SPOT / eo constellation
sourcingtypical 4/5 · 15 factsSPOT 6 is designed to efficiently cover huge areas in record time, delivering 1.5m resolution products suited to topographic mapping from 1:30,000 to 1:7,500 scale. It operates on the same orbit as the very high-resolution Pleiades satellites. The SPOT program builds on a legacy of data delivery that began 40 years ago with the launch of the original SPOT 1 satellite in 1986.
key specs
faq
Who operates SPOT?
SPOT is operated by Spot Image. (source, as of 2026-07-05)
How many SPOT satellites are active on orbit?
CelesTrak's catalog currently tracks 2 objects for SPOT. (source, as of 2026-07-11)
When did SPOT first launch?
SPOT first launched on 1986-02-22. (source, as of 2026-07-05)
facts
sats active (verified) counts objects currently tracked in CelesTrak's catalog for this constellation. It is a tracking count, not an operator claim about satellite health.
orbit
timeline
- 20142014-12Airbus transfers SPOT 7 ownership to Azercosmos, renamed Azersky (source, as of 2026-07-06)
- 2014-06-30SPOT 7 launches on PSLV alongside SPOT 6 to form intraday-revisit pair (source, as of 2026-07-06)
- 20122012-09-09SPOT 6 launches on PSLV, continuing Airbus's second-generation SPOT constellation (source, as of 2026-07-06)
- 20032003SPOT 1 ends operations after 17 years, deorbited in stages (source, as of 2026-07-06)
- 19861986-02-22SPOT 1 debuts CNES's commercial Earth observation program on Ariane 1 (source, as of 2026-07-06)