Hyperspectral
Specifications
- Bands
- 400+Planet Tanager · 135+ (Pixxel Fireflies) · up to 31 (Wyvern Dragonette)
- Spectral range
- 400–2500 nmVNIR + SWIR (Tanager) · VNIR only (Fireflies, Dragonette)
- Resolution
- 5 mFireflies · 5.3 m (Dragonette) · 30 m (Tanager)
- Swath
- 40 kmFireflies · 20 km (Dragonette) · 18 km (Tanager)
- Deliverable
- Classified map or index layer; full cube on request
Bands
One scene, 31 bands. Growing crops turn from dark to bright across the red edge, 700–750 nm.
- Growing crop
- Drying field
- Bare soil
- Water
- Band
- Centre
- Width
31 bands · 445–869 nm · 5.2 m
Composites
The same scene in true colour and in colour infrared.
Sampling
Bands across the spectrum, multispectral against hyperspectral.
WorldView-3Vantor · 16 bands
DragonetteWyvern · 31 bands
FirefliesPixxel · 135+ bands
TanagerPlanet · ≈426 bands
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Fireflies and Tanager drawn at their published band count, evenly spaced.
Gallery
Select a frame to open it at full resolution.
Detects
- Crop species and variety, not just “vegetation”
- Mineral composition of exposed ground
- Water quality: chlorophyll, sediment, algal blooms
- Plastics, hydrocarbons and other materials by their spectral signature
Limits
- 5–30 m pixels: objects, no; materials, yes
- Cloud blocks it
- Needs processing to be useful; the raw cube is not a deliverable
Satellites
Sorted by resolution. Operators’ published figures.
SatelliteOperatorResolutionLaunchedStatus