| Instrument: RBV : Return Beam Vidicon |
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Associated Platforms LANDSAT-3 LANDSAT-2 LANDSAT-1 Spectral/Frequency Information Wavelength Keyword: Visible Spectral/Frequency Coverage/Range: 0.47 μm - 0.575 μm Wavelength Keyword: Visible Spectral/Frequency Coverage/Range: 0.58 μm - 0.68 μm Wavelength Keyword: Near Infrared Spectral/Frequency Coverage/Range: 0.69 μm - 0.83 μm Related Data Sets View all records related to this instrument Description The Return Beam Vidicon (RBV) consisted of three TV-like cameras which used color filters to provide multispectral images in EM bands centered in the blue-green, yellow-red, and red-IR. This sensor failed early on the ERTS-1 and never came into routine use. However, a four-camera RBV on Landsat-3 was a panchromatic (0.505 - 0.750 m) version that provided four contiguous images at 30 m (98ft) resolution; each image comprises approximately one-quarter of a full Landsat MSS scene). [Source: NASA] Online Resources http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Instrument Logistics Data Rate: 2265.5 MHz Instrument Owner: NASA |
