Sensor Summary Fact Sheet for SPOT 1 HRV

Collection: SPOT

Description	The SPOT (Système Pour l’Observation de la Terre or System for Earth Observation) satellites are operated by SPOT Image (created in 1982), a subsidiary of EADS Astrium and based in Toulouse, France. The program was initiated by the French space agency, CNES (Centre national d'études spatiales) in the 1970s in collaboration with the Belgium (SSTC) and Swedish (SNSB) science and space agencies.
Owner	Airbus Defence & Space

Satellite: SPOT 1

Description	SPOT 1-3 satellite imagery acquired by the two High Resolution Visible (HRV) cameras. SPOT 1 was actively acquiring imagery from 22 February 1986 to 31 December 1990, SPOT 2 from 22 January 1990 to July 2009 and SPOT3 from 26 September 1993 until it stopped functioning on 14 November 1997.
Reference	http://www.astrium-geo.com/en/192-the-spot-satellites
Launch Date	Feb. 22, 1986
Status	Deorbited 17 November 2003
Altitude	822 km
Orbit	km
Revisit Time	26 days

Sensor: HRV

Description	High Resolution Visible
Sensor Type	Optical
Reference System	SPOT Grid Reference System (GRS) using K and J co-ordinate pairs
Scanner Type	Push Broom Optical Scanner
Swath	60 km
Bands	4
Band Type	Multi-spectral; Panchromatic
Spectral Range	500 - 890 nm
Spatial Resolution	10 m; 20 m
Quantization	8
Image Size	60 km x 80 km km
Keywords	SPOT 1; SPOT2; SPOT 3; HRV; multi-spectral; panchromatic; 10m; 20m; pan-sharpen

Yearly catalogue product overview for SPOT 1

1986	1990	1992	1997
21	1323	23331	75