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KMSS High-resolution VIS/IR Radiometer
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High-resolution visible/infrared radiometer flown on Meteor-M N2-4 for land and cloud imaging.
The KMSS (High-resolution VIS/IR Radiometer) is a passive optical instrument designed for land and cloud imaging. It flies on Meteor-M satellites.
KMSS comprises three camera heads: one MSU-50 unit and two MSU-100 units.[1][2] The MSU-50 unit operates at 120 m ground sampling distance and covers three bands in the ultraviolet-to-green spectral region (370-450 nm, 450-510 nm, and 580-690 nm).[1][2] The two MSU-100 units together cover three bands in the red and near-infrared region (535-575 nm, 630-680 nm, and 760-900 nm) at 60 m ground sampling distance.[1][2] The three camera heads together provide six spectral bands spanning from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared.
KMSS supports vegetation index mapping, optical time-series change detection, and burned-area mapping.[1]
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Compositional position
- Vegetation index mappingvia Meteor-M N2-4
KMSS is a VIS/IR radiometer used for land reflectance and vegetation context on Meteor-M N2-4.
- Optical time-series change detection
KMSS 60-120m 6-band VNIR imager with 960 km swath and 3-day repeat enables land surface change detection time-series; used operationally for Russian Federation territory monitoring
- Multi-temporal burned-area mapping
KMSS NIR band (760-900 nm) paired with red band (630-680 nm) supports multi-temporal burned area mapping over Siberia and Russian boreal forest
- [1]WMO OSCAR instrument record: KMSScommunity2026-06-15
- [2]Meteor-M-1 mission overview, eoPortalcommunity2026-06-15
- [3]Meteor-M 2 mission overview, eoPortalcommunity2026-06-15
- [4]WMO OSCAR satellite record: Meteor-M N2-3community2026-06-15