Spot 5

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General

Designation	27421 / 02021A
Launch date	4 May 2002
Country of origin	France
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	832 km, sun-synchronous
Inclination	98.7°
Period	101.4 min
Launch vehicle	Ariane V151

The satellite and launch and associated expenses should total $400 million. Was flown to Kourou in the Airbus A300-600ST (Beluga), first time this plane flows to Kourou.

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Astrium (was MMS)
Platform	Spot Mk 3
Mass at launch	3030 kg
Mass in orbit
Fuel mass	150 kg
Dimension	3.1 x 3.1 x 5.7 m
Solar array
Stabilization	3-axis
DC power	BOL: 2350 W
Design lifetime	5 years

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HRG

Wavebands	0.50-0.59 µm (green) 0.61-0.68 µm (red) 0.79-0.89 µm (near IR) 1.58-1.75 µm (mid-IR)
Swath width	60 km
Resolution	Monospectral: 2.5 m

Built by Alcatel Space

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HRS

Wavebands	0.50-0.59 µm (green) 0.61-0.68 µm (red) 0.79-0.89 µm (near IR) 1.58-1.75 µm (mid-IR)
Swath width	120 km
Resolution	Multispectral: 10 m

Built by Astrium. The HRS instrument is capable of acquiring two images of the same 120-km-by-600-km ground strip almost simultaneously, one forward and one aft of the satellite, to generate digital data for mapping of terrain relief in three dimensions.

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Vegetation 2

Wavebands	0.43-0.47 µm (blue) 0.61-0.68 µm (red) 0.78-0.89 µm (near IR) 1.58-1.75 µm (mid-IR)
Swath width	2000 km
Resolution	1.15 to 1.7 km

Built by Alcatel Space.

The Doris payload is onboard.

Will have the same onboard recorders as Helios 2.

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