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Instrument details
Acronym
SpaceView 24
Full name
SpaceView 24 imaging telescope
Purpose
High-resolution land observation and disaster monitoring
Short description
Detailed instrument description not yet available. Presumably, 4-channel radiometer, 1 panchromatic, 3 in VIS (RBG)
Background
New development
Scanning Technique
Pushbroom, stereable both along- and across- track. Frames of 30 km2. Video capability
Resolution
1 m at s.s.p.
Coverage / Cycle
Few days, depending on strategic pointing
Mass
10 kg
Power
10 W
Data Rate
Providing Agency
BSG
Instrument Maturity
Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period:
2019 to ≥2021
Last update:
2021-06-17
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on
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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
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives Fire fractional cover Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR) Land surface topography Secondary mission objectives Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) Sea-ice cover
Opportunity objectives Cloud cover Earth surface albedo Glacier cover Glacier topography Ice sheet topography 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. VIS channel(s)
Earth surface albedo 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. VIS channels
Fire fractional cover 2 - very high Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. VIS channels with high resolution for boundary detection
Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR) 4 - fair Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. VIS channels including Red at 700 nm
Glacier cover 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. VIS and panchromatic channel with higher resolution, for glacier boundary detection
Glacier topography 4 - fair Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. VIS and panchromatic channels with cross- and along-track steering capability for stereoscopy both in-orbit and between orbits
Ice sheet topography 4 - fair Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. VIS and panchromatic channels with cross- and along-track steering capability for stereoscopy both in-orbit and between orbits
Land surface topography 4 - fair Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. VIS and panchromatic channels with cross- and along-track steering capability for stereoscopy both in-orbit and between orbits
Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) 4 - fair Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage. VIS channels, range undersampled
Sea-ice cover 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. VIS channel(s)
Snow cover 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. VIS and panchromatic (higher resolution) channels
Instrument: SpaceView 24