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Multispectral Scanner
The
Multispectral
Scanner
is one of the
Earth's
observing
sensors
introduced in the
Landsat program
. A Multispectral Scanner was placed
aboard
each of the first five
Landsat satellites
.
MSS
Technical Specifications
Sensor
type
Spatial
Resolution
Spectral
Range
Number of
Bands
Temporal Resolution
Image
Size
Swath
opto-mechanical
68
m X
83
m
0.5 - 1.1 µm
4
, 5
18
days,
16 days
185
km
X 185 km
185 km