CCD

Charge-Coupled Device Camera

Satellites

INSAT-2E and INSAT-3A

Status

Operational – Utilised in the period: 1999 to ~ 2013

Mission

Cloud imagery

Instrument type

3-channel VIS camera

Coverage/cycle

10° x 10° every 3 hours. More frequently on demand. Daylight operation only

Resolution (s.s.p.)

1.0 km

Resources

Mass: 55 kg - Power: 50 W - Data rate: … kbps

Central wavelength

Spectral interval

Radiometric accuracy (SNR)

0.71 µm

0.63 - 0.79 µm

417 @ 100 % albedo

0.81 µm

0.77 - 0.86 µm

336 @ 100 % albedo

1.62 µm

1.55 - 1.70 µm

342 @ 100 % albedo