Editing Spot Image (section)

{{Short description|French satellite company under Airbus}}
{{Infobox company
 | name             = Spot Image
 | logo             = Logo spotimage.gif
 | type             = [[Subsidiary]]
 | genre            = Satellite Products and Services Provider
 | foundation       = {{Start date and age|1982}}
 | founder          = 
 | location_city    = Toulouse
 | location_country = France
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 | key_people       = Hervé Buchwalter ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
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 | net_income       = 94 800 K€ (2007)
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 | num_employees    = 244
 | parent           = [[Airbus Defence and Space]]
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 | homepage         = {{url|http://www.astrium-geo.com/}}
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}}

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