=> Three more weeks of data (L1C) have been added to the SPOT5 (Take5) distribution server. The corresponding L2A data should appear very soon, but the dtata transfer takes a long time. The data acquired until the 24th of July are now available here : https://spot-take5.org. We are now starting to see very nice time series, […]
=> Several colleagues asked me about the apparent defect on the maritime part of Sentinel-2 first image. I would like to reassure you, it is not a defect, only a directional effect. Let’s explain it :- For each Sentinel-2 spectral band, 30 000 elementary detectors are necessary to obtain a field of view of 300km […]
The SPOT5 (Take5) L1C data acquired before the 3rd of June have just been uploaded to https://spot-take5.org If you are interested in atmospherically corrected data, with a good cloud mask, please wait for a few more days, as the level 2A production of the same data is also ready and being prepared for upload to […]
Cool ! Sentinel-2 first images are visible on ESA site.
=> These figures are the overall rhythm of production for SPOT5 (Take5) for Level 1C and level 2A production, in the MUSCATE factory within the CNES computing center. But it is a pity that conditioning the data to upload them on the distribution center (https://spot-take5.org) is in fact much longer (several minutes per product). It is […]
Several months ago, CNES had announced the future release of SPOT Archive data older than 5 years, In the framework of the so-called SPOT World Heritage project (SWH), the first batch of SWH products has just been released, the MUSCATE Theia distribution center : https://theia.cnes.fr. This first batch contains 15000 images taken above France with less […]
C’est fait, Sentinel-2A est en orbite. Il a commencé à dialoguer avec ses stations de contrôle et a déployé ses panneaux solaires. Il faudra quelques jours pour vérifier et configurer la plate forme avant d’allumer l’instrument et de réaliser les premières acquisitions. Félicitations aux équipes de l’ESA, d’Airbus et des industriels associés à la fabrication du […]
Patience is not my best quality. For instance, regarding the availability of Sentinel-2 data, I even had the orbit of two satellites changed to obtain time series quicker :). So you cannot imagine how happy I will be to watch Sentinel-2’s launch tonight, and how even my alarm at 2:30 am will sound as a […]
ESA and CNES are glad to announce they just opened the new distribution site for SPOT4 (Take5) and SPOT5 (Take5) with a brand new look and feel compared to the previous SPOT4 (Take5) site. All the SPOT4 (Take5) data are available and may be downloaded, but the SPOT5 (Take5) site is almost empty (except for […]