 - 590 nm
Blue: 455 - 515 nm

PS2 also has a near-infrared band 780-860 nm.

The spectral bands for SuperDove are:

Coastal Blue: 431 - 452 nm
Blue: 465 - 515 nm
Green I: 513 - 549 nm
Green II: 547 - 583 nm
Yellow: 600 - 620 nm
Red: 650 - 680 nm
Red-Edge: 697 - 713 nm
NIR: 845 - 885 nm

Note: The information provided herein is based on the data distributor's documentation cited under References.

Name	Description	Notes
Level 1B Basic Scene Product	Scaled top-of-atmosphere radiance (at sensor) and sensor-corrected product. This product has scene-based framing and is not projected to a cartographic projection. Radiometric and sensor corrections are applied to the data.
Level 3A Ortho Tile Product	Radiometric and sensor corrections are applied to the data. Imagery is orthorectified and projected to a UTM projection.
Level 3B Ortho Scene Product	Orthorectified, scaled top-of-atmosphere radiance (at sensor) image product suitable for analytic and visual applications. This product has scene-ased framing and is projected to a cartographic projection. Level 3B data includs: PlanetScope Ortho Analytic 3B Scene PlanetScope Ortho Analytic 4B Scene PlanetScope Ortho Analytic 8B Scene PlanetScope Ortho Analytic 4B SR PlanetScope Ortho Analytic 8B SR PlanetScope Ortho Visual Scene	Valid surface reflectance(SR) data should has a json file that with content of surface reflectance coefficient for each band. 3B Scene data and 8B SR data has not been tested since there is no data available.

Name

Description

Notes

Level 1B
Basic Scene Product

Scaled top-of-atmosphere radiance (at sensor) and sensor-corrected product. This product has scene-based framing and is not projected to a cartographic projection. Radiometric and sensor corrections are applied to the data.

Level 3A
Ortho Tile Product

Radiometric and sensor corrections are applied to the data. Imagery is orthorectified and projected to a UTM projection.

Level 3B
Ortho Scene Product

Orthorectified, scaled top-of-atmosphere radiance (at sensor) image product suitable for analytic and visual applications. This product has scene-ased framing and is projected to a cartographic projection.

Level 3B data includs:

PlanetScope Ortho Analytic 3B Scene
PlanetScope Ortho Analytic 4B Scene
PlanetScope Ortho Analytic 8B Scene
PlanetScope Ortho Analytic 4B SR
PlanetScope Ortho Analytic 8B SR
PlanetScope Ortho Visual Scene

Valid surface reflectance(SR) data should has a json file that with content of surface reflectance coefficient for each band.

3B Scene data and 8B SR data has not been tested since there is no data available.

Distribution disk files

The document cited under References describes the 21 different types of delivery asset that are possible with the data API.

Returned data for supported format

GDB supports the PlanetScope data set as a three-band, four-band image or eight-band image, plus metadata.

References

Planet Spacecraft Operations and Ground Control

Planet Satellite Imagery Products

Planet Imagery Product Specifications

planet.com