Spot 5

France

Spacecraft nº:

France spacecraft nº: 46

Launch data:

Designation	27421 / 02021A
Launch date	04 May 2002 - 01:31:46 UT
Launch site	Ko, ELA-2
Launch vehicle	nbsp;Ariane-42P (V151)
Mission	Remote sensing / Imaging
Earth orbit:
Perigee/Apogee	832 km, sun-synchronous
Inclination	98.7°
Period	101.4 min

The satellite and launch and associated expenses should total $400 million. Was flown to Kourou in the Airbus A300-600ST (Beluga), first time this plane flows to Kourou.

Specifications

Prime contractor	Astrium (was MMS) Alcatel Space
Platform	Spot Mk 3
Mass at launch	3030 kg
Mass in orbit
Fuel mass	150 kg
Dimension	3.1 x 3.1 x 5.7 m
Solar array
Stabilization	3-axis
DC power	BOL: 2350 W
Design lifetime	5 years

Athens as seen by the Spot-5 satellite in 2002

Description:

SPOT 5 has two high resolution geometrical (HRG) instruments that were deduced from the HRVIR of SPOT 4. They offer a higher resolution of 2.5 to 5 meters in panchromatic mode and 10 meters in multispectral mode (20 metre on short wave infrared 1.58 - 1.75 µm).[3] SPOT 5 also features an HRS imaging instrument operating in panchromatic mode. HRS points forward and backward of the satellite. Thus, it is able to take stereopair images almost simultaneously to map relief.

Instruments:

HRG (Haute Résolution Géométrique)

Wavebands	0.50-0.59 µm (green) 0.61-0.68 µm (red) 0.79-0.89 µm (near IR) 1.58-1.75 µm (mid-IR)
Swath width	60 km
Resolution	Monospectral: 2.5 m

Built by Alcatel Space

HRS (Haute Résolution Stéréoscopique)

Wavebands	0.50-0.59 µm (green) 0.61-0.68 µm (red) 0.79-0.89 µm (near IR) 1.58-1.75 µm (mid-IR)
Swath width	120 km
Resolution	Multispectral: 10 m

Built by Astrium. The HRS instrument is capable of acquiring two images of the same 120-km-by-600-km ground strip almost simultaneously, one forward and one aft of the satellite, to generate digital data for mapping of terrain relief in three dimensions.

Vegetation 2

Wavebands	0.43-0.47 µm (blue) 0.61-0.68 µm (red) 0.78-0.89 µm (near IR) 1.58-1.75 µm (mid-IR)
Swath width	2000 km
Resolution	1.15 to 1.7 km

Built by Alcatel Space.

The Doris payload is onboard.

Will have the same onboard recorders as Helios 2.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Kourou

Headquarter cancel Paris

Credit covers: J.VdDr.

Ref.: #7, #15(01.12.02), #98, #113, #415 - update: 05.11.19

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