BackForwardInstrument:  PAN (THEOS-2) 

Instrument details
Acronym PAN (THEOS-2)
Full name New Astrosat Optical Modular Imager (PAN)
Purpose Very-high resolution land observation, disasters monitoring
Short description One panchromatic channel (450-740 nm), supporting MS
Background Consolidated technology
Scanning Technique Pushbroom. Swath: 10.3 km addressable within a Field-of-Regard of 90 km
Resolution 0.5 m
Coverage / Cycle Global coverage in 26 days
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency GISTDA
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2024 to 2033
Last update: 2021-03-06
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
  • High resolution optical imager
WIGOS Subcomponents No WIGOS subcomponents have been defined.
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Fire fractional cover
Evaluation of Measurements

The following list indicates which measurements can typically be retrieved from this category of instrument. To see a full Gap Analysis by Variable, click on the respective variable.

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Cloud cover5 - marginalInfrequent coverage.. Daylight only.Panchromatic channel
Fire fractional cover*2 - very highCloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only.Panchromatic channel with high resolution, for fire boundary detection
Glacier cover5 - marginalCloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only.Panchromatic channel with high resolution, for glacier boundary detection
Snow cover5 - marginalCloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only.Panchromatic channel
Sea-ice cover5 - marginalCloud sensitive.. Daylight only.Panchromatic channel