BackForwardInstrument:  MIRIS/MSOC 

Instrument details
Acronym MIRIS/MSOC
Full name Multi-purpose Infrared Imaging System / MIRIS Space Observation Camera
Purpose To observe near IR emission lines of the diffuse warm ionized medium in the Galaxy plane, and to observe the cosmic infrared background (CIB) radiation from first generation stars in the region of the north ecliptic pole
Short description CCD camera for the spectral range 0.9-2 µm
Background New development
Scanning Technique Array detectors. Field of View of 360º x 6º (Galaxy plane) and 10º x 10º (north ecliptic pole).
Resolution 51.6 arcsec x 1.6 arcsec
Coverage / Cycle Interplanetary space at 100 min intervals (the orbital period)
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency KARI
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2014 to 2015
Last update: 2021-09-29
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Solar and space environment monitors
  • Space radiometer or spectrometer
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 2
  • Solar coronagraph and heliospheric imagery both on the Earth-Sun line and off the Earth-Sun line (e.g. L5 point)
  • Heliospheric imager [from L1, GEO, LEO]
Mission objectives
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Heliospheric image2 - very highNo specific limitation.Interplanetary space viewing in the NIR and SWIR bands (700-3000 nm)