# PAN (Cartosat-3)
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Cartosat-3 panchromatic pushbroom imaging camera for very-high-resolution land observation and cartography.

## Specifications
- **product status**: operational
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **manufacturer**: isro
- **sensor**: {"instrument_family":"passive-optical","measurement_principle":"passive","spectral_range_nm":{"min":450,"max":900},"spectral_band_count":1,"bands":[{"name":"PAN","centre_nm":675,"fwhm_nm":450}],"gsd_m":{"native":0.28},"swath_km":17,"bit_depth":11}
- **entity type**: sensor
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-16
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: isro
- **attributes**: {"kind":"sensor","product_status":"operational","deployment_context":"orbital","manufacturer":"isro","description":"Cartosat-3 panchromatic pushbroom imaging camera for very-high-resolution land observation and cartography.","sensor":"{\"instrument_family\":\"passive-optical\",\"measurement_principle\":\"passive\",\"spectral_range_nm\":{\"min\":450,\"max\":900},\"spectral_band_count\":1,\"bands\":[{\"name\":\"PAN\",\"centre_nm\":675,\"fwhm_nm\":450}],\"gsd_m\":{\"native\":0.28},\"swath_km\":17,\"bit_depth\":11}"}
- **technology**: optical-spectral-sensing

## Editorial
PAN (Cartosat-3) is the single-channel panchromatic camera on Cartosat-3, separate from the mission's four-band MX multispectral camera.[^nrsc-cartosat3-brochure][^wmo-pan-cartosat3] It is a passive optical high-resolution imager for VNIR panchromatic acquisition.[^wmo-pan-cartosat3] The panchromatic channel spans 450-900 nm [^nrsc-cartosat3-brochure]; a 500-850 nm range is also associated with the instrument.[^wmo-pan-cartosat3] Native ground sampling is 0.28 m at nadir or the sub-satellite point, over a swath of about 17 km.[^nrsc-cartosat3-brochure][^wmo-pan-cartosat3] The payload uses 11-bit quantisation.[^nrsc-cartosat3-brochure] Cartosat-3 supports along-track and across-track steering, including in-orbit stereoscopy and cross-track field-of-regard imaging.[^nrsc-cartosat3-brochure][^wmo-pan-cartosat3] PAN is used for very-high-resolution land imagery, cartography, cadastral-scale mapping, infrastructure observation and detailed boundary observation, and is capable of optical time-series change-detection workflows.[^nrsc-cartosat3-brochure][^wmo-pan-cartosat3]

## Compositional position
- cartosat-3 (missions) --[mission_payloads]--> PAN (Cartosat-3)

## Sources
- [nrsc-cartosat3-brochure] | NRSC brochure: Major advancements in Cartosat-3 | https://www.nrsc.gov.in/nrscnew/assets/pdf/announcements/C3_BROCHURE_JAN2021_modified.pdf | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-16 | published=2021-01-01
- [wmo-pan-cartosat3] | WMO OSCAR instrument record: PAN (CartoSat-3) | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/pan_cartosat_3 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-16
- [wmo-cartosat3-satellite] | WMO OSCAR satellite record: CartoSat-3 | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/cartosat_3 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-16

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