BackForwardInstrument:  MSU-EU 

Instrument details
Acronym MSU-EU
Full name Multispectral VNIR radiometer
Purpose Land and vegetation observation
Short description Two parallel radiometers, 3 VIS/NIR channels [see detailed characteristics below]
Background Follow-on of MSU-E flown on the Resurs-01 series
Scanning Technique Pushbroom, swath 80 km (cemplex of the two units), 200 lines/s, steering capability within a field-of-regard of 800 km
Resolution 30 m at s.s.p.
Coverage / Cycle Global in one month, in daylight. More often by strategic pointing
Mass 60 kg Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency NSAU
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2005 to 2006
Last update: 2020-01-07
Detailed characteristics
Central wavelength Spectral interval SNR @ specified albedo
0.55 μm 0.50 - 0.59 μm 100 @ 100 % albedo
0.65 μm 0.61 - 0.69 μm 100 @ 100 % albedo
0.85 μm 0.79 - 0.92 μm 100 @ 100 % 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 vegetated land
  • Land cover
  • Leaf Area Index (LAI)
  • Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
  • Vegetation type
Evaluation of Measurements