Sensor Summary Fact Sheet for SPOT 5 HRG

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 5

Description	The SPOT 5 satellite was launched on 4 May 2002 by Astrium, an EADS Company. SPOT 5 multi-spectral imagery is acquired by the two High Resolution Geometric (HRG) cameras on board the satellite at a spatial resolution of 5m, 10m and 20m. The satellite also carries the High Resolution Stereo insturment (HRS), which acquires black and white (panchromatic) stereo pairs at 10m across track and 5m along track, and the wide swath VEGETATION 2 instrument with a spatial resolution of 1000 m.
Reference	http://www.astrium-geo.com/en/192-the-spot-satellites
Launch Date	May 4, 2002
Status	Operational
Altitude	822 km
Orbit	km
Revisit Time	26 days

Sensor: HRG

Description	High Resolution Geometric
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	7
Band Type	Multi-spectral; Panchromatic
Spectral Range	480 - 1750 nm
Spatial Resolution	2.5 m supersampled; 5 m; 10 m; 20 m
Quantization	8
Image Size	60 km x 80 km km
Keywords	SPOT 5; HRG; multi-spectral; panchromatic; 2.5m; 10m; supersample; pan-sharpen

Yearly catalogue product overview for SPOT 5

2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
16	5	3	9	12553	34082	35407	31221	28779	9377	15227	19265	18943