Temporal

Sr. Satellite Spatial

Sensors Resolution
No. Products Resolution (m) (days)
1 Landsat 8 OLI (Operational Land Imager) 15/pan, 30/ms 16

TIRS (Thermal Infrared Sensors) 100/Ther 16

2 Landsat 7 ETM+ (Enhanced Thematic Mapper 15/Pan, 30/ms, 16

Plus) 60/Ther

3 Landsat 4 &5 MSS (Multispectral Scanner) 80/ms 16

TM (Thematic Mapper) 30/ms, 120/Ther 16

4 Landsat 1-3 RBV (Return Beam Vidicon) 80/ms 18

MSS (Multispectral Scanner) 80/ms 18

5 SPOT HRV (High Resolution Visible) and 20/ms 20 (nadir)
HRVIR (High Resolution Visible IR) 10/Pan
6 NOAA (National AVHRR (Advanced Very High 1100 1
Oceanic & Resolution Radiometer)
Atmospheric
Administration)

7 MOS (Marine MESSR (Multispectral Electronic Self- 50 17

Observation Scanning Radiometer) VTIR
Satellite) (Visible Thermal Infrared) MSR
(Microwave Scaning Radiometer)

8 IRS-1 LISS I-III (Linear Imaging Sensor 23.5 24

System)
9 SEASAT Radar-Altimeter Foot Print : 1.6- 13.5 GHz
12Km

10 Terra MODIS (Moderate Resolution 250 1-2

Imaging Spectroradiometer)
 Capabilities

(a). The L8 mission objective is to provide timely, high-quality,

visible-, and infrared wavelength images of all land and near-coastal
areas on Earth (b). Provide data continuity with Landsat 4, 5, and 7.
(c). Build and periodically refresh a global archive of Sun-lit,
substantially cloud-free land images. (d). Consists of Eleven bands.

(a). The L7 mission obective is to provide timely, high-quality,

visible-, infrared-, thermal-, and panchromatic-, wavelength images
of all land and near-coastal areas on Earth (b) Provide data continuity
with previous Landsat missions. (c). Build and periodically refresh a
global archive of sunlit, substantially cloud free, land area and
coastal images. (d) Consists of Eight bands.

(a). The L4 & L5 mission obective is to provide timely, high-quality,

visible-, infrared-, and thermal-wavelength images of all land and
near-coastal areas on Earth. (b) Consists of seven bands.

(a) The L1-3 mission objective is to provide multispectral- visible and

infrared-wavelength images of all land and near-coastal areas on
Earth.
Natural Mapping. 3D Modelling, Natural resources management,
Risk management
(a). Monitor clouds and to measure the thermal emission of the
Earth (b). Particularly relevant to study climate change and
environmental degradation (c). AVHRR has five bands in visible,
Infrared and Thermal wavelengths.

(a). MOS is the Japanese earth observation satellite, to measure sea

surface temperature (SST) and to measure atmospheric water
vapour.

(a). Multispectral 4 bands sensor.

(b). Swath width of 142 Km.
(a).This satellite was specifically designed for oceanographic research
(b). The main purpose of this sensor is to measure the sea level
(ocean geoid) with an accuracy of 0.1 metre and to determine the
average wave height with an accuracy of 0.5 m.

(a) Atmospheric, land, and ocean imaging in a single instrument. (b)

1,000-m, 500-m, and 250-m resolution spectral bands. (c) Has
total 36 bands wavelengths.