SPOT 6

SPOT 6

France

Spacecraft nº:

France spacecraft nº: 68

SPOT= Satellite Probatoire de l'Observation de la Terre

Launch data:

Designation	38755 / 12047A
Launch date	09 Sept 2012 - 04:23 UT
Launch site	Sriharikota, LP1
Launch vehicle	PSLV-CA
Mission	Commercial: Earth Observing, Imaging
Syn-Synchronous LEO Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	696 x 699 km
Eccentricity	2,12E-04
Inclination	98.2 deg
Period	98.73 min

Launched together with: PROITERES & mRESINS

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer	EADS Astrium
Platform	AstroSat-500 Mk.2 (AstroBus-L)
Operator	Spot Image
Mass at launch	712 (720?) kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment	2 × NAOMI (Pan: 2 m, MS: 8 m )
Solar array	3 deployable solar arrays
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power
Design lifetime	5 yrs - still active

Description:

The SPOT 6 & 7 satellites will 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. SPOT 7 will be launched in 2014.
The satellites will be coorbital with the high resolution Pléiades-HR satellites

Mission details:

On Sep 9, 2012 India launched PSLV-C21 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Sriharikota Island into a 640 x 647 km x 98.2 deg, 10:00LT sun-synchronous polar orbit. The main payload was the 712 kg SPOT 6 Earth observing satellite built by Astrium/Toulouse for Astrium subsidiary Spot Image (Toulouse). Earlier SPOT satellites were owned by CNES with Spot Image marketing the data.

Ref.: #7(JR667), #14, #226, #228 - update: 07.07.13