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SeaWiFS stands for Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor. It is the only scientific instrument on GeoEye's OrbView-2 (AKA SeaStar) satellite, and was a follow-on experiment to the Coastal Zone Color Scanner on Nimbus 7. Launched August 1, 1997 on an Orbital Sciences Pegasus small airlaunched rocket, the instrument began scientific operations on 18th September 1997. The sensor resolution is 1.1 km (LAC), 4.5 km (GAC). The sensor records information in the following optical bands:
| Band |
Wavelength |
| 1 |
402-422 nm |
| 2 |
433-453 nm |
| 3 |
480-500 nm |
| 4 |
500-520 nm |
| 5 |
545-565 nm |
| 6 |
660-680 nm |
| 7 |
745-785 nm |
| 8 |
845-885 nm |
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