SPOT (satellite)
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SPOT is a commercial high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite system operating from space. It is run by Spot Image, based in Toulouse, France. It was initiated by the CNES in the 1970s and
Athens as seen by the SPOT 5 satellite in 2002
Pléiades (satellite)
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The Pléiades is a satellite constellation of very-high-resolution optical Earth-imaging satellites.
SPOT (satellite)
…launch. In December 2014, SPOT 7 was sold to Azerbaijan's space agency Azercosmos, who renamed it Azersky. The architecture is similar to that of the Pleiades satellites, with a centrally mounted optical instrument, a three-axis star tracker, a fiber-optic gyro (FOG) and four control moment gyros (CMGs). SPOT 6 and SPOT…
Pléiades satellite