BackForwardInstrument:  MSC (ZY) 

Instrument details
Acronym MSC (ZY)
Full name Multi-Spectral Camera
Purpose High resolution land observation
Short description 4-channel VIS/NIR radiometer [see detailed characteristics below]
Background Consolidated technique
Scanning Technique Pushbroom, swath 51 km
Resolution 5.8 m at s.s.p.
Coverage / Cycle Global in 2 months
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency CAST
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2012 to 2025
Last update: 2021-06-17
Detailed characteristics

Central wavelength

Spectral interval

SNR @ specified input spectral radiance

0.485 µm

0.45 - 0.52 µm

100 @ ...... W m-2 sr-1 μm-1

0.555 µm

0.52 - 0.59 µm

100 @ ...... W m-2 sr-1 μm-1

0.660 µm

0.63 - 0.69 µm

100 @ ...... W m-2 sr-1 μm-1

0.830 µm

0.77 - 0.89 µm

100 @ ...... W m-2 sr-1 μm-1
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