KHCS Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Biomass, FAPAR, fraction of vegetated land, land cover, LAI, NDVI, vegetation type.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
KhalifaSat Camera System
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
MBRSC, UAE SA
Maturity
Instrument Type
High resolution optical imagers
Geometry
Push-broom scanning
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Constrained Access
Data Format
GEOTIFF

Performance Summary

Resolution
0.75m for panchromatic imagery and 3m in four multispectral bands.
[Best Resolution: 0.75m]
Swath
12km
[Max Swath: 12 km]
Accuracy
Waveband
552 ~ 892 nm (PAN-1), 554 ~ 897 nm (PAN-2) 457 ~ 520 nm (MS1-1), 460 ~ 521 nm (MS1-2) 521 ~ 591 nm (MS2-1), 523 ~ 592 nm (MS2-2)629 ~ 691 nm (MS3-1), 629 ~ 691 nm (MS3-2) 766 ~ 884 nm (MS4-1), 770 ~ 888 nm (MS4-2)
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

Instrument Missions

KhalifaSat - KhalifaSat (2018 - 2025)

Instrument Measurements