Hyperion

Hyperion

Satellite

NMP EO-1

Status

Operational – Utilised in the period 2000-2009

Mission

Advanced technology for land and vegetation observation

Instrument type

VIS/NIR/SWIR grating spectrometer with 220 channels, in two groups covering the ranges 0.4-1.0 µm and 0.9-2.5 µm respectively; channels bandwidths 10 nm

Scanning technique

Pushbroom; 250 pixel/line; swath 7.5 km

Coverage/cycle

Global coverage in 1 year, in daylight.

Resolution (s.s.p.)

30 m IFOV

Resources

Mass: 49 kg - Power: 51 W - Data rate: … Mbps