Multispectral Scanner Explained

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.^[1]

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."^[2]

External links

• NASA Multispectral Scanner page
• Web site: Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing - IEEE Spectrum . . en.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Landsat Program - Technical Details . 2007-05-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070126235924/http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/mss.html . 2007-01-26 . : "The Multispectral Scanner System", NASA Official: Darrel WilliamsWebsite Curator: Laura Rocchio Site last updated: December 2, 2008
2. Pennisi . Elizabeth . Elizabeth Pennisi . Meet the Landsat pioneer who fought to revolutionize Earth observation . Science . 10 September 2021 . 373 . 6561 . 1292 . 10.1126/science.acx9080. 239215521 .