Product level definitions

Small satellite image data received from a ground segment undergoes multiple processing stages to produce usable image data products. Each stage provides products with varying amounts of data manipulation and advancement toward a usable image.

Note: Pinkmatter uses the following definition for the product levels.

The processing level and output data formats can be tailored to operational requirements.

Level 0 product ​

• Image and ancillary data, such as attitude, ephemeris, scanline times, temperature, etc., from raw telemetry
• Data integrity preserved
• Pixels in DNs
• For archive and internal processing

Level 1A product

• RPC files
• Conversion coefficients for at-sensor radiometric units per band
• For archive and internal processing
• Unprojected imagery

Level 1B product​

• Band-aligned
• Refined RPC model (Orthorectification)
• For archive, internal processing, and advanced use cases
• Unprojected imagery