What Is SPOT?
SPOT Image is the worldwide distributor of geographic information products and services derived from the Spot Earth observation satellites that are owned by CNES and operated by SPOT Image. The system of commercial high resolution satellites include:
- SPOT 2 & 4 (10m Pan - 20m Multispectral)
- SPOT 5 (10m XS - 2.5m Pan)
Specifications & Capabilities:
- High Spatial Resolution Imagery (2.5m to 20m)
- Satellites may be programmed (tasked)
- Multispectral and Panchromatic
- Multiple cameras (stereo viewing)
- 60 x 60km Scenes
- 1-2 Day Revisit
- 500,000 New Acquisitions Annually
- > 10 Millions Scenes in Global Archive
Interested in reading more technical information on SPOT satellite performance? This 25 page .pdf file provides an overview of SPOT1, SPOT2, SPOT4 and SPOT5 image quality performance: SPOT Performance.
