# Azersky
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: azercosmos
- **platform**: spot-6-7-platform
- **launch vehicle**: isro-pslv
- **actual launch**: 2014-06-30
- **actual end of life**: 2023-04-20
- **current status**: ended
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous, about 642 x 659 km, 98.26 deg
- **swath km**: 60
- **tasking supported**: true
- **current geographic priority**: Global commercial Earth observation imagery archive and tasked acquisitions
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: azercosmos
- **attributes**: {"operator":"azercosmos","platform":"spot-6-7-platform","launch_vehicle":"isro-pslv","actual_launch":"2014-06-30","actual_end_of_life":"2023-04-20","current_status":"ended","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous, about 642 x 659 km, 98.26 deg","swath_km":60,"tasking_supported":true,"current_geographic_priority":"Global commercial Earth observation imagery archive and tasked acquisitions"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
Azersky is the SPOT 7 optical Earth-observation mission after transfer of ownership and operation to Azercosmos in December 2014.[^gunter-spot-6-7][^azercosmos-eo] The spacecraft launched as SPOT 7 on 2014-06-30 on a PSLV-CA mission from Sriharikota.[^gunter-spot-6-7][^isro-pslv-launches] Its payload relationship is the SPOT 6/7 NAOMI passive optical imaging family, which places the mission in the high-resolution commercial optical-imaging lineage.[^gunter-spot-6-7] The mission is treated as ended after loss of communication and official end-of-use reporting in April 2023.[^gunter-spot-6-7]

## Compositional position
- Azersky --[mission_payloads]--> spot-6-7-naomi (products)
- Azersky --[mission_buses]--> spot-6-7-platform (products)
- Azersky --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- Azersky --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)
- Azersky --[related-topic]--> crop-stress (topics)

## Sources
- [gunter-spot-6-7] | SPOT 6, 7 / Azersky, Gunter's Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/spot-6.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21
- [azercosmos-eo] | Earth Observation services, Azercosmos | https://azercosmos.az/en/earth-observation/your-benefits | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-06-21
- [isro-pslv-launches] | List of PSLV launches, ISRO | https://www.isro.gov.in/ISRO_EN/PSLV_Launchers.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21

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