BackForwardInstrument:  EOS-C 

Instrument details
Acronym EOS-C
Full name Earth Observation Satellite - Camera
Purpose High-resolution land observation, surveillance, disaster monitoring
Short description 6-channel VIS/NIR/SWIR imaging radiometer [see detailed characteristics below]
Background Built in South Korea
Scanning Technique Pushbroom. 20 km swath, possible to be addressed within a field-of-regard of 1000 km.
Resolution 2.5 m (panchromatic), 10 m (VNIR), 20 m (SWIR); at s.s.p.
Coverage / Cycle Global coverage in 5 months, revisit time with strategic ponting down to 2.5 days
Mass 41 kg Power 69 W Data Rate

 

Providing Agency TÜBITAK-UZAY
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2013 to 2023
Last update: 2021-06-17
Detailed characteristics

Central wavelength

Spectral interval

SNR @ specified albedo

485 nm

450-520 nm

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560 nm

520-600 nm

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660 nm

630-690 nm

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830 nm

760-900 nm

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1600 nm

1000-2400 nm

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PAN

450-900 nm

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Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
  • High resolution optical imager
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • High-resolution multi-spectral VIS/IR imagers
  • High-resolution multi-spectral VIS/IR imager
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Biomass
  • Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR)
  • Fraction of vegetated land
  • Leaf Area Index (LAI)
  • Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
  • Vegetation type
Evaluation of Measurements