Private company

Spot Image Labs

Logo: Spot Image, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

French satellite company under Airbus

Spot Image, a public limited company created in 1982 by the French Space Agency, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the IGN, and Space Manufacturers (Matra, Alcatel, SSC, etc.) is a subsidiary of Airbus Defence and Space (99%). The company is the commercial operator for the SPOT Earth observation satellites.2 It ceased to exist in 2014.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1982Founded1
  • Industrygeospatial industry1

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Spot Image, a public limited company created in 1982 by the French Space Agency, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the IGN, and Space Manufacturers (Matra, Alcatel, SSC, etc.) is a subsidiary of Airbus Defence and Space (99%). The company is the commercial operator for the SPOT Earth observation satellites.2

Corporate structure

Spot Image Labs sits at the top of its group. 6 entities, 6 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

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Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Airbus DS Geo1

Timeline

  1. Oct 17, 2014Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1982Founded Founded1

Sources

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