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                                         Remote Sensing Imaging Satellites

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                                                   SATELLITE CHARACTERISTICS
Common NameLaunch DateCountryLaunch SitePeriod (min)Inclination (deg)Operational?
ADEOSAug-17-1996JPNTNSTA100.8098.26N
 
                                                            SENSORS ON SATELLITE    
Sensor NameSensor BandsSpatial Resolution (m)Swath Width (km)Off-Nadir (deg)AlongTrack (deg)Operational?
Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer (AVNIR)5 bands, .42 - 89um8.0080400N
Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases (IMG)3 bands, 3.3 - 14.7um8000.002000N
NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT)13.995GHz50000.00600-1-1N
Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner (OCTS)12 bands, .4 - 12.7um700.001400020N
Polarization and Directionality of Earth's Reflectances (POLDER)15 bands,.443 - .910um6000.00220000N
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer6 bands, .308 - .360um50000.00279500N
Note: A "-1" in a column indicates information unknown.

Last Updated 3/10/2008 4:57:00 PM EST
Michael E. Hodgson, hodgsonm@sc.edu">,GIScience and Remote Sensing Center, Department of Geography, University of South Carolina
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