BackForwardInstrument:  GORIZONT-MP 

Instrument details
Acronym GORIZONT-MP
Full name Multi-spectral scanner
Purpose High-resolution imagery
Short description 6 channels implemented by 3 cameras, two side-to-side and one overlapping [see detailed characteristics below]
Background Follow-on of KMSS flown on Meteor-M
Scanning Technique Cross-track: 8000 CCD/line; swath 960 km
Resolution 60-120 m IFOV (see table)
Coverage / Cycle Global coverage in 3 days
Mass 8.1 kg Power 20.4 W Data Rate 60 Mbps

 

Providing Agency Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period: TBD
Last update: 2021-06-15
Detailed characteristics
Central wavelength Spectral interval SNR @ specified albedo Resolution at s.s.p.
0.41 µm 0.37 - 0.45 µm 200 @ 100 % albedo 120 m
0.48 µm 0.45 - 0.51 µm 200 @ 100 % albedo 120 m
0.635 µm 0.58 - 0.69 µm 200 @ 100 % albedo 120 m
0.555 µm 0.535 - 0.575 µm 200 @ 100 % albedo 60 m
0.655 µm 0.63 - 0.68 µm 200 @ 100 % albedo 60 m
0.830 µm 0.76 - 0.90 µm 200 @ 100 % albedo 60 m
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
  • Land cover
  • Leaf Area Index (LAI)
  • Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
  • Vegetation type
Evaluation of Measurements