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SPOT 1 was designed to improve the knowledge and management of Earth's resources, detecting and forecasting phenomena involving
climatology and oceanography, and monitoring human activities and natural phenomena.

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About SPOT 1
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SPOT 1 (Satellite pour l'Observation de la Terre) was a commercial Earth-imaging satellite from CNES (Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales), the French Space
Agency. It was launched on 22 February 1986 and ceased operations in November 2003. SPOT 1, 2 and 3 were identical.

Mission Parameters

Orbit Height 832 km

Orbit Type Sun-synchronous

Orbit Inclination 98.7°

Orbit Duration 101 min

Repeat Cycle 26 days

SPOT 1 Objectives
SPOT 1, supplying high-resolution, wide-area optical imagery, was designed to improve the knowledge and management of Earth's resources, detecting and
forecasting phenomena involving climatology and oceanography, and monitoring human activities and natural phenomena.

SPOT 1 Instruments SPOT 1

High-Resolution Visible (HRV)

Two identical HRV (High Resolution Visible) imaging instruments on SPOT 1 provided data at 10 metre spatial resolution and were able to operate in two
modes Panchromatic mode and 20 metre (Multispectral mode) with a swath of 60 km simultaniously or individually.

The HRV had an oblique viewing capability of 27° on each side of the local vertical.The swath was 117 km2 if both sensors were used simultaniously with a
3 km2 overlap.

HRV Instrument Details

Type High-resolution optical pushbroom imager

Panchromatic: 10 m
Ground Sample Distance
Multispectral: 20 m

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Swath Width 60 km

Pan 0.51-0.73 µm
Green 0.50-0.59 µm
Bands
Red 0.61-0.68 µm
NIR (Near Infrared) 0.79-0.89 µm

Instrument Field of View 4.13°

Panchromatic: 10 m x 10 m
Ground Sampling Interval (Nadir Viewing)
Multispectral: 20 m x 20 m

Panchromatic: 6000
Pixel per Line
Multispectral: 3000

Swath Width 60 km

SPOT 1 Data
DATA COLLECTIONS
Registered users can access the SPOT 1 to 5 ESA archive through the online dissmination server. The archive consists mainly of imagery over Europe and
Africa that ESA has collected through the years.

SPOT 1 - SPOT 5 ESA archive

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