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Spot 5 is a French (CNES), Earth-imaging, three tonne satellite that was launched by an Ariane 42P rocket from Kourou at 00:31:00 UT on 4 May 2002. Its planar and stereoscopic relief images at about three meter resolution will be marketed for civilian and military uses, for cartographic and vegetation analyses. Panchromatic (at 2.5 m resolution) as well as multispectral images (at 10 m resolution) could be obtained. The position of the satellite, and hence the location of the images could be determined at 15 m accuracy by means of the DORIS position determination instrument. Extensive information on the instruments and data products is available via http://www.spotimage.com/
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: SPOT-5
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
Platform_Series_or_Entity: SPOT
Short_Name: SPOT-5
Long_Name: Systeme Probatoire Pour l'Observation de la Terre-5
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Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
Short_Name: SPOT-5
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Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
Short_Name: DORIS
Short_Name: VEGETATION-2
Short_Name: HRS
Short_Name: HRG-2
Short_Name: HRG-1
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Altitude: 822 km
Orbit_Inclination: 98.8°
Equator_Crossing: 10:30 AM (descending node)
Period: 101.4 minutes
Repeat_Cycle: 2-3 days, depending on latitude
Perigee: 825.0 km
Apogee: 826.0 km
Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous
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Creation_Date: 2007-11-14
Online_Resource http://smsc.cnes.fr/SPOT/index.htm Online_Resource http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=2002-021A Online_Resource http://www.spot.com/ Online_Resource http://www.satimagingcorp.com/satellite-sensors/spot-5.html Sample_Image http://smsc.cnes.fr/IcSPOT/spot5.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 2002-05-04
Launch_Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Primary_Sponsor: France/CNES
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