Important Dates
- 1982: Creation of Spot Image in Toulouse, France
- 1983: Creation of Spot Image Corporation in the United States
- 1986: Launch of the SPOT 1 satellite
- 1990: Creation of Spot Imaging Services in Australia
- 1990: Launch of the SPOT 2 satellite
- 1991: Creation of Spot Asia in Singapore
- 1998: Creation of Beijing Spot Image in China
- 1998: Launch of SPOT 4
- 2002: Creation of Tokyo Spot Image
- 2002: Launch of SPOT 5
- 2004: Opening of offices in Brazil and Mexico
- 2004: Signing of a contract with the NSPO for the distribution of data from the Formosat-2 satellite
- 2005: Signing of a contract with KARI for the distribution of data from the Kompsat-2 satellite
- 2006: Opening of an office in Peru
- 2008: Spot Image is 81% owned by Astrium Services, an EADS company
- 2008: Spot Image Brasil replaces the office opened in this country
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