BackForwardInstrument:  HRC(HRMIS) 

Instrument details
Acronym HRC(HRMIS)
Full name High Resolution Camera
Purpose To acquire high resolution land surface images.
Short description Optical System: Three mirror coaxial optical system. 8 VIS/NIR channels (see table below).
Background New development
Scanning Technique Swath width: 15 km
Resolution Spatial resolution at nadir: Pan 0.5m, MS 2m
Coverage / Cycle Strip mapping.
Mass Power Data Rate 800

 

Providing Agency CAST
Instrument Maturity Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period: 2020 to 2030
Last update: 2023-12-04
Detailed characteristics
Channel Wavelength (nm) Resolution (m)
1 400-450 2
2 450-520 2
3 520-600 2
4 600-620 2
5 620-700 2
6 710-745 2
7 780-900 2
8 870-1040 2
PAN 450-900 0.5
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
  • Fire fractional cover
  • Lake area
  • Land cover
  • Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
  • Vegetation type
Evaluation of Measurements