MSI

Multi-Spectral Imager

Satellites

Sentinel-2 A and B

Status

Being developed – To be utilised in the period 2012 to ~ 2021

Mission

Land observation, vegetation, territory management and hazards mitigation

Instrument type

12-channel VIS/NIR/SWIR spectro-radiometer

Scanning technique

Pushbroom, swath ≥ 200 km nominally close to nadir, pointable off-track for emergencies

Coverage/cycle

Global coverage in 2 weeks, in daylight. More frequent possible for emergencies

Resolution (s.s.p.)

IFOV: 10 to 60 m. depending on channel (see table)

Resources

Mass: … kg - Power: … W - Data rate: … Mbps

Central wavelength

Bandwidth

Radiometric accuracy (SNR @ specified input radiance)

IFOV at s.s.p.

443 nm

20 nm

129 @ 129.11 W m-2 sr-1 µm-1

60 m

490 nm

65 nm

154 @ 128.00 W m-2 sr-1 µm-1

10 m

560 nm

35 nm

168.4 @ 128.00 W m-2 sr-1 µm-1

10 m

665 nm

30 nm

142.1 @ 108.00 W m-2 sr-1 µm-1

10 m

705 nm

15 nm

117 @ 74.60 W m-2 sr-1 µm-1

20 m

740 nm

15 nm

89 @ 68.23 W m-2 sr-1 µm-1

20 m

775 nm

20 nm

105 @ 66.70 W m-2 sr-1 µm-1

20 m

842 nm

115 nm

174.6 @ 103.00 W m-2 sr-1 µm-1

10 m

865 nm

20 nm

72 @ 52.39 W m-2 sr-1 µm-1

20 m

940 nm

20 nm

114 @ 8.77 W m-2 sr-1 µm-1

60 m

1375 nm

20 nm

50 @ 6.00 W m-2 sr-1 µm-1

60 m

1610 nm

90 nm

100 @ 4.00 W m-2 sr-1 µm-1

20 m

2190 nm

180 nm

100 @ 1.70 W m-2 sr-1 µm-1

20 m