Satellite & Earth observationChecked Sep 2026

Airbus Defence and Space

Airbus Defence and Space operates one of the most capable commercial optical fleets, anchored by Pléiades Neo at native 30cm and the wide-swath SPOT satellites, all streamed through the OneAtlas online platform with developer APIs.

Optical VHR30cm nativeOneAtlas APIArchive + tasking
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Airbus Defence and Space
Founded2014
HQToulouse, France
StageDivision of Airbus SE (public)
API / accessYes
Founded2014
HQToulouse, France
StageDivision of Airbus SE (public)
API / accessYes
Websiteairbus.com ↗
EvidenceWell corroborated

Very-high-resolution optical imagery for plot verification and boundary mapping, with a deep archive to anchor baselines.

What they do

Inside Airbus Defence and Space

Pléiades Neo flies two identical satellites at 30cm native resolution, collecting around 1 million square kilometres per day, complemented by SPOT at 1.5m for wide-area context.

Imagery and analytics are delivered through OneAtlas, which exposes data access, ordering and tasking through documented APIs and GIS plugins so captures fold directly into existing workflows.

The Pléiades Neo Next programme, with a first launch announced for early 2028, will extend this capacity and continue to improve the OneAtlas ground segment.

Signal

Recent developments

  1. Jan 2026Airbus confirmed the first Pléiades Neo Next satellite is targeted for launch in early 2028.
  2. Apr 2024Announced the Pléiades Neo Next programme to extend the constellation with enhanced resolution and an upgraded ground segment.
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SourcesPléiades Neo (Airbus)OneAtlas Developer Portal
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