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01.12.2015 14:20 Age: 9 yrs
Spot-5 de-orbited from December 1st 2015
Category: News of the other missions
The Spot-5 satellite will leave after more than 13 years of operational activity without flaws, far beyond the instrument and the spacecraft nominal life time. After the great success of the Spot-5 mission proper (13 years) , the experimental mission Take-5 (6 months to prepare for Sentinel-2) was also a successful experiment. . It is the last of the Cnes Spot family.
The Spot-5 satellite will leave after more than 13 years of operational activity without flaws, far beyond the instrument and the spacecraft nominal life time. After the great success of the Spot-5 mission proper (13 years) , the experimental mission Take-5 (6 months to prepare for Sentinel-2) was also a successful experiment. . It is the last of the Cnes Spot family.