SPOT (Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre) is a French/European high-resolution
Earth-observation series, SPOT-1 (1986) through SPOT-7 (2014).
- SPOT 1–3 altitude: 832 km, sun-synchronous. SPOT 6/7: 694 km.
- Sensors: HRV / HRVIR / HRG / NAOMI, 4 multispectral bands (Green, Red, NIR, +SWIR on
SPOT-4+).
- Resolution: 10 m MS / 2.5–5 m pan (SPOT-5); 6 m MS / 1.5 m pan (SPOT 6/7).
- Notable feature: off-nadir pointing enables frequent revisit and stereo imagery.