CNES studies for on-board compression of high-resolution satellite images

Carole Thiebaut; Xavier Delaunay; Christophe Latry; Gilles Moury

doi:10.1117/12.798121

5 September 2008 CNES studies for on-board compression of high-resolution satellite images

Carole Thiebaut, Xavier Delaunay, Christophe Latry, Gilles Moury

Proceedings Volume 7084, Satellite Data Compression, Communication, and Processing IV; 70840F (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.798121
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Future high resolution instruments planned by CNES for space remote sensing missions will lead to higher bit rates because of the increase in resolution and dynamic range. For example, the ground resolution improvement induces a data rate multi-plied by 8 from SPOT4 to SPOT5 and by 28 to PLEIADES-HR. Lossy data compression with low complexity algorithms is then needed since compression ratio are always higher. New image compression algorithms have been used to increase their compression performance while complying with image quality requirements from the community of users and experts. Thus, DPCM algorithm used on-board SPOT4 was replaced by a DCT-based compressor on-board SPOT5. Recent compression algorithms such as PLEIADES-HR one use a wavelet-transform and a bit-plane encoder. But future compressors will have to be more powerful to reach higher compression ratios. New transforms are studied by CNES to exceed the DWT but a per-formance gap could be obtained with selective compression. This article gives an overview of CNES past and present studies of on-board compression algorithms for high-resolution images.

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Carole Thiebaut, Xavier Delaunay, Christophe Latry, and Gilles Moury "CNES studies for on-board compression of high-resolution satellite images", Proc. SPIE 7084, Satellite Data Compression, Communication, and Processing IV, 70840F (5 September 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.798121

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