Detailed Surface Scanner: Difference between revisions

{{Quote|The detailed surface scanner is used to launch sensor probes which scan a planet's surface. Each probe launched will arc towards a targeted planet and when close enough will deploy sensors to provide coverage for a large area. Once the entire surface area has sensor coverage all important sites will be revealed. Can only be used in supercruise and only functions in analysis mode.|Additional In-Game Description}}

[[File:Elite-Dangerous-Detailed-Surface-Scanner-Probe-Launch.png|250px|thumb|Detailed Surface Scanner Probe Launch]]

In order to use the Detailed Surface Scanner, a [[Discovery Scanner]] and [[Full Spectrum System Scanner]] must first be used to identify the planets and moons within a system. Next, the pilot must travel to the object they wish to examine with the DSS; this may require approaching within a few lightseconds of a larger object, such as a gas giant, or within a few thousand kilometers of a smaller object, such as an icy body. The DSS will only operate once the ship is within range of the targeted object and has slowed to a low or minimum supercruise thrust (30km/s). The closer the pilot's ship is to the object they wish to map with the DSS, the more precisely they can aim probes.