Earth Observation
SPOT 6
OperationalEarth ObservationLEO
SPOT 6 is a Spot Image earth observation satellite, launched on September 9, 2012 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 9, 2012 at 04:23 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan / Sriharikota, India
- Launched by
- PSLV-CA →
- Operator
- Antrix Corporation Limited
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 699 km
- Periapsis
- 697 km
- Inclination
- 98.21°
- Orbital period
- 98.73 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Spot Image
- Manufacturer
- EADS Astrium
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 712 kg
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-047A
- NORAD catalog №
- 38755
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
France- Radar cross-section
- 3.797 m²
- Status
- Operational