MSS

Multi-Spectral Scanner

Satellites

Landsat 1 to 5

Status

Operational – Utilised in the period 1972 to ~ 2010

Mission

Land and vegetation observation

Instrument type

VIS/NIR radiometer, 6 short-wave channels, one in TIR

Scanning technique

Wiskbroom; 2300 pixel/line; swath 185 km

Coverage/cycle

Global coverage in 16 days, in daylight.

Resolution (s.s.p.)

80 m IFOV

Resources

Mass: 64 kg - Power: 50 W - Data rate: 15 Mbps

Central wavelength

Spectral interval

Radiometric accuracy (SNR)

0.55 µm

0.50 - 0.60 µm

…….. @ ….. % albedo

0.65 µm

0.60 - 0.70 µm

…….. @ ….. % albedo

0.75 µm

0.70 - 0.80 µm

…….. @ ….. % albedo

0.95 µm

0.80 - 1.10 µm

…….. @ ….. % albedo