# DESIS (DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer)
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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.

## Specifications
- **product status**: retired
- **manufacturer**: dlr
- **sensor**: {"instrument_family":"passive-optical","measurement_principle":"passive","spectral_range_nm":{"min":402,"max":1000},"spectral_band_count":235,"gsd_m":{"native":30},"swath_km":30,"bit_depth":12,"sampling_nm":2.55}
- **last verified date**: "2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z"
- **verified by**: sw
- **claim status**: agency-verified
- **deployment context**: orbital

## Compositional position
- desis-iss (missions) --[mission_payloads]--> DESIS (DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer)

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