SPOT 6 [Astrium]
SPOT 6 and 7 (Satellite Probatoire de l'Observation de la Terre) are two agile Earth observation satellites to continue the services of the SPOT 4 and 5 satellites.
Both satellites offer 2 meter resolution data in a 60 kilometer by 60 kilometer swath, and improved agility with twice the design life of previous SPOT satellites.
The satellites feature two NAOMI (New AstroSat Optical Modular Instrument) instruments, high-resolution pushbroom imagers based on a Korsch-type telescope designed and developed at EADS Astrium SAS. The imager provides imagery of 2 m in Pan and four multispectral (MS) bands of 8 m multispectral.
The satellites are coorbital with the high resolution Pléiades-HR satellites.
In December 2014 Airbus struck a deal with Azerbaijan's Azercosmos, which gets access to Airbus's Spot-6, Pléiades-HR 1 and 2 optical satellties and TerraSAR-X / TanDEM-X radar satellites and transfers ownership of Spot-7, renamed Azersky, to Azercosmos.
Nation: | France (#6, 7); Azerbaijan (#7) |
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Type / Application: | Earth observation |
Operator: | Spot Image (EADS Astrium) (#6, 7); Azercosmos (#7) |
Contractors: | EADS Astrium |
Equipment: | 2 × NAOMI (Pan: 2 m, MS: 8 m) |
Configuration: | AstroSat-500 Mk.2 (AstroBus-L) |
Propulsion: | Monopropellant hydrazine thrusters |
Power: | 3 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 10 years |
Mass: | 712 kg |
Orbit: | 677 km × 679 km, 98.24° (#6); 642 km × 659 km, 98.26° (#7) |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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SPOT 6 | 2012-047A | 09.09.2012 | Sr FLP | PSLV-CA | with PROITERES, mRESINS | |
SPOT 7 → Azersky | 2014-034A | 30.06.2014 | Sr FLP | PSLV-CA | with CanX 4, CanX 5, AISat 1, VELOX 1, VELOX P3 |