SPOT Programme
France's SPOT Programme (Satellites Pour l'Observation de la Terre) is a multi-generation Earth-observation umbrella spanning the SPOT satellite series, ground and imaging operations, and applications in mapping, terrain modelling, environmental monitoring, land use, vegetation, and disaster response. CNES conceived and designed the programme; Airbus Defence & Space continued the SPOT-6/7 operational line after CNES closed the original SPOT-1 to SPOT-5 programme.
Identity
- Aliases
- SPOTSPOT Earth Observation ProgrammeSatellites Pour l'Observation de la TerreSPOT Satellite Programme
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- SPOT Programme
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- France's SPOT Programme (Satellites Pour l'Observation de la Terre) is a multi-generation Earth-observation umbrella spanning the SPOT satellite series, ground and imaging operations, and applications in mapping, terrain modelling, environmental monitoring, land use, vegetation, and disaster response. CNES conceived and designed the programme; Airbus Defence & Space continued the SPOT-6/7 operational line after CNES closed the original SPOT-1 to SPOT-5 programme.
- Start Date
- 1977
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 30, 2026 at 20:06:24 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 30, 2026 at 20:06:24 UTC
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- Official Urls
- Participants
- Types
- developmentinfrastructureoperations