Key statistics
Satellite SPOT 5 at a glance.
Uptime
8567
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SPOT 5.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SPOT 5
International designator: 2002-021A
Object number (NORAD): 27421
Object ID (CCSDS): 27421
Country: FRANCE (FR)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.007 minutes
Inclination: 98.0215 deg
SMA: 7089.299 km
Apoapsis: 802.771 km
Periapsis: 619.557 km
RAAN: 333.1162 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01292189
Argument of periapsis: 316.6022 deg
Mean anomaly: 42.5058 deg
Mean motion: 14.54446714 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000625 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014205749 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 16, 2025, 2:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 15, 2025, 8:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SPOT 5
TLE line 1: 1 27421U 02021A 25288.83920457 .00000625 00000-0 14206-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 27421 98.0215 333.1162 0129219 316.6022 42.5058 14.54446714227326
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SPOT 5.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SPOT 5.
Associated space launch
The main instrument was the HRVIR imaging camera payload including a 2.5-meter resolution imager. A secondary experiment was the 5-band VEGETATION-2 instrument with 1-km resolution.
SPOT 5 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Ariane 42P | SPOT 5’, on board a Ariane 42P space rocket.
The launch took place on May 4, 2002, 1:31 a.m. from Ariane Launch Area 2.
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Ariane 42P | SPOT 5
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 4, 2002, 1:31 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Ariane 42P
Launch pad: Ariane Launch Area 2
Location: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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