CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - AMSI -
Full Name Advanced Multi-Spectral Instrument Status Being developed
Instrument Agencies ESA, COM Maturity
Instrument Type High resolution optical imagers Geometry Push-broom scanning
Instrument Technology High resolution optical imager Sampling Imaging
Data Access Data Format
Measurements and Applications Optical high spatial resolution imagery over land and coastal areas for Copernicus operational services.
Resolution Summary 5 m for 4 bands in VNIR, 60 m for 3 dedicated atmospheric correction bands, 10m or 20 m for remaining bands
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary TBD
Waveband Summary 21 bands in the VNIR-SWIR
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
Multi-purpose imagery (land)Land surface imagery
Instrument Missions
S2NG-A - Sentinel-2 Next Generation A (2033 - 2041)
S2NG-B - Sentinel-2 Next Generation B (2035 - 2043)