# MSU-200
*sensor . products*

Wide-swath panchromatic scanner flown on Kanopus-V spacecraft from V1/V3 onward.

## Specifications
- **manufacturer**: npo-vniiem
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **product status**: operational
- **sensor**: {"instrument_family":"passive-optical","measurement_principle":"passive","spectral_range_nm":{"min":540,"max":860},"spectral_band_count":1,"gsd_m":{"native":25},"swath_km":250}
- **entity type**: sensor
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-16
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: npo-vniiem
- **attributes**: {"kind":"sensor","manufacturer":"npo-vniiem","deployment_context":"orbital","product_status":"operational","description":"Wide-swath panchromatic scanner flown on Kanopus-V spacecraft from V1/V3 onward.","sensor":"{\"instrument_family\":\"passive-optical\",\"measurement_principle\":\"passive\",\"spectral_range_nm\":{\"min\":540,\"max\":860},\"spectral_band_count\":1,\"gsd_m\":{\"native\":25},\"swath_km\":250}"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
MSU-200 is a passive panchromatic wide-swath scanner flown on Kanopus-V spacecraft. [^wmo-msu-200] Its single band spans 0.54-0.86 um, with 25 m native ground sampling and a 250 km swath. [^wmo-msu-200] The instrument has a two-week global coverage cycle and has demonstrated optical time-series change detection on Kanopus-V. [^wmo-msu-200] It is a broad-coverage panchromatic imager, not a multispectral, thermal, or microwave sensor. [^wmo-msu-200]

## Compositional position
- kanopus-v (missions) --[mission_payloads]--> MSU-200

## Sources
- [wmo-msu-200] | WMO OSCAR instrument record: MSU-200 | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/msu_200 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-16
- [wmo-kanopus-programme] | WMO OSCAR satellite programme record: Kanopus-V | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satelliteprogrammes/view/kanopus_v | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-16
- [unspider-kanopus-v] | UN-SPIDER Kanopus-V mission record | https://un-spider.org/node/11819 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-16
- [gunter-kanopus-v] | Gunter Space Page: Kanopus-V | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/kanopus-v.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-16

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