SPOT 4: a new generation of SPOT satellites

✍ Scribed by Michael Arnaud; Marc Leroy

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 617 KB
• Volume: 46
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0924-2716
• DOI: 10.1016/0924-2716(91)90054-y

✦ Synopsis

The main characteristics of the new generation SPOT 4 satellite, the improved version of a series of high resolution imaging remote sensing satellites constituting the SPOT family, are described. The main objectives of the SPOT 4 mission are (a) the continuity of the SPOT 1 /2/3 services and products; (b) the extension of the high resolution mission, in particular, through the addition of the new band in the middle infrared region; (c) the development of a new optical instrument called "Vegetation", characterized by a wide field of view and a high radiometric resolution, for the purposes of agricultural forecasts and environmental studies; (d) the extension of the life of the satellite; (e)the capability to offer an embarkment to new passengers; and (f) the reorganization and new development of the ground segment.