Satellite Spot 6 (Système Probatoire d’Observation de la Terre) of Spot Image

Name of Satellite, Alternate Names Spot 6 (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) 696
Apogee (km) 699
Eccentricity 0.000212239122744959
Inclination (degrees) 98.2
Period (minutes) 98.73
Launch Mass (kg.) 720
Dry Mass (kg.)
Power (watts)
Date of Launch 09-09-2012
Expected Lifetime 10 yrs.
Contractor EADS Astrium
Country of Contractor France/UK/Germany
Launch Site Sriharikota Launch Station
Launch Vehicle PSLV
COSPAR Number 2012-047A
NORAD Number 38755
Comments Privately financed to complement the Pleiades 1A and 1B imaging spacecraft owned by French government.

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