Fave Geo Tweets – The arrival of the SPOT-6

Some details on the progress of SPOT 6 via this tweet from @spotimage_usa

Via @spotimage_usa The first SPOT-6 equipment arrives in the cleanroom! See Tweet HERE

The arrival of the SPOT-6 mechanical structure at Astrium Toulouse in November 2010 marks the start of the satellite integration phase. In a year, it will be fully assembled and ready for thermal, electromagnetic and stress tests as well as tests in the conditions of space. 

More about SPOT 6 and 7:

Simplified standard product

• Automatic orthoimage with location accuracy of 10 m CE90 using Reference3D
• Bundle: simultaneous acquisition of panchromatic and multispectral imagery
  – 1.5 m panchromatic (0.455 µm – 0.745 µm)
  – 6 m multispectral, 4 bands:
      – blue (0.455 µm – 0.525 µm)
      – green (0.530 µm – 0.590 µm)
      – red (0.625 µm – 0.695 µm)
      – near-infrared (0.760 µm – 0.890 µm)
• Pan-sharpened: 1.5-m color merge combining panchromatic and four multispectral bands
• Imaging swath: 60 km at nadir
• Format: JPEG 2000

Source: @spotimage_usa