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Instrument details
Acronym
PAN (CartoSat-3)
Full name
Panchromatic Camera
Purpose
Very-high-resolution land imagery
Short description
Single VNIR channel (0.50-0.85 µm), SNR = 345 @ 550 W m-2 sr-1 µm-1
Background
Follow-on of PAN on CartoSat 2/2A/2B
Scanning Technique
Pushbroom, 12288 pixel/line, swath 17 km. Possible to be tilted along-track (10° aft- and 26° fore-) for in-orbit stereoscopy, and cross-track within a field of regard of 400 km.
Resolution
0.28 m s.s.p.
Coverage / Cycle
Depending on pointing strategy. Repeat cycle for a selected local scene: one week minimum, in daylight
Mass
120 kg
Power
60 W
Data Rate
336 Mbps (105 Mbps after compression)
Providing Agency
ISRO
Instrument Maturity
Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period:
2020-02-24 to ≥2024
Last update:
2018-02-17
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on
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Instrument classification
Earth observation instrument Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer High resolution optical imager
WIGOS Subcomponents
No WIGOS subcomponents have been defined.
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
Secondary mission objectives Glacier cover Sea-ice cover Snow cover Opportunity objectives Show all Show fewer
Tentative Evaluation of Measurements
The following list indicates which measurements can typically be
retrieved from this category of instrument. To see a full Gap Analysis by Variable,
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Variable Relevance for measuring this variable Operational limitations Explanation
Cloud cover 5 - marginal Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel
Fire fractional cover 2 - very high Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel with high resolution, for fire boundary detection
Glacier cover 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel with high resolution, for glacier boundary detection
Sea-ice cover 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel
Snow cover 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel
Instrument: PAN (CartoSat-3)