SPOT Receiving Station
Your turnkey solutionYour SPOT receiving station comprises:
- A SPOT Terminal, supplied by Astrium Services
- A receiving antenna and the baseband kit
- Associated services, including commissioning, operator training and a maintenance service of the component of the station
- Business development support
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Operating your station
Daily operations relating to your direct receiving station are handled by a small team consisting of an acquisition operator, production operator and image-quality expert, overseen by a supervisor.
SPOT Terminal
The SPOT Terminal ingests, archives and processes image telemetry from the SPOT satellites directly on site. This involves:
- Decoding telemetry and generating catalogue files
- Managing the archive
- Generating image data to levels 1A, 1B, 2A and (SPOT 5) Ortho or Primary (SPOT 6&7)
- Interfacing with Astrium Services’ programming centre and operational support teams
Multi-sensor antenna
Featuring the very latest technologies, your receiving antenna is configured to:
- Track the main Earth-observation satellites (SPOT, Pléiades, etc.)
- Collect image telemetry within a large receiving footprint
Associated Services
| Pre-commissioning | Your station is adapted to the local environment and conditions. We define with you how it will be integrated during a pre-commissioning site visit. |
| Commissioning | Commissioning of the station, antenna and terminal elements is supervised by Astrium Services teams. |
| Training | On-site training includes satellite tasking, operations, production management and first-level maintenance. |
| Operations loop | Astrium Services coordinates acceptance testing of all equipment and validation of the operations loop before your system enters service. |
| Maintenance | The standard warranty and maintenance period starts as soon as you sign off acceptance of your SPOT Terminal. Our product support team will help you with any operational problems, providing system assistance and hardware and software maintenance. |
| Upgrades and improvements | Upgrade packages will be provided during the maintenance period. Software upgrades are sent out once a year. The objective is to maintain a uniform, up-to-date system across Astrium Services’ receiving station network. |
| Support | Astrium Services’ domain experts are ready to help you develop your business, providing support for products, services and applications. |
SPOT Receiving Station
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