MISSION

The VEGETATION mission main characteristics are:

A nearly daily global cover

thanks to the instrument wide field of view in combination with SPOT orbit (830 km altitude)
as least one acquisition per day beyond 35° latitude
5 acquisitions every 6 days at equator

Sun-synchronous orbit

solar illumination variation minimization

Acquisition time: 10h30 (UT)

cloud cover minimization (mainly in tropical zone)

Centralized reception and archiving

easy access to data (one catalogue...)
fast distribution of the products (2 to 3 days after acquisition)
global cover products ability

Programming Example (on 13/01/2004)