CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- MSI (Sentinel-2)
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Full Name
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Multi-Spectral Instrument (Sentinel-2)
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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ESA , COM
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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High resolution optical imagers 
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Geometry
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Push-broom scanning
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Instrument Technology
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High resolution optical imager
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Optical high spatial resolution imagery over land and coastal areas for Copernicus operational services.
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Resolution Summary
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10 m for 4 bands in VNIR, 60 m for 3 dedicated atmospheric correction bands, 20 m for remaining bands for S-2. 5m spatial resolution for S2NG
[Best Resolution: 10m]
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Swath Summary
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290 km
[Max Swath: 290 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Absolute radiometric accuracy for Level 1C data: 3 - 5%
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Waveband Summary
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13 bands in the VNIR-SWIR
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| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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