1. CNES’s SPOT 5 (Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre)
Sensor: HRG (High Resolution Geometric)
Mode
Band
Spectral band
Resolution MS
Green
0,50 - 0,59 µm
10m x 10m
Red
0,61 - 0,68 µm
NIR
0,79 - 0,89 µm
SWIR
1,58 - 1,75 µm
20m x 20m M
PAN
0,51 - 0,73 µm
5m x 5m (or 2.5m x 2.5m in supermode)
Sensor: HRS (High Resolution Stereoscopic)
Launch Date: May 4, 2002
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 4
Life Expectancy: 5-years
Altitude: 822 km
Speed: 7.4 km/s
Orbit: 98.7 deg, Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period: 101 minutes
Swath Width: 60x60 to 80km at Nadir
Re-visit Period: 2-3 days (latitude)
Temporal Resolution: 26 days
Radiometric Resolution: 8-bit
Dimensions: 5 m in height, 3 tons
Equatorial Crossing time: 10:30
Annual Coverage > 6 million km2
DORIS: Real-time satellite tracking to 10 cm accuracy
HRG : 2.5-5m PAN, 10m MS
HRS: Quasi-simultaneous image aqcuisition (90 sec) 20 and -20 deg  Stereoscopic image pairs for 3D terrain modeling (120x600km) Instant coverage

2. Volume loss from Bering Glacier (Alaska), 1972 – 2003: comment on
Scene Type
Scene Size
Full Scene
60x60
1/2
40x40
1/4
30x30
1/8
20x20
COST
Res.
Spectral Mode
Full Scene
1/2 Scene
1/4 Scene
1/8 Scene
2.5 m
False Color
10,125
Pan
6,750
5,050
3,375
2,550
5 m
2,525
1,165
1,275
10 m MS
Canadian coverage from SPOT 4 and 5 data for years are available free of charge from Geobase
Applications
3-D Terrain Mapping, DEM’s, Vegetation, Agriculture, Forestry......
Volume loss from Bering Glacier (Alaska), 1972 – 2003: comment on
Muskett and others (2009)
Comparison of various estimates of Bering Glacier melt - discrepancies from vertically biased Aster DEM (Berthier 2010)

4. WEB References Satellite Specifications Pricing Data Acquisition
Pricing
Data Acquisition
Satellite Image
Scientific Journal Article
Graphics