MTSAT Imager (IMAGER)

 

IMAGER

MTSAT Imager

Satellite

MTSAT- 2

Status

Standby - To be operated in the period: 2010 to 2015

Mission

Multi-purpose VIS/IR imagery and wind derivation by tracking clouds and water vapour features

Instrument type

5-channel VIS/IR radiometer

Coverage/cycle

Full disk scanned in <= 27.6 min every 60 min. Half disk scanned in <= 14.4 min every 60 min.

Resolution (s.s.p.)

4.0 km for IR channels; 1.0 km for the VIS channel

Resources

Mass: 142.5 kg - Power: 193 W (normal operations, in sunlight) - Data rate: 2.62 Mbps

 

Central wavelength

Spectral interval

Radiometric accuracy (NEΔT or SNR)

0.675 µm

0.55 - 0.80 µm

6.5 @ 2.5 % albedo

3.75 µm

3.50 - 4.00 µm

0.09 K @ 300 K

6.75 µm

6.50 - 7.00 µm

0.12 K @ 300 K

10.8 µm

10.3 - 11.3 µm

0.11 K @ 300 K

12.0 µm

11.5 - 12.5 µm

0.20 K @ 300 K



Last updated June 2008