Measurements and Applications
Day and night cloud cover imagery.
Full Name
Operational Linescan System
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
High Heritage - Operational
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
Conical scanning
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
No Access
Data Format
Binary, NetCDF
Resolution
0.56 km (fine), 5.4 km (stereo products)
[Best Resolution: 560m]
Swath
3000 km
[Max Swath: 3000 km]
Waveband
VIS - NIR: 0.4 - 1.1 µm, TIR: 10.0 - 13.4 µm, and 0.47 - 0.95 µm
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
DMSP F-8 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-8 (1987 - 2006) |
| DMSP F-9 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-9 (1988 - 1991) |
| DMSP F-10 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-10 (1990 - 1993) |
| DMSP F-11 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-11 (1991 - 2000) |
| DMSP F-12 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-12 (1994 - 2004) |
| DMSP F-13 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-13 (1995 - 2015) |
| DMSP F-14 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-14 (1997 - 2020) |
| DMSP F-15 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-15 (1999 - 2019) |
DMSP F-16 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-16 (2003 - 2025) |
| DMSP F-17 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-17 (2006 - 2025) |
| DMSP F-18 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-18 (2009 - 2025) |
| DMSP F-19 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-19 (2014 - 2016) |
DMSP F-20 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-20 (2020 - 2025) |