BackForwardInstrument:  PAN (THEOS) 

Instrument details
Acronym PAN (THEOS)
Full name Panchromatic Imager
Purpose Very-high resolution land observation, disasters monitoring
Short description One panchromatic channel (450-900 nm), supporting MS
Background Consolidated technology
Scanning Technique Pushbroom. Swath: 22 km addressable within a Field-of-Regard of 1000 km
Resolution 2 m
Coverage / Cycle Global coverage in 4 months. Less by strategic pointing
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency GISTDA
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2009 to 2025
Last update: 2022-07-25
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
  • Subcomponent 4
  • GNSS radio occultation (commercial)
  • High-resolution optical observation constellation (commercial)
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Fire fractional cover
Evaluation of Measurements