法国的斯波特卫星是目前世界上唯一的能提供地面分辨率为10米的立体照片的民用观察卫星。美国国防部和情报部门对斯波特卫星拍摄的照片有着极大的兴趣,并公开用这些照片来估计苏联的军事力量。一年来,由斯波特卫星拍摄的苏联军事设施的照片多次出现在美国的报刊上。在今年出版的《苏联的军 The Spitzer satellite in France is the only civil observation satellite in the world that can provide stereo pictures with a resolution of 10 meters on the ground. The U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence agencies have shown a great interest in photographs taken by the Sputter satellite and have publicly used these photographs to estimate the Soviet military. In the past year, photographs of Soviet military installations taken by the Sputter satellite appeared many times in the U.S. press. Published in this year’s "Soviet Army