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Enhanced Access to SPOT 6-7, Pléiades, and Pléiades Neo Collections

Under ESA's Third Party Missions Programme, we are proud to announce that significant updates to the SPOT 6-7, Pléiades, and Pléiades Neo collections (owned and operated by Airbus Defence and Space):

International collaboration: Summarising ESA’s Third Party Missions

ESA’s Third Party Missions programme consists of more than 50 missions from around the world. Learn more about the Third Party Missions in this video.

Long-term data: Summarising ESA’s Heritage missions

ESA’s Heritage Space Programme preserves data from non-operational missions. Learn more about the Heritage missions in this video.

Φ-Week Triumphs

In its fourth edition, Φ-Week presented the scientific community with amazing opportunities and projects—thus running alongside innovation at 360 degrees.

OneAtlas Living Library subscription available for SPOT and Pléiades

To complement the traditional and fully customised ordering and download of selected Pléiades and SPOT images in a variety of data formats, users can now also request a subscription for access to the OneAtlas Living Library.

About SPOT 7

SPOT 7 (Satellite pour l'Observation de la Terre) was a commercial Earth-imaging satellite and was renamed 'Azersky'. It was launched in 1 June 2014 and ceased operations in 17 March 2023. The final satellites in the SPOT series, SPOT 6 and SPOT 7, were identical satellites and assured continuity of high-resolution, wide-swath data.

*Mission Parameters*
Orbit Height	694 km
Orbit Type	Sun-synchronous
Orbit Inclination	98.2°
Local Equator Crossing Time	10:00 AM at descending node
Orbit Duration	98.79 minutes
Repeat Cycle	26 days
Revisit Capability	1 day with SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 operating simultaneously Between 1 and 3 days with only one satellite

SPOT 7 Objectives

SPOT 7, like all of the SPOT missions, was aimed at supplying high-resolution, wide-area optical imagery. This was designed to improve the knowledge and management of Earth's resources, detecting and forecasting phenomena involving climatology and oceanography, and monitoring human activities and natural phenomena.

SPOT 7 Instruments

New Astrosat Optical Modular Instrument (NAOMI)

Two identical NAOMI instruments were on board SPOT 7 and provided data up to 1.5 m spatial resolution panchromatic and multispectral. They were able to operate in two modes, either simultaneously or individually. In simultaneous mode the swath was 120 km and in individual mode the swath was 60 km.

*Instrument Details*
Type	High-resolution optical pushbroom imager
Ground Sample Distance	Panchromatic: 1.5 m at nadir Multispectral: 6 m at nadir
Swath Width	60 km
Field of Regard	±30° (spacecraft tilting capability about nadir for event monitoring)
Bands	PAN	0.45-0.75 µm
	Blue	0.45-0.52 µm
	Green	0.53-0.59 µm
	Red	0.62-0.69 µm
	NIR (Near Infrared)	0.76-0.89 µm

Other Instruments

The VEGETATION instrument was carried on board SPOT 7. This instrument could cover almost all of the Earth's surface in a day because of its swath size of 2250 km. It captured reflected light in four spectral bands (blue, red, near-infrared, and middle-infrared).

SPOT 7 Data

DATA COLLECTIONS

ESA offers access to the full SPOT 7 archive for scientific research and application development. Access is only available to submitted proposals that are accepted.

As many as possible of the high-quality and innovative proposals submitted will be supported within the quota limit available, therefore, only a limited amount of products can be made available to each project.

SPOT 6 and 7 full archive and tasking

ESA offers registered users access through the Online Dissemination server to the SPOT 6 and 7 ESA archive.

SPOT 6 and 7 ESA archive

SPOT 7 INSTRUMENTS

SPOT 7 DATA