Optical imager (NIMBUS-VHR) Instrument

Measurements and Applications

High-resolution optical images in PAN, MS and VNIR spectral channels with StripMap, Mosaic and N-Stereo acquisition modes, developed by TAS-I Company

Instrument Summary

Full Name
New Italian Micro Bus - Very High Resolution Optical Imager
Status
Being developed
Instrument Agencies
ESA, ASI
Maturity
Instrument Type
High resolution optical imagers
Geometry
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
PAN < 1 m (native); MS-VNIR < 4 m (native)
[Best Resolution: 0.9m]
Swath
>= 10.5 km
[Max Swath: 10 km]
Accuracy
Waveband
PAN: 0.45-0.8 µm; MS: Red (0.63-0.69 µm), Green (0.52-0.59 µm), Blue (0.45-0.52 µm); VNIR: 0.77-0.89 µm.
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

Instrument Missions

NIMBUS-VHR - New Italian Micro Bus - Very High Resolution Optical Constellation (IRIDE) (2026 - 2031)

Instrument Measurements