Sensor Summary Fact Sheet for SPOT 2 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 2

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	Jan. 22, 1990
Status	Deorbited 30 July 2009
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 2

1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
1458	512	5718	11923	10338	10993	19834	26665	22354	32635	32600	35629	33397	53192	49247	34694	26101	4777	3406