# SPOT 6/7 Platform
*bus . products*

Airbus AstroBus-M-derived Earth-observation satellite platform used for the SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 commercial imaging satellites.

## Specifications
- **product status**: operational
- **manufacturer**: airbus-ds
- **bus**: {"form_factor":"Airbus AstroBus-M Earth-observation satellite platform","platform_class":"medium"}
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **entity type**: bus
- **last verified date**: 2026-05-28
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: airbus-ds
- **attributes**: {"kind":"bus","product_status":"operational","manufacturer":"airbus-ds","description":"Airbus AstroBus-M-derived Earth-observation satellite platform used for the SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 commercial imaging satellites.","sensor":null,"bus":"{\"form_factor\":\"Airbus AstroBus-M Earth-observation satellite platform\",\"platform_class\":\"medium\"}","ground_segment":null,"launcher":null,"analysis_service":null,"deployment_context":"orbital"}

## Editorial
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).[^airbus-spot-30-years] 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.[^copernicus-spot-6-7]

Airbus press material published in February 2016 cites a launch mass of approximately 720 kg per satellite.[^airbus-spot-30-years] In the two-satellite operational configuration, the constellation provides an acquisition capacity of six million square kilometres per day.[^airbus-spot-30-years] The SPOT 6/7 commercial imagery page markets 1.5 m resolution optical products from the pair.[^airbus-spot-current]

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.[^airbus-spot-30-years]

## Compositional position
- azersky (missions) --[mission_buses]--> SPOT 6/7 Platform

## Sources
- [airbus-spot-30-years] | SPOT celebrates three decades of success and innovation, Airbus Defence and Space | https://www.airbus.com/sites/g/files/jlcbta136/files/32a3a6766190c5e9c47c0ad66a818d71_news-cis-22022016-eng.pdf | tier=operator-press | accessed=2026-05-28 | published=2016-02-22
- [airbus-spot-current] | SPOT 6/7 commercial imagery page, Airbus | https://space-solutions.airbus.com/650-spot-6-7 | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-05-28
- [copernicus-spot-6-7] | SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 contributing mission page, Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem | https://dataspace.copernicus.eu/explore-data/data-collections/copernicus-contributing-missions/missions/spot-6-7 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-05-28

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