On August 16, 2024, another HyperScout®2 has been launched into space onboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-11 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, as part of South-Australia’s Kanyini satellite mission.
A perfect launch. Transporter-11 carried 116 payloads for a wide range of government and commercial customers. Those payloads were smoothly deployed starting about 54 minutes after liftoff, with the deployment process continuing for more than 90 minutes. The first stage of Falcon 9 landed near the launch site roughly eight minutes after liftoff.
Another cosine-made hyperspectral imager has now reached space, integrated into the Kanyini satellite. This time, it is a HyperScout 2 model, selected and procured for this mission by the SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) due to its three-in-one capabilities, combining hyperspectral and thermal imaging with high-level data processing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) onboard.
Mission Kanyini
Kanyini is a high-profile Australian CubeSat mission designed to support research into crop health, forests, inland water, and coastal areas, while providing critical information on heat generators in South Australia. The applications will greatly benefit from the wide spectral range covered by HyperScout extending into the long-wave IR thermal range, the very large field of view, and the smart onboard processing capabilities.
This satellite launch is part of the South Australia Space Sector Strategy 2030 and marks Australia’s first state-based satellite. The SmartSat CRC is leading the mission and application prototyping. Adelaide-based satellite manufacturing company Inovor Technologies is responsible for designing and building the satellite, while South Australian space company Myriota has been contracted for Internet of Things (IoT) space services. HyperScout 2 has been selected for this mission due to the unique spectral data it will acquire and process to support informed decision-making in water usage, climate policy, and disaster management.
Dr Marco Esposito, Managing Director of cosine Remote Sensing, gave a speech during the pre-launch celebration ceremony.
Everyone is now looking forward to the next steps in the commissioning of the satellite and the HyperScout 2 hyperspectral and thermal imaging payload.
Read about the journey of Kanyini’s HyperScout 2, from its selection for the mission to the launch, in all the previously published news items:
- Australia selects HyperScout imager for Kanyini space mission
- cosine workshop on Earth observation applications for Kanyini end users
- HyperScout 2 Flight Model for Kanyini mission ready for integration into spacecraft
- HyperScout at the center of international partnership between top-notch Earth Observation research organizations
About HyperScout
The SCOUT line of instruments is developed by cosine and partners with support from the European Space Agency and the Netherlands Space Office. Find out more about it here.
The HyperScout®2 is a second-generation hyperspectral imager for space. This model offers enhanced data processing capabilities and features a thermal infrared channel developed in cooperation with the ESA Earth Observation Programme. It provides hyperspectral imaging in the visible and near-infrared to analyze the composition of the Earth, along with three thermal infrared bands to retrieve temperature distribution. This capability enhances the number of Earth Observation applications available to cosine’s customers. cosine offers HyperScout as a product to commercial and research parties, allowing them to develop and update software for their own space applications.
cosine builds the SCOUT instruments in series. Get your operationally ready-to-fly HyperScout®2 off the shelf, with no lead time. Contact us for inquiries.
About cosine
cosine is a leading worldwide company in the development of space instrumentation, such as Silicon Pore Optics for astronomy and remote sensing solutions with onboard analytics for Earth Observation and planetary science. cosine combines physics and technology to bring out-of-the-box solutions to its clients. cosine has been developing and delivering innovative measurement systems for space and industrial applications since 1998. The company operates 1,300 m² of cleanrooms and high-tech assembly facilities to build and test the systems it produces for its customers at its headquarters in Sassenheim, The Netherlands.
