BackForwardInstrument:  MSS (KANOPUS) 

Instrument details
Acronym MSS (KANOPUS)
Full name Multispectral film-making system
Purpose High-resolution land and vegetation observation
Short description 4 VIS/NIR channels [see detailed characteristics below]
Background Consolidated technology
Scanning Technique Pushbroom. Swath: 20 km
Resolution 12 m
Coverage / Cycle Global coverage in 4 months
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity Backed by strong heritage
Utilization Period: 2012 to 2025
Last update: 2021-06-16
Detailed characteristics
Central wavelength Spectral interval SNR @ specified albedo
0.55 µm 0.5 - 0.6 µm …… @ ….. % albedo
0.65 µm 0.6 - 0.7 µm …… @ ….. % albedo
0.75 µm 0.7 - 0.8 µm …… @ ….. % albedo
0.85 µm 0.8 - 0.9 µm …… @ ….. % albedo
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 vegetated land
  • Land cover
  • Leaf Area Index (LAI)
  • Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
  • Vegetation type
Evaluation of Measurements