BackForwardInstrument:  WAOSS-B 

Instrument details
Acronym WAOSS-B
Full name Wide-Angle Optoelectronic Stereo Scanner, BIRD version
Purpose High-resolution land observation and disasters monitoring
Short description 2-channel VNIR camera: 0.60-0.67 µm and 0.84-0.90 µm
Background Consolidated technology
Scanning Technique Pushbroom; swath 533 km. WAOSS-B points fore-, nadir and aft- for along-track stereoscopy
Resolution 185 m
Coverage / Cycle Global coverage in 5 days
Mass 8.4 kg Power 18 W Data Rate 500 kbps

 

Providing Agency DLR
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2002 to 2007
Last update: 2020-01-07
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 1
  • High-resolution multi-spectral VIS/IR imagers
  • High-resolution multi-spectral VIS/IR imager
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Evaluation of Measurements