SPOT

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


Overview

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

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 resolutionPansharpened and panchromatic: 1.50 m (high)
Multispectral: 6 m (medium)
Bit depth per pixelTasking:
  • GeoTIFF: 8 or 16‑bit
  • JPEG 2000: 8 or 12‑bit
Catalog:
  • Analytic: 12‑bit
  • Pansharpened reflectance: 16‑bit
  • Display: 8‑bit
Standard deliveryA ZIP file containing the following files:
  • Data (catalog: GeoTIFF; tasking: GeoTIFF or JPEG 2000)
  • Metadata (XML)
  • Masks (GML, KML)
  • Thumbnails (JPEG)

Processing levels

Tasking levels

Catalog levels

*Upon request.

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition modeTasking:
  • Mono
  • Stereo
  • Tri-stereo
Catalog:
  • Mono
  • Stereo*
  • Tri-stereo*
Incidence angleFrom 5° to 50°
Tasking priorityStandard
OrbitSun-synchronous, at 694 km
Revisit rateEvery 3 days
Catalog refresh rateEvery 3 days
Swath width60 km

*Upon request.

Band

SpecificationDescription
Spectral band dataPanchromatic: 455–744 nm
Multispectral:
  • 454–519 nm (blue)
  • 527–587 nm (green)
  • 624–694 nm (red)
  • 756–880 nm (near-infrared)
Spectral bands combinationTasking:
  • Panchromatic
  • 3-band: pansharpened true 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)
Catalog:
  • Analytic:
    • Bundle: panchromatic and 4-band multispectral (RGB and NIR)
  • Pansharpened reflectance and display:
    • 4-band: pansharpened (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
Cloud coverageFrom 5% to 20%
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

Tasking data products

DescriptionData product IDCollection name
Custom3a89d24e-515a-460f-a494-96be55da10a9SPOT-tasking

Catalog data products

DescriptionData product IDCollection name
Analytic

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.

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Pansharpened reflectance

Pansharpened reflectance is a pansharpened analytics image with a multispectral Look-Up-Table containing rendering of color curves.

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Display

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.

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Delivery structure

In a standard delivery, an IMG_ directory contains imagery and uses file naming conventions to indicate the spectral processing of the delivered data product.

Naming conventionDescription
_MS_Analytic multispectral assets
_P_Analytic panchromatic assets
_PMS_Pansharpened reflectance assets
Display assets