Objectives and Applications
Disaster monitoring, forest fire detection, land surface, environmental monitoring.
Full Name
Environmental Satellite Kanopus-V N2 IR
aka Kanopus-V N2
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
14 Jul 2017
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
94.7 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
97.4 deg
Orbit Altitude
510 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
5 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
MSS - Multispectral imaging system |
| MSU-IK-SR - Multi-channel medium and far IR range radiometer |
| PSS - Panchromatic imaging system |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MSU-IK-SR |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | MSS, PSS |
| Vegetation | MSU-IK-SR, PSS |
| Surface temperature (land) | MSU-IK-SR |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | MSS, MSU-IK-SR, PSS |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | MSS, MSU-IK-SR, PSS |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | MSU-IK-SR, PSS |
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