GMS's payload



VISSR (Visible and IR Spin Scan Radiometer)


Wavebands 0.5-0.75 µm (visible)
10.5-12.5 µm (IR)
Resolution visible: 1.25 km
IR: 5 km
Image repeat frequency 30 minutes (full Earth)


SEM (Space Environment Monitor)


Solar particle flux measurement; XRS (Solar X-ray Sensor); ion chamber sensitive in 2 bands; EPS (Energetic Particle Sensor); detector groups for electron, proton and alpha particle flux.

Communications instruments


WEFAX (Weather Facsimile)
DCS (Data Collection System)

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