SPOT (Satellite Probatoire d'Observation de la Terre)

SPOT 4

A civilian Earth observation program, sponsored by the French government with support from Belgium and Sweden. A single SPOT satellite provides complete coverage of the Earth every 26 days and produces images with a resolution of up to 10 m. Image products from SPOT are handled commercially by SPOT-Image Corp. All the SPOT satellites were launched from Kourou and measured approximately 3.5 m in length with a maximum diameter of 2.0 m.

spacecraft	launch date	launch vehicle	orbit	mass (kg)
SPOT 1	Feb. 22, 1986	Ariane 1	821 × 823 km × 98.7°	1,830
SPOT 2	Jan. 22, 1990	Ariane 4	821 × 823 km × 98.7°	1,837
SPOT 3	Sep. 26, 1993	Ariane 4	821 × 823 km × 98.7°	1,907
SPOT 4	Mar. 24, 1998	Ariane 4	824 × 826 km × 98.7°	2,755

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