PAN

PAN	Panchromatic Camera
Satellites	IRS-1C, IRS-1D, CartoSat-1, CartoSat-2 and 2A (coupled satellites), CartoSat-3
Status	Operational – Utilised in the period: 1995 to ~ 2015
Mission	Very-high resolution land imagery
Instrument type	Single VNIR channel (0.50-0.85 µm), SNR = 345 @ 55 mW·cm-2·sr-1·µm-1
Scanning technique	Pushbroom, 12288 pixel/line, swaths and resolutions as in the table. Along-track stereoscopy capability with CartoSat-1 by means of two cameras, PAN-A (10° aft-), and PAN-F (26° fore-). CartoSat-2 and CartoSat-3 can be tilted fore- and aft-, left and right, for strategic pointing within a field of regard of 400 km, and stereoscopy
Coverage/cycle	Depending on pointing strategy. Repeat cycle for a selected local scene: one week minimum, in daylight
Resolution (s.s.p.)	Changing with the satellite, as shown in the table
Resources	Mass: 120 kg - Power: 60 W - Data rate: 336 Mbps (105 Mbps after compression)