The processing of SPOT5 (Take5) data is based on a prototype ground segment and involves prototype processors, and we have lots of configuration data to produce for each of the 150 sites. Moreover, to reduce exploitation costs, the processing at Airbus DS for Level 1A, and then at CNES (L1C and L2A) are launched only […]
=> The first set of SPOT5 (Take5) images was acquired yesterday, 8th of April. Here is one of the images, processed by Airbus Defence and Space at Level 1A. This image has nothing special in itself, as it is only one of 12 000 000 SPOT5 images, but it is still the proof that everything […]
Update : I was wrong, 8th of September is a day #1 (one day error for me, one for the operation team). Calendar has been updated. Sorry !I have added a calendar page to the SPOT(Take5) menu, which gives you the day number in the take5 cycle for each SPOT5 (Take5) site, and gives you […]
Update : I was wrong, 8th of September is a day #1 (one day error for me, one for the operation team). Calendar has been updated. I have added a calendar page to the SPOT(Take5) menu, which gives you the day number in the take5 cycle for each SPOT5 (Take5) site, and gives you the […]
Tout s’est très bien passé ce matin, et SPOT5 a atteint sa nouvelle orbite, 2,5 km plus bas. Félicitations et un grand merci à toute l’équipe des opérations du CNES ! Les premières images seront acquises la semaine prochaine. Ne quittez pas ! On m’a de nouveau demandé comment un petit changement d’altitude de 2 […]
=> Following the irrigation scheduling experiment in Morocco during the SPOT4-Take5 experiment (Le Page et al, 2014), a Web tool owing to help the irrigation decision making is under development (http://osr-cesbio.ups-tlse.fr/Satirr). The tool is functional on three Landsat8 tiles: Marrakech in Morocco, Kairouan in Tunisia, Toulouse, France. As the tool is addressing irrigators, the idea is […]
=> How to go from 1 image every 5 days to 24 images per second ?It was possible, thanks to CNES funding, thanks to an imaginative producer, Gérard Dedieu (who does not smoke cigars yet), thanks to a talented film director and scenarist, Thierry Gentet (the only film director who understands space mechanics), and thanks […]
After the preliminary list of sites issued last week, we are now able to release the final list of SPOT5 (Take5) sites, after CNES checked that the satellite is able to visit each of them every 5 days.[map style= »width: auto; height:400px; margin:20px 0px 20px 0px; border: 1px solid black; » maptype= »OSM » kml= »https://www.cesbio.cnrs.fr/multitemp/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/SPOT5_Take5_All_sites_with_Day_in_cycle.kmz »]We had to do 5 […]
=> Update (March 19th) : the final list of sites has been released. In November, ESA released a call for proposals to select the sites to be observed during the SPOT5 (Take5) experiment. 62 proposals were received, with more than 100 sites submitted. ESA appointed a committee to review the proposals, a first list of 110 […]