Hey Sam, the VNIR has two telescopes one pointed at nadir (0 deg.) and the other looking back ( along track) at 27.6 deg. From NADIR. However, the VNIR and SWIR subsystems at the nadir pointing angle can also rotate 24deg of nadir for across track pointing. If you have a look at
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