Composante Spatiale Optique reconnaissance satellite
CSO is France's military optical reconnaissance satellite family, developed to provide very-high-resolution visible and infrared imagery. Airbus supplied the spacecraft platform and Thales Alenia Space the optical instrument for the three-satellite system operated for French defence users.
Identity
- Aliases
- Composante Spatiale OptiqueOptical Space Component
- Family Name
- CSO
- Full Name
- Composante Spatiale Optique reconnaissance satellite
- Reusability
- unknown
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- CSO is France's military optical reconnaissance satellite family, developed to provide very-high-resolution visible and infrared imagery. Airbus supplied the spacecraft platform and Thales Alenia Space the optical instrument for the three-satellite system operated for French defence users.
- First Flight Year
- 2,018
- Manufacturer
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- Creation Time
- July 20, 2026 at 10:36:46 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 20, 2026 at 10:36:46 UTC