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MSS (KANOPUS)
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Four-channel VIS/NIR multispectral imager flown on Kanopus-V spacecraft.
MSS (KANOPUS) is the passive optical multispectral imaging system flown on Kanopus-Vulkan flight units.[1] It is a high-resolution VIS/NIR land imager with four channels covering 500-600 nm, 600-700 nm, 700-800 nm and 800-900 nm.[1] Ground sampling is 12 m over a 20 km swath.[1][2] The instrument's application scope is high-resolution land and vegetation observation, including land cover, NDVI and vegetation type variables.[1] Utilization runs from 2012 to 2026 across multiple Kanopus-Vulkan spacecraft.[1] MSS has demonstrated vegetation-index mapping and optical time-series change-detection workflows on Kanopus-V observations.[1] For buyers, its value is narrow-swath multispectral continuity over land targets rather than wide-area coverage or hyperspectral discrimination.
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Compositional position
- Vegetation index mappingvia Kanopus-V
MSS has VIS/NIR bands and WMO lists NDVI and vegetation variables among primary objectives.
- Optical time-series change detectionvia Kanopus-V
MSS repeat VIS/NIR land imaging supports optical land-cover change workflows.
None on record.
- [1]WMO OSCAR instrument record: MSS (KANOPUS)community2026-06-16
- [2]WMO OSCAR satellite programme record: KANOPUS-Vcommunity2026-06-16
- [3]eoPortal mission record: Kanopus-V 1community2026-06-16