Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Spot 5 (Système Probatoire d’Observation de la Terre) |
Country of Operator/Owner | France/Belgium/Sweden |
Operator/Owner | Spot Image |
Users | Commercial |
Purpose | Earth Observation |
Class of Orbit | LEO |
Type of Orbit | Sun-Synchronous |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 0 |
Perigee (km) | 824 |
Apogee (km) | 826 |
Eccentricity | 0.000138985406532314 |
Inclination (degrees) | 98.6 |
Period (minutes) | 101.4 |
Launch Mass (kg.) | 3030 |
Dry Mass (kg.) | |
Power (watts) | 2400 |
Date of Launch | 04-05-2002 |
Expected Lifetime | 5 yrs. |
Contractor | Astrium |
Country of Contractor | France/UK/Germany |
Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle | Ariane 42P |
COSPAR Number | 2002-021A |
NORAD Number | 27421 |
Comments | Earth imaging for cartography, defence, agriculture, identifying cadastral parcels, urban planning, telecommunications, the environment, disaster management and mitigation and renewable resources. |