| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Pléiades HR1A |
| Country of Operator/Owner | France/Italy |
| Operator/Owner | Ministry of Defense/Centre National d´Etudes Spatiales (CNES) - cooperation with Austria, Belgium, Spain, Sweden |
| Users | Government |
| Purpose | Earth Observation |
| Class of Orbit | LEO |
| Type of Orbit | Sun-Synchronous |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 0 |
| Perigee (km) | 697 |
| Apogee (km) | 699 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000141482739105829 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 98.2 |
| Period (minutes) | 98.7 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 1000 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | 1500 |
| Date of Launch | 17-12-2011 |
| Expected Lifetime | 5 yrs. |
| Contractor | Astrium |
| Country of Contractor | France |
| Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Soyuz 2/Fregat |
| COSPAR Number | 2011-076F |
| NORAD Number | 38012 |
| Comments | Optical component of the ORFEO system developed in cooperation with Italy -- Very high resolution panchromatic and multispectral Earth observation satellite. |