Kanopus-V-IR Mission

Identifierkanopus-v-irNamesEnvironmental Satellite Kanopus-V N2 IRKanopus-V-IRAliaseskanopus-v-n2 About identifiers
SeriesKANOPUS-Vkanopus-v

Objectives and Applications

Disaster monitoring, forest fire detection, land surface, environmental monitoring.

Mission Summary

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 2026
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

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

Mission Instruments

MSU-IK-SR - Multi-channel medium and far IR range radiometer kanopus-v-ir_msu-ik-sr

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereCloud type, amount and cloud top temperature MSU-IK-SR
LandVegetation MSU-IK-SR
Surface temperature (land) MSU-IK-SR
Multi-purpose imagery (land) MSU-IK-SR
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth MSU-IK-SR
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness MSU-IK-SR

OpenSearch Datasets

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