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.
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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
Level 1C product
- Map projected, orthorectified image data in UTM/WGS84