SPOT

High resolution 1.50 m multispectral 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 multispectral satellite every 3 days anywhere on the globe. Catalog datasets are available starting from 2012.

A SPOT image

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Data products

  • Custom Order now

    A custom data product delivered with the acquisition, processing, and other parameters of your choice.

    BAND COMBINATIONS
    • 1-band: 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: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
    API DETAILS
    Name:
    spot-tasking
    ID:
    3a89d24e-515a-460f-a494-96be55da10a9
  • Display Order now

    Geometric processing: Orthorectified
    Radiometric processing: Display
    4-band: Pansharpened (RGB and NIR)

    API DETAILS
    Name:
    spot-display
    ID:
    acc3f9a4-b622-49c1-b1e1-c762aa3e7e13
  • Pansharpened Reflectance Order now

    Geometric processing: Orthorectified
    Radiometric processing: Surface Reflectance
    4-band: Pansharpened (RGB and NIR)

    API DETAILS
    Name:
    spot-pansharpened-reflectance
    ID:
    d0198da7-4a47-4746-8d16-0297a5d0d847
  • Analytic Order now

    Geometric processing: Orthorectified
    Radiometric processing: Surface Reflectance
    Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)

    API DETAILS
    Name:
    spot-analytic
    ID:
    b1f8c48e-d16b-44c4-a1bb-5e8a24892e69
  • Basic Primary Order now

    A non-integrated data product.

    BAND COMBINATIONS
    • 1-band: 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: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
  • Basic Projected Order now

    A non-integrated data product.

    BAND COMBINATIONS
    • 1-band: 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: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
  • Basic Ortho Order now

    A non-integrated data product.

    BAND COMBINATIONS
    • 1-band: 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: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
  • Reflectance Primary Order now

    A non-integrated data product.

    BAND COMBINATIONS
    • 1-band: 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: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
  • Reflectance Projected Order now

    A non-integrated data product.

    BAND COMBINATIONS
    • 1-band: 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: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
  • Display Primary Order now

    A non-integrated data product.

    BAND COMBINATIONS
    • 1-band: 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: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
  • Display Projected Order now

    A non-integrated data product.

    BAND COMBINATIONS
    • 1-band: 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: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)

Specifications

General

Specification Description
Provider Airbus
Collection type

Tasking from 280 credits per km2

Catalog from 200 credits per km2

Product type Multispectral
System type Satellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
Resolution

Panchromatic: 1.50 m

Pansharpened: 1.50 m

Multispectral: 6 m

Bit depth per pixel

Tasking: 8 or 16‑bit

Catalog:

  • Analytic: Acquired as 12‑bit and delivered as 16‑bit
  • Pansharpened Reflectance: Acquired as 12‑bit and delivered as 16‑bit
  • Display: 8‑bit
Delivery format

A ZIP file containing the following files:

  • Data (GeoTIFF)
  • Metadata (XML)
  • Masks (GML, KML)
  • Thumbnails (JPEG)
Masks

Cloud

Environmental

Quality

ROI

Transparency

NoData value0

Processing levels

 PrimaryGeorectifiedOrthorectified
Basic

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Basic Primary* with RPC

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Basic Projected*

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Basic Ortho*

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Surface reflectance

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Reflectance Primary* with RPC

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Reflectance Projected*

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  1. Analytic
  2. Pansharpened Reflectance
Display

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Display Primary* with RPC

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Display Projected*

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Display

*Upon request.

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition mode

Tasking:

  • Mono
  • Stereo
  • Tri-stereo

Catalog:

  • Mono
  • Stereo*
  • Tri-stereo*
Incidence angleFrom 5° to 50°
Tasking priority

Standard

High

OrbitSun-synchronous, at 694 km
Number of satellites1
Revisit rateEvery 3 days
Catalog refresh rateEvery 3 days
Swath width60 km

*Upon request.

Band data

SpecificationDescription
Spectral bands

Panchromatic: 455–744 nm

Multispectral:

  1. 624–694 nm (red)
  2. 527–587 nm (green)
  3. 454–519 nm (blue)
  4. 756–880 nm (near-infrared)

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference system

Tasking:

  • Geographic-WGS84
  • UTM-WGS84

Catalog: UTM-WGS84

Positional accuracy10 m CE90 absolute

Conditions

SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: AOI calculated using projected-WGS84, from 5 km2, and at least 5 km wide (maximum bounding area for high priority orders: 50 km × 120 km)

Cloud coverage, depending on the priority:

  • Standard: Up to 5%, 10%, or 20%
  • High: Up to 100%, not selectable

Output: AOI-clipped imagery

Minimum chargeAs per 100 km2
SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: AOI calculated using projected-WGS84, depending on the asset delivery time:

  • 10 mins: From 0.1 km2
  • 24 hours: From 1 km2
  • Non-integrated: From 25 km2 and at least 5 km wide

Availability: From 2012

Output: AOI-clipped imagery

Geographic coverage

The geographic coverage is global.

Additional information

Catalog delivery options

All catalog imagery is available within 24 hours, but a subset is available within 10 minutes:

  • 10 minutes: Available for some low cloud coverage scenes with a minimum AOI size of 0.1 km2.
  • 24 hours: Available for all scenes with a minimum AOI size of 1 km2.

When searching for data, a scene may appear twice, once for each asset delivery time. To benefit from the smaller minimum AOI and faster delivery, check the delivery time and select the 10-minute option.

Feasibility study automation

The tasking capabilities of this collection might require a feasibility study. However, a specific combination of parameter values bypasses that requirement. If input geometry limitations are met, an order with this combination will proceed to the activation request stage after creation:

  • Maximum AOI: 100 km × 120 km (width × height)
  • Minimum interval: At least 30 days
  • Acquisition mode: Mono
  • Maximum cloud coverage: 10% or higher
  • Incidence angle: From 20° to 50°

To keep acquisition difficulty low with an automated feasibility study, set the following parameters:

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