Objectives and Applications
Environmental monitoring, agriculture and forestry, hydrology, hydrometeorology, ice and snow, land surface, agriculture, disaster management. Currently only providing data from MR-900B instrument.
Full Name
Resource satellite first series number 4
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
10 Jul 1998
Mission Links
EOL Date
07 Feb 2002
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101 minutes
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
98.75 deg
Orbit Altitude
850 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
ISP - ISP |
| MR-900B - Scanning visual band telephotometer |
| MSU-E - Multispectral high resolution electronic scanner |
| MSU-SK - Multispectral medium resolution conical scanner |
| RMK-2 - Radiation Measurement Complex |
| ScaRaB - Scanner for Earth's Radiation Budget |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | ScaRaB |
| Radiation budget | ISP, ScaRaB |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | MSU-E, MSU-SK |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | MSU-E, MSU-SK |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | MR-900B |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | MR-900B |
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