Spot satellite

Background
-Initiated by the French space agency CNES in 1977 and run by
Spot Image, based in Toulouse, France,
SPOT was the first European Earth-observation satellite
programme. The series was developed in association with Belgian
and Swedish institutions. The SPOT (Satellite Pour l’Observation
de la Terre) series under CNES operated five satellites between
1986 and 2015
CNES continued the legacy of the original five SPOT satellites
with the Pléiades satellites, offering improved imaging
capabilities.
-Airbus Defence and Space continued with the SPOT series when
CNES ended their programme in 2015. Airbus' commercial SPOT
6 and seven satellites, launched in 2012 and 2014 
-The SPOT satellites each have twin high resolution visible
(HRV) imaging systems, which can be operated independently
and simultaneously. The SPOT 4 satellite carries two (HRVIR
detectors. The HRVIR is similar to the HRV, except that HRVIR
has an additional short wave infrared (SWIR) band,
-The viewing angle of the sensors can be adjusted to
look to either side of the satellite's vertical (nadir) track,
allowing off-nadir viewing which increases the satellite's
revisit capability. This ability to point the sensors up to 27°
from nadir, allows SPOT to view within a 950 km swath
and to revisit any location several times per week. As the
sensors point away from nadir, the swath varies from 60 to
80 km in width.
Types
• SPOT 2 launched 1990, still going)
•SPOT 3 launched 1993 and stopped functioning 1996
•SPOT 4 launched in 1998, still going
•SPOT 5 scheduled for April 2002
Types
 Stereoscopic cover capabilities over mountainous areas

acquisition capacity: SPOT 6/7 constellation

-Multispectral scanner : Liner array(pushbroom)
has an impressive acquisition capacity of 6
-Orbit : near polar(LEO) -Height:694 km -weight: 720kg million square kilometres per day
(very compact)
-Inclination angel: 98.2 degrees -Updated every 4hrs (reactivity)
-Sun-synchronous -Swath width: 60km
-Orthorectified prodcut
-Detectors: PAN array assembly: 28,000 pixels
MS array assembly: 4 x 7000 pixel
-Stereo Capability: Single pass stereo and tri-stereo(Fore, -Spaceborne platform
Nadir and Aft mode)
-Optical system : One instrument made of 2 identical Korsch - Accuracy :10 m CE90 at nadir
telescopes,each with a 200 mm aperture, delivering the expected
- Atmospheric window: visible light/ near
swath.
infrared
Image resolution Spot6&7
Spatial resolution
They offer a higher resolution of 1.5 in panchromatic mode
6 meters in multispectral mode 

Spectral resolution
Panchromatic: 0.450-0.745μm
-1.5m at nadir
-Resolution 10m
-pixels per line: 6000

Multispectral: Naomi
Blue: 0.450-0.520μm
Green: 0.530-0.590μm
Red: 0.625-0.695μm
Near-infrared: 0.760-0.890μm
-6m at nadir
-Resolution 20m
-pixels per line :3000

Rediometric resolution
Other Instruments
-12 bits per pixel-4.096 level -8bits (rest of spot satellites) The VEGETATION instrument is carried on board
Temporal resolution SPOT 7
. This instrument can cover almost all Earth's
1 day with SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 operating surface in a day because of its swath size of 2250 km.
simultaneously Between 1 and 3 days with only one It captures reflected light in four spectral bands
satellite (blue, red, near-infrared, and middle-infrared).
Applications
1-Agri-environmental monitoring
2-Natural resource management
3-Natural mapping
4-3D modeling
5-Defence and security
6-Risk mangement and emergency response
7- topographic information
8-mapping (urban mapping)

Receiving Stations
Two main stations are located at Toulouse
(France) and Kiruna (Sweden)
the location of meteorological stations
Red: band-3; Green: band-2; Blue: band-1