BackForwardInstrument:  MS (Ingenio) 

Instrument details
Acronym MS (Ingenio)
Full name Multispectral imager
Purpose High resolution land observation, disasters monitoring
Short description 4 VIS/NIR channels [see detailed chracteristics below]
Background Consolidated technology
Scanning Technique Pushbroom. Swath: 60 km
Resolution 10 m
Coverage / Cycle Global coverage in 38 days (orbital repeat cycle)
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency CDTI
Instrument Maturity Backed by strong heritage
Utilization Period: TBD
Last update: 2021-01-16
Detailed characteristics
Central wavelength Spectral interval SNR @ specified albedo
485 nm 450 - 520 nm 120 @ ……. % albedo
560 nm 520 - 600 nm 120 @ ……. % albedo
660 nm 630 - 690 nm 120 @ ……. % albedo
830 nm 760 - 900 nm 120 @ ……. % albedo
Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
  • High resolution optical imager
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • High-resolution multi-spectral VIS/IR imagers
  • High-resolution multi-spectral VIS/IR imager
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Biomass
  • Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR)
  • Fraction of vegetated land
  • Land cover
  • Leaf Area Index (LAI)
  • Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
  • Vegetation type
Evaluation of Measurements