Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Multispectral Scanner
open-in-new
<p>The Multispectral Scanner (MSS) is one of the <a href="/facts/Earth/HLLmDfj0">Earth</a>'s observing <a href="/facts/Sensor/RN8SXbjs">sensors</a> introduced in the <a href="/facts/Landsat_program/4DI1PFaq">Landsat program</a>. A Multispectral Scanner was placed aboard each of the first five <a href="/facts/Landsat_program/4DI1PFaq">Landsat satellites</a>. </p><p>The scanner was designed at <a href="/facts/Hughes_Aerospace/NURPFI17">Hughes Aerospace</a> by <a href="/facts/Virginia_T._Norwood/9FjIchGn">Virginia Norwood</a>. Her design called for a six band scanner, but the first one launched had only four bands. For her work on the design Norwood is called "The Mother of Landsat." </p>