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Perfect images transmitted via a laser link between Artemis and SPOT 4

6 December 2001

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SPOT 4 image of Lanzarote in the Canaries

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Lanzarote, Canaries: First image transmitted by means of an optic laser between the Pastel instrument on SPOT 4 and the SILEX system on the geostationary satellite Artemis. Artemis relays the images in real time to the image treatment centre Spot Image in Toulouse. Courtesy CNES/Distribution SPOT Image

Credits: CNES 2001/Distribution Spot Image

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Artist impression of Artemis communicating with a low-Earth orbiting spacecraft like Spot-4.

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SPOT antenna at SPOT Image Control Centre in Toulouse. Courtesy CNES/SPOT Image.

Credits: CNES/SPOT Image