# MSS (KANOPUS)
*sensor . products*

Four-channel VIS/NIR multispectral imager flown on Kanopus-V spacecraft.

## Specifications
- **manufacturer**: npo-vniiem
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **product status**: operational
- **sensor**: {"instrument_family":"passive-optical","measurement_principle":"passive","spectral_range_nm":{"min":500,"max":900},"spectral_band_count":4,"gsd_m":{"native":12},"swath_km":20}
- **entity type**: sensor
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-16
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: npo-vniiem
- **attributes**: {"kind":"sensor","manufacturer":"npo-vniiem","deployment_context":"orbital","product_status":"operational","description":"Four-channel VIS/NIR multispectral imager flown on Kanopus-V spacecraft.","sensor":"{\"instrument_family\":\"passive-optical\",\"measurement_principle\":\"passive\",\"spectral_range_nm\":{\"min\":500,\"max\":900},\"spectral_band_count\":4,\"gsd_m\":{\"native\":12},\"swath_km\":20}"}

## Editorial
MSS (KANOPUS) is the passive optical multispectral imaging system flown on Kanopus-Vulkan flight units.[^wmo-mss-kanopus] 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.[^wmo-mss-kanopus] Ground sampling is 12 m over a 20 km swath.[^wmo-mss-kanopus][^eoportal-kanopus-v] The instrument's application scope is high-resolution land and vegetation observation, including land cover, NDVI and vegetation type variables.[^wmo-mss-kanopus] Utilization runs from 2012 to 2026 across multiple Kanopus-Vulkan spacecraft.[^wmo-mss-kanopus] MSS has demonstrated vegetation-index mapping and optical time-series change-detection workflows on Kanopus-V observations.[^wmo-mss-kanopus] For buyers, its value is narrow-swath multispectral continuity over land targets rather than wide-area coverage or hyperspectral discrimination.

## Compositional position
- kanopus-v (missions) --[mission_payloads]--> MSS (KANOPUS)

## Sources
- [wmo-mss-kanopus] | WMO OSCAR instrument record: MSS (KANOPUS) | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/mss_kanopus | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-16
- [wmo-kanopus-programme] | WMO OSCAR satellite programme record: KANOPUS-V | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satelliteprogrammes/view/kanopus_v | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-16
- [eoportal-kanopus-v] | eoPortal mission record: Kanopus-V 1 | https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/kanopus-v-1 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-16

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