BackForwardInstrument:  HYC 

Instrument details
Acronym HYC
Full name HYperspectral Camera
Purpose High-resolution hyperspectral observation of land, vegetation, inner waters and costal zones
Short description Prism spectrometer for two bands (VNIR and NIR/SWIR). Spectral resolution: 10 nm, 66 + 171 channels [see detailed characteristics below]. HYC-2 is an upgraded version for PRISMA2GEN with better spatial resolution.
Background New development
Scanning Technique Pushbroom: swath 30 km; 1000 pixels/line. Addressable within a Field-of-Regard of 1000 km on either sides
Resolution 30 m at s.s.p. for HYC-1 10 m for HYC-2
Coverage / Cycle Global coverage in 3 months, or down to few days depending on strategic pointing
Mass 90 kg Power 110 W Data Rate 155 Mbps

 

Providing Agency ASI
Instrument Maturity Backed by strong heritage
Utilization Period: 2019 to 2035
Last update: 2023-10-25
Detailed characteristics
Band Spectral interval No. of channels Channel bandwidth SNR at expected input radiance
VIS/NIR 400 - 1010 nm 66 10 nm 200 (average)
NIR/SWIR 920 - 2505 nm 171 10 nm 200 (average in 1-2 μm), 100 (average in 2-2.5 μm)
Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
  • High resolution optical imager
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • Narrow-band or hyperspectral imagers
  • Hyperspectral imager (for vegetation)
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Biomass
  • Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR)
  • Fraction of vegetated land
  • Leaf Area Index (LAI)
  • Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
  • Vegetation type
Evaluation of Measurements