The Multispectral Scanner (MSS) 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.
The scanner was designed at Hughes Aerospace by Virginia Norwood. 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."
MSS technical specifications
| Sensor type | Spatial Resolution | Spectral Range | Number of Bands | Temporal Resolution | Image Size | Swath |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| opto-mechanical | 68 m X 83 m (or 57 m) | 0.5 - 1.1 μm | 4, 5 (Landsat 3 only) | 18 days (L1-L3), 16 days (L4 & L5) | 185 km X 185 km | 185 km |
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References
"The Landsat Program - Technical Details". Archived from the original on 2007-01-26. Retrieved 2007-05-05. : "The Multispectral Scanner System", NASA Official: Darrel Williams Website Curator: Laura Rocchio Site last updated: December 2, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20070126235924/http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/mss.html ↩
Pennisi, Elizabeth (10 September 2021). "Meet the Landsat pioneer who fought to revolutionize Earth observation". Science. 373 (6561): 1292. doi:10.1126/science.acx9080. S2CID 239215521. /wiki/Elizabeth_Pennisi ↩