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SPOT

High resolution 1.50 m optical satellite imagery, acquired worldwide with a revisit rate of 1 to 3 days. The collection contains data from 2012 to the present.

Overview

SPOT imagery is acquired by a high resolution optical satellite every 1 to 3 days anywhere on the globe. Catalog datasets are available starting with 2012. See more on the marketplace.

SPOT image
SPOT image

Geographic coverage

The geographic coverage is global.

Geometry type

This collection accepts AOIs. You will get imagery clipped to the defined AOI.

Specifications

General

SpecificationDescription
Collection typeTasking
Catalog
Product typeOptical
System typeSatellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
Spatial resolutionDisplay pansharpened: 1.50 m (high)
Analytic panchromatic: 1.50 m (high)
Analytic multispectral: 6 m (medium)
Processing levelGeometric:
  • Primary
  • Projected
  • Ortho
Radiometric:
  • Basic
  • Reflectance
  • Display
Tasking: all levels are available on the console.
Catalog: geometric ortho, radiometric reflectance, and radiometric display are available on the console, the others upon request.
Bit depth per pixelCatalog: 8, 12, or 16‑bit
Tasking:
  • GeoTIFF: 8 or 16‑bit
  • JPEG 2000: 8 or 12‑bit
Standard deliveryA ZIP file containing the following files:
  • Data (catalog: GeoTIFF; tasking: GeoTIFF or JPEG 2000)
  • Metadata (XML)
  • Masks (GML, KML)
  • Thumbnails (JPEG)

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition modeMono
Stereo
Tri-stereo
Cloud coverageFrom 5% to 20%
Incidence angleFrom 5° to 50°
Revisit rateFrom 1 to 3 days
Swath width60 km

Band

SpecificationDescription
Spectral bandPanchromatic:
  • 455–744 nm
Multispectral:
  • 454–519 nm (blue)
  • 527–587 nm (green)
  • 624–694 nm (red)
  • 756–880 nm (near-infrared)
Spectral bands combinationPanchromatic
3-band: pansharpened natural color (RGB)
3-band: pansharpened false color (RG and NIR)
4-band: multispectral (RGB and NIR)
4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR)
Bundle: panchromatic and 4-band multispectral (RGB and NIR)

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemTasking: EPSG:4326
Catalog: UTM-WGS84

Limitations

Tasking limitations

LimitationValue
AOI sizeFor one-off tasking: from 500 km2
For ≥ 5 revisits: from 250 km2
Minimum width15 km

Catalog limitations

LimitationValue
AvailabilityFrom 2012
AOI size< 10 min: from 0.1 km2
< 24 hours: from 1 km2
Non-integrated: from 100 km2

UP42 data products

  • Analytic has a more stable contrast and can be used to extract physical properties, such as radiance or reflectance — for example, in vegetation health monitoring.
  • Pansharpened reflectance is a pansharpened analytics image with a multispectral Look-Up-Table containing rendering of color curves.
  • Display has a true color curve applied on top of atmospheric correction. As a result, it looks better visually and can be used to extract features — for example, in car detection or infrastructure monitoring.

Tasking data products

DescriptionData product IDCollection nameSpectral processingGeometric processing levelBit depth per pixelRadiometric processing levelAcquisition mode
Custom3a89d24e-515a-460f-a494-96be55da10a9SPOT-taskingAnyAnyAnyAnyAny
Analytic9d16c506-a6c0-4cf2-a020-8ecaf10b4160SPOT-taskingBundle: panchromatic and 4-band multispectral (RGB and NIR)Ortho12‑bitReflectanceAny
Display47a693ba-4f8b-414d-8d5b-697373df4765SPOT-tasking4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR)Ortho8‑bitDisplayAny

Catalog data products

DescriptionData product IDCollection nameSpectral processingGeometric processing levelBit depth per pixelRadiometric processing levelAcquisition mode
Analyticb1f8c48e-d16b-44c4-a1bb-5e8a24892e69spotBundle: panchromatic and 4-band multispectral (RGB and NIR)Ortho12‑bitReflectanceMono
Pansharpened reflectancedf4ca029-2f6f-432b-98d5-ef2f5d70baeespot4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR)Ortho16‑bitReflectanceMono
Displayacc3f9a4-b622-49c1-b1e1-c762aa3e7e13spot4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR)Ortho8‑bitDisplayMono