Detailed Surface Scanner

Advanced stellar body scanner used during exploration.

— In-Game Description

The Detailed Surface Scanner will give a pilot info on the composition of a moon, planet, star, or other stellar body and also data such as orbital distance and orbit time.

A Discovery Scanner is required for this module to be useful; both modules must be present on the ship for this one to provide information. Use of this module increases the amount of credits that can be earned in stellar cartography by about 30%,^{[citation needed]} and is considered essential for any pilot wanting to use exploration as their primary source of income.

In order to use this module a pilot must select the unexplored entity from their navigation panel then fly to within range (varies due to entity diameter) just as with scanning with the discovery scanner and as such does not need to be bound to a firing group.

The scan will take from 35 seconds down to 15 seconds depending upon the range at which the entity is scanned, 35 seconds for maximum range down to a minimum of 15 for close range. This difference in scan times may make it worthwhile to get closer to an entity being scanned to save a few seconds but risks the pilot being caught in the entity's gravity well.

Upon completion of the scan the pilot will receive a message confirming the detailed scan.

Specifications

Class	Rating	Mass (T)	Value (CR)
1	C	1.30	250,000

Purchase Locations

System	Station	Release
Abukunin	Reilly Hub
Amphisatsu	Watanabe Terminal	R1.03
Asellus Primus	Beagle 2 Landing
Aulin	Aulin Enterprise
AZ Cancri	Fisher Station
BD+26 2723	Vinogradov Colony
Chandra	Laplace Station
Chemaku	Crampton Port
HR 1064	Clark Terminal	2.0.06
FK5 2550	Wundt Gateway	Gamma 1.05
Frendian	Santos Installation
G 180-18	Hale Port
G 205-47	Bain Horizons
Herthans	Henry Vision
HIP 74290	Pratchett's Disc
Jen Elabog	Sarich Port
Jolagro	Gentle Survey	1.3
Kokojawa	Tayler Enterprise
Lave	Lave Station	R1.01
Lalande 27055	Ostrander Orbital	R1.2
Leesti	George Lucas
LHS 2771	Sarafanov Vision
LHS 3447	Dalton Gateway, Worlidge Terminal
LHS 3505	Olivas City	R1.03
LT5449	Binet Port
Mariang	Mrkos Colony
NLTT 51200	Strekalov Colony
Panitollemi	Hartlib Platform
Tauerni	Rushworth Port
Thrutis	Kingsbury Dock
Tilian	Keeler Rest
Yulandh	Burners-Lee City	R1.1
Uriburni	Popovich Horizons
EGM 823	Cabral Terminal
CF 464	Bartini Enterprise
133 G. Canis Major	Dorsett Horizons
Altair	Solo Orbiter
Cupis	Armstrong Station
Yembo	Naddour Terminal
Groombridge 34	Jones Estate	R1.3
Zaragas	Jenner Hub
Deciat	Garay Terminal

Sol Mars high

Engineer Modifications

The following modifications can be applied to this module by Engineers to enhance its abilities:

• Fast scan
• Long range
• Wide angle