EADS Astrium Gives Go-Ahead for Spot 5 Follow-ons

Credit: EADS ASTRIUM
EADS Astrium is starting work on two high-resolution wide-swath optical imaging satellites to replace its workhorse Spot 5, even though it has not yet nailed down any government support to help finance the project. Together with two very-high-resolution (VHR) Pleiades spacecraft, the first of which...

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