Sensors and Their Specifications

S K Diwakar

Multi-Spectral Scanner (MSS)

The Multispectral Scanner is one of the Earth observing sensors introduced

in the Landsat program. A Multispectral Scanner (MSS) was placed aboard

each of the first five Landsat satellites.

MSS Technical Specifications

Sensor type

Spatial

Resolutio

n

Spectral

Range

Number

of Bands

Temporal

Resolution

Image

Size Swath

Programm

able

opto-

mechanical

68 m X

83 m

(or 57 m)

0.5 -

1.1 µm

4

(Landsat

1 2 3

only)

18 days

(L1-L3), 16

days (L4 & L5)

185 km

X

185 km

185 km No

Band Specification

Band Wavelength

(µm)

Resolution

(m)

Swath Width

(km)

Revisit time

(days)

Band 1 (gre) 0.5 to 0.6 79 185 16

Band 2 (red) 0.6 to 0.7 79 185 16

Band 3 (red-NIR) 0.7 to 0.8 79 185 16

Band 4 (NIR) 0.8 to 1.1 79 185 16