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 |