An Efficient Image Compressor for Charge Coupled Devices Camera

Table 1

Input date rates of compression system for France earth observation satellites in recent years.

Satellite	SPOT4 (1998)	SPOT5 (2002)	PLEIADES (2010)
Coverage width	60	60	20
Resolution	10	2.5	0.7
Data rates	32 Mb/s	128 Mb/s	4.5 Gb/s