Image acquisition requests are centralized at the Programming
Centre (CPR), which optimizes satellite programming in accordance with weather
forecasts and the results of previous acquisition attempts.
The CPR:
- plans long-term usage of satellite capacity, assessing the best chances
of successfully acquiring scenes, taking into account programming request
conflicts, commercial priorities and local weather conditions;
- schedules daily image acquisitions in accordance with weather forecasts
to fulfil as many customer requests as possible, as quickly as possible,
taking into account direct programming requests from receiving stations
in the SPOT network;
- optimizes acquisition of stereopair images.
The 24-hour workplan for SPOT 5 will be forwarded to the CMP Operations
Control Centre for uplinking to the satellite in the morning.
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