Spot 7 Satellite Sensor Characteristics

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Spot 7 satellite sensor characteristics. Spot 1 2 and 3 carried a multi spectral xs and panchromatic p sensor on board. In 2008 spot image of toulouse france and partners eads astrium started an initiative to build a new commercial spot mission series referred to as spot 6 7 to continue sustainable wide swath high resolution observation services as currently provided by the. Watch video spot 7 satellite launch. Mygeoss third call for innovative apps in the environmental and social domains by ec europa eu.

Having full support from eads astrium spot image s. Spot 6 and spot 7 commercial imaging constellation. Orbital characteristics and viewing capability spot 6 and spot 7 missions are designed to achieve efficiently both collection of large coverage and collection of individual targets that are possible thanks to the extreme agility of the satellite. Spot 6 launched in 2012 and spot 7 are identical spacecraft based on the astrosat 250 satellite bus and use the naomi new astrosat optical modular instrument payload to acquire optical imagery to ensure the continuity of spot data building on experience gained through previous missions particularly spot 5 that launched in 2002.

Optical system two identical korsch telescopes with a 200mm aperture each to deliver the expected swath. Spot 6 and spot 7 commercial imaging constellation. Landsat 7 s sensor has been called the most stable best characterized earth observation instrument ever placed in orbit. Spacecraft launch mission status sensor complement ground segment references.

10 00 am local time at descending node period 98 79 minutes cycle 26 days. Spot 7 satellite sensor 1 5m spot 7 satellite sensor built by airbus defence space was successfully launched on june 30 2014 by a pslv launcher from the satish dhawan space center in india. In 2008 spot image of toulouse france and partners eads astrium started an initiative to build a new commercial spot mission series referred to as spot 6 7 to continue sustainable wide swath high resolution observation services as currently provided by the spot 5 mission. Spot 4 was successfully launched in march 1998.