# THE SPOT SATELLITES

Technical data

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## Satellite

Total mass (start of life) | 1907 kg
| Solar array | 1 kW

Solar panel span
8.14 m
Orbital altitude (at equator)
822 km
Orbital period (nominal)
101.4 min
Overall dimensions of main structure
2m x 2m x 4.5m
Recording capacity of onboard recorders
22 minutes
Design lifetime
> 3 years
Mission duration
3 years

## HRV imaging instruments

Spectral bands |  | Multispectral mode |  | Panchromatic mode
|  |  | 0.50 - 0.59 µ m |  |  |  |  | 0.61 - 0.68 µ m |  | 0.51 - 0.73 µ m |  |  | 0.79 - 0.89 µ m

Field-of-view |  | Multispectral |  | Panchromatic
| Pixel size |  | 20 x 20 m |  | 10 x 10 m | Number of pixels per line |  | 3000 |  | 6000 | Width of observed strip (vertical viewing) |  | 60 km
Overlap between HRVs (vertical viewing) |  | 3 km

## Payload (image) telemetry link

Carrier frequency: 8.253 GHz

Image data bit rate: 2 x 25 Mbits/ sec

Tracking beacon carrier frequency: 8.307 GHz

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