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1 Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy Compilation The EnMAP Team

2 Spaceborne imaging spectroscopy (IS) missions* Content Running and terminated IS EO missions overview Future IS EO missions overview Fact sheets per EO mission Spaceborne IS missions on Moon Spaceborne IS missions on Mars Note: If you see any wrong or outdated facts or statements, we would be very 2 happy to improve our compilation with your help. Please contact: uta.heiden@dlr.de

3 Spaceborne imaging spectroscopy (IS) missions* Content Legend Operating and running missions Operated and terminated missions Future missions * The multispectral Sentinel-2 mission (ESA) is listed for comparison purposes 3

4 JPL, USA ESA,UK Running and terminated IS EO missions Launch and life time CASC, China CMA, China ISRO, India CAS / SITP, China Roscosmos, Russia Roscosmos, Russia Hyperion / EO-1 CHRIS / PROBA HJ-1A FY-3A / MERSI HySI / IMS-1 TG-1 Resurs-P No.1 Resurs-P No.2 CNSA, China NRL, USA CMODIS HICO 4

5 ESA Future IS EO missions Launch and life time University of Hawaii, USA Roscosmos, Russia DLR, Germany / Teledyne USA China Roscosmos, Russia ASI, Italy ISRO, India Roscosmos, Russia JPL, USA HySpecIQ / Boeing, USA ISRO, India DLR, Germany JAXA, Japan ASI, Italy / ISA, Israel ESA, UK CNES, France NASA / JPL, USA HiakaSat Resurs-P No.3 DESIS CCRSS Resurs-P No.4 PRISMA Sentinel-2A GISAT Resurs-P No.5 EnMAP HISUI / ALOS-3 Sentinel-2B ECOSTRESS HySpecIQ CartoSat-3 Shalom FLORIS / FLEX HyspIRI HYPXIM-P 5

6 Running and terminated IS EO missions Spatial characteristics Hyperion / EO km 30 m CHRIS / PROBA 14 km MODE 1-4 MODE 5 18 m 36 m MODE 1 MODE 2-5 HJ-1A FY-3A / MERSI 50 km 100 m N/A m HySI / IMS km 550 m TG-1 N/A N/A Resurs-P No.1 30 km 30 m Resurs-P No.2 38 km 30 m CMODIS km m HICO km 90 m 240 km 210 km 150 km 90 km 30 km 30 m 60 m 90 m 120 m 150 m 180 m [km] Pixel size [m] 6

7 Future IS EO missions Spatial characteristics HiakaSat Resurs-P No.3 / 4 & 5 DESIS CCRSS PRISMA GISAT ECOSTRESS HySpecIQ CartoSat-3 EnMAP HISUI / ALOS-3 Shalom FLORIS / FLEX HYPXIM-P HyspIRI 500 km km 30 km N/A N/A N/A N/A 30.7 km 30 m 30 km km m km 150 km (VSWIR) 600 m (TIR) N/A 15 km m m (PAN) m (VSWIR) 5 m 12 m 30 m 30 km 30 m 10 km 2.5 m (PAN) 10 m (VSWIR) 16 km 2 m (PAN) 8 m (VSWIR) 100 m (TIR) m (VSWIR) 60 m (TIR) 192 m (VSWIR) 320 m (VSWIR) 1500 m (TIR) 300 m Sentinel km m 240 km 210 km 150 km 90 km 30 km 30 m 60 m 90 m 120 m 150 m 180 m [km] Pixel size [m] 7

8 Running and terminated IS EO missions Spectral characteristics Hyperion / EO-1 CHRIS / PROBA HJ-1A FY-3A / MERSI HySI / IMS-1 TG-1 Resurs-P No.1 Resurs-P No.2 CMODIS HICO Legend VNIR SWIR TIR PAN 0 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5 4,0 6,0 8,0 [µm] 12,0 8

9 Future IS EO missions Spectral characteristics HiakaSat Resurs P No.3 / 4 & 5 DESIS CCRSS PRISMA GISAT ECOSTRESS HySpecIQ CartoSat-3 EnMAP HISUI/ALOS-3 Shalom FLORIS / FLEX HYPXIM-P HyspIRI Legend N/A N/A N/A VNIR SWIR TIR PAN Sentinel ,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5 4,0 6,0 8,0 [µm] 12,0 9

10 Fact sheets per EO mission Source: 10

11 Hyperion / EO-1 (JPL, USA) Technology validation / demonstration mission 355 nm 2577 nm (VNIR/SWIR) 10 nm 35 bands (VIS), 35 bands (NIR), 172 bands (SWIR) 30 m 7.5 km Sun-Synchronous at 705 km (LEO), 1 minute behind Landsat-7 16 days Lifetime exceeded, open data access, planned shut down in October 2015 eo1.usgs.gov 11

12 CHRIS / PROBA (ESA, UK) Technological demonstrator 400 nm 1050 nm 1.3 nm 12 nm 62 bands (MODE 1), 18 bands (MODE 2-4), 37 bands (MODE 5) 36 m (MODE 1), 18 m (MODE 2-5), 5 viewing angles (along track) 14 km Sun-Synchronous at 615 km 7 days Lifetime exceeded, open data access

13 HJ-1A (CASC, China) Disaster and environment monitoring and forecasting, Small Multi- Satellite (SMMS) of Asia Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) 450 nm 950 nm 2 nm 8 nm 115 bands 100 m 50 km Sun-Synchronous at 649 km 4 31 days No data access, constellation of 2 satellites (HJ-1B), equipped with CCD camera and Hyper-Spectral Imager (HSI) 13

14 FY-3A / MERSI (CMA, China) Ocean, vegetation, aerosol, climate change, coastal sediment mapping 400 nm nm 20 nm 50 nm (1 19 band), 2.50 μm (band 20) 20 bands 250 m 1000 m Sun-synchronous at 836 km 5 days Lifetime exceeded, not all 11 instruments (multi- and hyperspectral, threedimensional, quantitative environment parameters) are still working _zhanlf-IGARSS pdf eteorological%20satelite%20fy-3a.pdf 14

15 HySI / IMS-1 (ISRO, India) (Land observation) Ocean and atmosphere 400 nm 950 nm 15 nm 64 bands 550 m 128 km Sun-Synchronous at 632 km 22 days Lifetime exceeded, HySI is incorporated on an experimental basis. Additional Multispectral Camera (MX), only one sensor can be operated. 15

16 TG-1 (CAS / SITP, China) Land use monitoring 400 nm 2500 nm 10 nm (400 nm 1000 nm), 23 nm (1000 nm 2500 nm) 128 bands _07_ISIS_Session1_/1030_zhanlf-IGARSS pdf 16

17 Resurs-P No.1 (Roscosmos, Russia) Environmental and ecological monitoring, oil, gas and other natural resources deposits survey, ice condition, natural and man-caused emergency situations monitoring, water security, reserved areas control 400 nm 1100 nm 5 nm 10 nm 256 bands 30 m 30 km Sun-synchronous at 475 km 3 days - 6 days Additionally multispectral instruments (1 m) 17

18 Resurs-P No.2 (Roscosmos, Russia) Environmental and ecological monitoring, oil, gas, ice, natural resources, emergency situations monitoring, water security and reserved areas control 400 nm 1100 nm 5 nm 10 nm 216 bands 30 m 38 km Sun-synchronous at 461 km 471 km Additional multispectral instruments (1 m (PAN), 3 4 m (MS)), secondary payload to study high-energy particles in Earth orbit (Koronas-Nuklon)

19 CMODIS (CNSA, China) Mainly for remote sensing of ocean and water color 403 nm nm 20 nm (VNIR), 100 nm 500 nm (SWIR), 500 nm (TIR) 34 bands (20 bands (VIS), 10 bands (NIR), 1 band (SWIR), 3 bands (TIR)) 400 m 500 m 650 km 700km 200 km 351 km Lifetime: 200 days in orbit, more than 2000 cycles around the Earth during its operation time _07_ISIS_Session1_/1030_zhanlf-IGARSS pdf 19

20 HICO (NRL, USA) Observing coastal regions 380 nm 960 nm 5.7 nm 102 bands 90 m (vary depending on the altitude and angle) 42 km 192 km (varies depending on the orbit path) Installed on ISS of 330 km 435 km altitude 3 days Data access for scientists, end of operations in September 2014 hico.coas.oregonstate.edu/datasets/datacharacteristics.shtml 20

21 HiakaSat (University of Hawaii, USA) Monitoring Hawaiian vulcanos 450 km Thermal hyperspectral imaging mission using Space Ultra-Compact Hyperspectral Imager (SUCHI)

22 Resurs-P No.3 / 4 & 5 (Roscosmos, Russia) Resurs-P No.3 Resurs-P No.4 Resurs-P No.5 High resolution land observation 400 nm 1100 nm Sun-synchronous at 475 km Resurs-P No.3: Additional high resolution multispectral instrument (1 to 60 m) Resurs-P No.3 launch is planned for the fourth quarter of 2015 Resurs-P No.4 should be launched in 2016 and Resurs-P5 in

23 DESIS (DLR, Germany / Teledyne, USA) 23 Atmospheric science, vegetation and crops monitoring, multiangle- Hyperspectral studies of earth surfaces. 400 nm 1000 nm 3.3 nm 180 bands 24.7 m 32.6 m (depending on altitude, nominal: 30 m) 25.3 km 33.4 km (depending on altitude, nominal: 30.7 km) Installed at ISS at 330 km 435 km altitude Potentially more than 50 days, depending on target latitude. Strong revisit phasing depending on longitude. onboard of ISS; orbit neither heliosynchrone nor polar: cannot access latitudes over 52 N and below 52S and subject to changes of illumination.

24 CCRSS (China) 400 nm 2500 nm 5 nm 10 nm (VNIR), 10 nm 20 nm (SWIR) 328 bands m 30 km Additional panchromatic and multispectral instrument, Constellation of 2 satellites (CCRSS-A and CCRSS-B) _07_ISIS_Session1_/1030_zhanlf-IGARSS pdf 24

25 PRISMA (ASI, Italy) 25 Monitoring of natural resources and atmosphere characteristics, precursor mission 400 nm 1010 nm (VNIR-Hyp), 920 nm 2500 nm (SWIR-Hyp), 0.4 µm 0.7 µm (PAN) 10 nm 92 bands (VNIR-Hyp), 157 bands (SWIR-Hyp) 20 m 30 m (VNIR-Hyp/SWIR-Hyp), 2.5 m 5 m (PAN) 30 km 60 km Sun-Synchronous at 695 km 7 days Status unknown Symposium-2013_3_5_Lopinto.pdf

26 GISAT (ISRO, India) Observation of ocean colour, vegetation processes and aerosol, vegetation processes, surface temperatures 400 nm 2500 nm (HS sensor), 0.45 μm 0.87 μm and 7.1 μm 13.5 μm (MS sensor) < 10 nm (HS sensor) 150 bands (VNIR), 60 bands (SWIR), 6 bands (TIR) 50 m (MS-VNIR), 320 m & 192 m (HS - VNIR & SWIR), 1.5 km (MS-TIR) < 500 km Geostationary ( km) at 93.5 E For India multiple times per day 26

27 ECOSTRESS (JPL, USA) 5 Measure the temperature of plants and use that information to better understand how much water plants need and how they respond to stress 8.3 μm 12.1 μm (TIR radiometer) 38 m 69 m (vary depending on the altitude and angle) 360 km 400 km (varies depending on the orbit path) Installed on ISS of 330 km 435 km altitude 4 days Thermal bands only 27

28 HySpecIQ (HySpecIQ / Boeing, USA) Applications for mining, agriculture, forest, energy and government 400 nm 2380 nm 220 bands 5 m Sun-synchronous polar orbit at 450 km 700 km < 3 days Civil and commercial use, Constellation of 2 satellites HySpecIQ-1 and HySpecIQ-2, Additional panchromatic sensor (1 m) on HySpecIQ-2, additional Lidar and SAR instrument on HySpec

29 CartoSat-3 (ISRO, India) Agriculture, geology and water resources, geological mapping, water quality, vegetation types, coastal studies, oil and mineral exploration etc. 400 nm 2400 nm 200 bands (50 in VNIR, 150 in SWIR) 12 m 15 km Sun-synchronous at 630 km Planned, additional panchromatic (0.25 m) and multispectral (1 m) sensor

30 EnMAP (DLR, Germany) Scientific operational mission for environmental monitoring, process understanding 420 nm 1000 nm (VNIR), 900 nm 2450 nm (SWIR) 6.5 nm ± 1.25 nm (VNIR), 10 nm ± 2.50 nm (SWIR) 98 bands (VNIR), 130 bands (SWIR) 30 m 30 km Sun-Synchronous at 653 km 4 days (± 30 off-nadir tilt) and 21 days (± 5 off-nadir tilt) fully funded 30

31 HISUI / ALOS-3 (JAXA, Japan) Provision of the earth observation data for global energy and resource issues and environmental monitoring and forestry 440 nm 970 nm (VNIR), 900 nm 2500 nm (SWIR) 10 nm (VNIR), 12.5 nm (SWIR) 57 bands (VNIR), 128 bands (SWIR) 30 m 30 km Sun-synchronous at 618 km 60 days Status planned, additional separately or simultaneously operating multispectral instrument (5 m)

32 Shalom (ASI, Italy / ISA, Israel) Environmental quality, crisis monitoring, search for mineral and natural resources, monitoring water bodies, assisting precision agriculture activity 400 nm 700 nm (PAN), 400 nm 1010 nm (VNIR), 920 nm 2500 nm (SWIR) ~ 10 nm 241 bands 2.5 m (PAN), 10 m (VNIR-SWIR) 10 km Sun-Synchronous at 600 km 2 days Planned

33 FLORIS / FLEX (ESA, UK) Global data of chlorophyll fluorescence of vegetation canopies, applications in agriculture and food production 500 nm 780 nm 0.3 nm 3 nm 300 m (500 m to enhance SNR) 105 km 150 km Sun-Synchronous at ~ 815 km 19 days Planned, tandem mission with Sentinel

34 HYPXIM-P (CNES, France) Vegetation, coastal and inland water ecosystems, geosciences, urban environment, atmospheric studies, security and defense 400 nm 2500 nm (VSWIR), 8 µm 12 µm (TIR) 10 nm (VSWIR), 100 nm 150 nm (TIR) 210 bands (VSWIR), 40 bands (TIR) 2 m (PAN), < 8 m (VSWIR), 100 m (TIR) 16 km Sun-Synchronous at 660 km 3 days (± 60 off-nadir tilt), 19 days Planned WHISPERS2011-CNES.pdf 34

35 HyspIRI (NASA/JPL, USA) Investigation of ecosystems and natural disasters 380 nm 2500 nm (VSWIR), 4 µm 12 µm (TIR) 7 nm (VSWIR), µm 0.54 µm (TIR) 210 bands (VSWIR), 8 bands (TIR) 30 m 60 m (VSWIR), 60 m (TIR) 150 km (VSWIR), 600 km (TIR) Sun-Synchronous at 626 km 16 days 19 days (VSWIR), 5 days (TIR) Proposed as a NASA Decadal Survey mission, three options for implementation: full combined mission, ISS option, separate platform ISIS_Session1_/Green_HyspIRI_IGARSS_overview_ a.pdf 35

36 Sentinel-2 (ESA) Sentinel-2A Sentinel-2B Monitoring for land management, the agricultural industry and forestry, disaster control and humanitarian relief operations 443 nm 2190 nm 15 nm 180 nm 13 bands 10 m, 20m and 60 m 290 km Sun-synchronous at 786 km 5 days (and 10 days with one satellite) Free and open data access, not hyperspectral

37 Spaceborne IS missions on Moon 2 4 Chandrayaan-1 (ISRO, India) Chang E-1 (CLEP, China) Chandrayaan-2 (ISRO India) Source: 1) 2) 3) 4) 1.jpg 37

38 Chang E-1 Chandrayaan-1 Chandrayaan-2 Operator / Country CLEP, China ISRO, India ISRO, India Operation time / Launch ~ nm 960 nm 400 nm 950 nm 15 nm 15 nm No. of Bands 32 bands 64 bands 200 m 80 m 25.6 km 20 km 200 km 100 km 200 km Spaceborne IS missions on Moon Overview stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber= _ISIS_Session1_/1030 _zhanlf-igarss pdf /chandrayaan-1 exploration/chandrayaan--- 2#TOC-Launch-Schedule 38

39 Spaceborne IS missions on Mars 2 3 MOM (ISRO, India) 2013 MRO/ CRISM (NASA USA) 2005 HALO (CSA, Canada) 1 Source: 1) 2) 3) 39

40 Spaceborne IS missions on Mars Overview MRO / CRISM MOM HALO Operator / Country NASA, USA ISRO, India CSA, Canada Operation time / Launch since 2005 since nm 3920 nm 400 nm nm No. of Bands 6.55 nm 544 bands 100 m 200 m for ~70 bands 10 km 300 km around the Mars Elliptical Martian of 261 km km t/design/overview.php -orbiter-mission-spacecraft uploads/2014/12/2014_07_isis_ Session1_/Qian_Slides_I GARSS14_paper3449_Qian_et_ al.pdf 40

41 Concept studies Source: 41

42 HERO (CSA, Canada) Monitoring of ecosystems 400 nm 2500 nm 10 nm > 200 bands 30 m 30 km ~ 700 km Concept study _07_ISIS_Session1_/Qian_Slides_IGARSS14_paper3449_Qian_et_al.pdf 42

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