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HyperScout H
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HyperScout H is cosine's compact deep-space hyperspectral imager for ESA's Hera mission, covering 650-950 nm across 25 narrow bands with verified specifications from peer-reviewed characterisation.
HyperScout H is a compact hyperspectral imager developed by cosine Remote Sensing, flying on ESA's Hera planetary-defence mission. The instrument covers 650-950 nm across 25 narrow spectral bands, arranged as a 5x5 mosaic of interference filters on a 2048x1088 subpixel CMOS detector (5.5 um pixel pitch, 12-bit ADC). Band FWHM ranges from 8 to 22 nm. At 1 km slant range, the ground sample distance is 0.66 m per macropixel; field of view is 15.9 deg cross-track by 9.9 deg along-track. Instrument mass is 5.145 kg. The design derives from cosine's HyperScout family of airborne and small-satellite EO instruments, adapted for the deep-space thermal and radiation environment. Hera launched in October 2024, completed a Mars flyby in March 2025, and is scheduled to rendezvous with the Didymos binary asteroid system in November 2026, where HyperScout H will characterise the surface composition of Dimorphos following the DART impact.[1][2][3]
Compositional position
None on record.
- Imaging spectroscopy retrieval
HyperScout-H 25-band 650-950nm pixelated filter CMOS imager; capable of hyperspectral classification of mineral surfaces
- Spectral unmixing
HyperScout-H 25-band pixelated filter array enables per-pixel spectral unmixing for mixed surface composition retrieval
- Spectral-library matching
HyperScout-H spectral library matching for asteroid mineralogy; identifies olivine and pyroxene absorption features 650-950nm
- [1]HyperScout-H: the hyperspectral imager for the ESA Hera mission (Space Science Reviews 2025)peer reviewed2026-06-11
- [2]Hera Frequently Asked Questions, ESAoperator marketing2026-06-11
- [3]HyperScout product family, cosine Remote Sensingoperator marketing2026-06-11