Earth Observation
SPOT 1
NonoperationalEarth ObservationLEO
SPOT 1 is a France earth observation satellite, launched on February 22, 1986 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 22, 1986 at 01:44 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 1 →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- SPOT 1 & Viking
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 746 km
- Periapsis
- 567 km
- Inclination
- 98.66°
- Orbital period
- 97.86 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- France
- Launch mass
- 1,813.68 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1986-019A
- NORAD catalog №
- 16613
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
France- Radar cross-section
- 7.279 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational