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SPOT 6/7 Platform
Compiled from public sources on 2026-05-28. Not independently verified by Airbus Defence and Space.
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Airbus AstroBus-M-derived Earth-observation satellite platform used for the SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 commercial imaging satellites.
The SPOT 6/7 Platform is a high-resolution optical Earth-observation satellite bus designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space, derived from the Airbus AstroBus-L platform family (also designated AstroSat-250).[1] The platform carries the SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 commercial imaging satellites, which are identical units phased 180 degrees apart in the same sun-synchronous orbit.[2]
Airbus press material published in February 2016 cites a launch mass of approximately 720 kg per satellite.[1] In the two-satellite operational configuration, the constellation provides an acquisition capacity of six million square kilometres per day.[1] The SPOT 6/7 commercial imagery page markets 1.5 m resolution optical products from the pair.[3]
The AstroBus-L lineage underpins additional missions including KazEOSat-2 and Ingenio, and the AstroBus-L 250 M variant flies on Sentinel-5P, which draws on SPOT 6/7 heritage. The line reflects more than two decades of accumulated in-orbit operation.[1]
Pricing not publicly listed by operator
Supply chain position
- [1]SPOT celebrates three decades of success and innovation, Airbus Defence and Spaceoperator press2016-02-222026-05-28
- [2]SPOT 6/7 commercial imagery page, Airbusoperator marketing-2026-05-28
- [3]SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 contributing mission page, Copernicus Data Space Ecosystemagency doc-2026-05-28