Orbit Inclination: 98.6°
Period: 101.20 minutes
Perigee: 819.0 km
Apogee: 846.0 km
Orbit Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous

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The SPOT-3 (Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre) spacecraft was
launched in September 26,1993. SPOT-3 is a earth observation
satellite with a ground resolution better than that of the Landsat
... series satellites. The main applications for the images returned by
the third SPOT mission are land-use studies, agriculture and forestry
resources, mineral and oil resources, and cartography. The three-axis
stabilized satellite operates in a circular sun-synchronous near-polar
orbit for a design lifetime of 2 years.

Orbital Characteristics-
Orbital Period: 101.20 m
Inclination: 98.60 degrees
Periapsis: 819.00 km Apoapsis: 846.00 km

The spacecraft dimensions are 2 x 2 x 3.5 m and 15.60 m for the
overall length of the deployed solar panel. SPOT-3 consists of two
parts: (1) the bus, a standard multipurpose platform, and (2) the
payload. The bus provides housekeeping information and an onboard
computer. The payload is mounted on one of the side panels of the
bus. It consists of two identical high-resolution visible (HRV)
imaging instruments and a package comprising two magnetic-tape data
recorders and a telemetry transmitter. The HRV imaging instrument
observes in three spectral bands (in the visible and near infrared
regions) with a ground resolution of 20 m, and/or in a broader
spectral band (panchromatic black and white) with a ground resolution
of 10 m. The pattern of successive ground tracks is repeated exactly
at 26-day intervals. The SPOT-3 instrument package has the provision
for off-nadir viewing which should be particularly useful for
monitoring localized phenomena evolving on a relatively short
timescale. Also, the satellite provides the capability for recording
stereoscopic pairs of images of a given area during successive
satellite passes.

https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1993-061A
http://www.cnes.fr/web/1417-spot-1-to-5.php
http://www.spot.com/