MSU-E Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Multispectral scanner images of land surface and ice cover.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Multispectral high resolution electronic scanner
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
High resolution optical imagers
Geometry
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
35 - 45 m
Swath
45 km for one scanner, 80 km for two scanners (pointable ±30 deg from nadir)
Accuracy
Waveband
VIS: 0.5 - 0.6 µm, 0.6 - 0.7 µm, NIR: 0.8 - 0.9 µm
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

Instrument Missions

Resurs-01 N2 - Resource satellite first series number 2 (1988 - 1999)
Resurs-01 N3 - Resource satellite first series number 3 (1994 - 1996)
Resurs-01 N4 - Resource satellite first series number 4 (1998 - 2002)
Meteor-3M - Meteor-3M (2001 - 2006)
Sich-1M - Sich-1M (2004 - 2006)

Instrument Measurements