Sensor · Spaceborne

DESIS (DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer)

Manufactured by Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt

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Missions → DESIS ISS deployment (Ended)

Pushbroom VNIR hyperspectral imaging spectrometer developed by DLR Earth Observation Center, deployed June 2018 to the ISS MUSES platform operated by Teledyne Brown Engineering. 235 spectral channels from 402 to 1000 nm at 2.55 nm sampling, 30 m GSD, 30 km swath. Retired 31 December 2023 after approximately five years of operations. VNIR-only coverage excludes diagnostic SWIR features; adequate but not well-suited for clay, carbonate, and sulphate alteration mineral identification.

Sensor

Where this fits, supply chain

Compositional position

DESIS ISS deployment ——— this payload

this ——— DESIS ISS deployment (Ended) flies on

Methods this sensor implements

Demonstrated

Hyperspectral classification

Capable, undemonstrated

None on record.

Topics this relates to

Mineral exploration via Hyperspectral classification (demonstrated) well suited
Crop-type mapping via Hyperspectral classification (demonstrated) well suited
Drought via Hyperspectral classification (demonstrated) adequate
Land cover change via Hyperspectral classification (demonstrated) adequate

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