French/European Earth-observation series, run by CNES.

• ✅ Still active
  • SPOT 6 — launched Sep 2012
  • SPOT 7 — launched Sep 2014 (now operates as Azersky)
• 🪦 Retired
  • SPOT 1 — Feb 1986 → 1990
  • SPOT 2 — Jan 1990 → Jul 2009 (19-year run!)
  • SPOT 3 — Sep 1993 → Nov 1996 (failure)
  • SPOT 4 — Mar 1998 → Jun 2013
  • SPOT 5 — May 2002 → Mar 2015

⚠️ SPOT 1–3 have no blue band — important quirk on the older satellites.