South Australia’s pioneering satellite Kanyini has been successfully capturing and delivering hyperspectral images from space using its HyperScout 2 since its launch into orbit on 17 August 2024—marking a major step forward in monitoring vegetation, water, and climate conditions with unprecedented precision for Australia.
As a key payload on Australia’s Kanyini satellite, cosine’s HyperScout 2 has proven instrumental to the mission’s success, operationally delivering hyperspectral data products across the visible, near-infrared and thermal domains. Developed by the South Australian Government in partnership with SmartSat CRC, Inovor Technologies, and Myriota, the Kanyini mission aims to provide valuable data for environmental monitoring and climate resilience.
From the outset, HyperScout 2’s seamless integration and robust performance have already enabled the successful capture of several wide coverage spectral images, demonstrating its full potential in orbit.
“The HyperScout 2 has performed well in space capturing spectacular images, cosine’s support throughout has been crucial to our mission success”, commented Peter Nikoloff SmartSat CRC Kanyini Mission Director.
The first set of publicly released images includes vibrant real-color and hyperspectral views of key South Australian regions, including Kangaroo Island, Yorke Peninsula, and Adelaide.
“The Kanyini satellite demonstrates Australia capability to monitor its vast territories and address environmental challenges such as bush fires, water quality, and flooding using advanced technology. The combination of hyperspectral and thermal imaging, high-level data processing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities in HyperScout 2 makes the Kanyini mission one of most advance operational missions currently in orbit,” said Dr Marco Esposito, cosine Remote Sensing Managing Director.
Read more about HyperScout here.
Previous articles on HyperScout 2 for Kanyini
- 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
- Another HyperScout®2 successfully launched on epic Transporter-11 rideshare mission aboard Kanyini satellite
About 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. This satellite launch is part of the South Australia Space Sector Strategy 2030 and marks Australia’s first state-based satellite. The consortium 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.
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 more than 1,000 m2 of cleanrooms and high-tech assembly facilities to build and test the systems we produce for customers at our headquarters in Sassenheim, The Netherlands and at offices in Berlin, Germany and Benevento, Italy.
