Measurements and Applications
Aids in fully automatic data quality control by removing areas with low-quality or missing data before they are sent to ground facilities for further analysis. This is achieved by identifying clouds in the observed area, as clouds can severely affect the quality and usability of collected data, which is then removed from those areas.
Full Name
Visible/Near-Infrared Camera (NarSha Secondary Sensor)
Status
Being developed
Instrument Agencies
Nara Space
Maturity
Low Heritage
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
Push-broom scanning
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Constrained Access
Data Format
TBD
Resolution
Better than 100m, 12.5m @ 500km altitude
[Best Resolution: 12.5m]
Swath
At 500km altitude, Nadir: 12.5 km; 30 deg off nadir: 18.6 km
[Max Swath: 18 km]
Accuracy
CE90 for geolocation
Waveband
VIS (RGB) and NIR for obtaining images for geolocation and data for cloud masking
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
NarSha - NarSha Constellation (2026 - 2031) |