SPOT 6

SPOT 6 (Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre 6) is a commercial high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite operated by Airbus DS. It launched on 2012-09-09 into a sun-synchronous orbit at 695 km altitude with a 10:30 descending equatorial crossing time. The satellite carries the NAOMI (New AstroSat Optical Modular Instrument) multispectral camera, providing 1.5 m panchromatic and 6 m multispectral imagery over a 60 km swath. SPOT 6 operates as one of a pair with the identical SPOT 7, offering a combined daily revisit at mid-latitudes and wide-area mosaic capability. WMO OSCAR records the satellite as operational; its 10-year design life has elapsed since launch, and the satellite continues operations beyond its nominal design life. The satellite's archive spans 14 years. SPOT 6 is a Copernicus Contributing Mission and supports land cover change analysis, crop and vegetation stress monitoring, transport infrastructure mapping, and urban change detection. The exact planned decommission date and current tasking service-level terms were not found in public agency or operator sources reviewed. ^[1][2][3][4]