# SPOT 6
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: airbus-ds
- **platform**: spot-6-7-platform
- **actual launch**: 2012-09-09
- **current status**: extended
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous LEO, 695 km, 10:30 descending equator crossing time
- **swath km**: 60
- **revisit days**: 1
- **tasking supported**: true
- **archive depth years**: 14
- **current geographic priority**: Global high-resolution optical imaging for mapping, agriculture, land management, wide-area mosaics, and time-sensitive monitoring.
- **launch vehicle**: isro-pslv
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-14
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: airbus-ds
- **attributes**: {"operator":"airbus-ds","platform":"spot-6-7-platform","actual_launch":"2012-09-09","current_status":"extended","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous LEO, 695 km, 10:30 descending equator crossing time","swath_km":60,"revisit_days":1,"tasking_supported":true,"archive_depth_years":14,"current_geographic_priority":"Global high-resolution optical imaging for mapping, agriculture, land management, wide-area mosaics, and time-sensitive monitoring.","launch_vehicle":"isro-pslv"}

## Editorial
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. [^wmo-spot6][^copernicus-spot67][^copernicus-ccm-spot67][^un-spider-spot6]

## Compositional position
- SPOT 6 --[mission_payloads]--> spot-6-7-naomi (products)
- SPOT 6 --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- SPOT 6 --[related-topic]--> crop-stress (topics)
- SPOT 6 --[related-topic]--> transport-infrastructure (topics)
- SPOT 6 --[related-topic]--> urban-change (topics)

## Sources
- [wmo-spot6] | WMO OSCAR, Satellite: SPOT-6 | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/spot_6 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [copernicus-spot67] | Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem, SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 | https://dataspace.copernicus.eu/explore-data/data-collections/copernicus-contributing-missions/missions/spot-6-7 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [copernicus-ccm-spot67] | Copernicus Contributing Missions documentation, SPOT 6-7 | https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/Data/Others/CCM.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [un-spider-spot6] | UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal, SPOT 6 | https://www.un-spider.org/node/8974 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-14

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