
Orbital Sidekick: Taking hyperspectral imaging from the garage to the Pentagon
"Hyperspectral is kind of starting to have its moment in the sun, so to speak," said Dan Katz, CEO and co-founder of Orbital Sidekick.
"Hyperspectral is kind of starting to have its moment in the sun, so to speak," said Dan Katz, CEO and co-founder of Orbital Sidekick.
Under a new grant, the company will demonstrate to the Air Force's National Air and Space Intelligence Center its ability to take very high resolution images at night using a thermal infrared sensor.
While the company currently is using already available data from satellites like NASA's Landsat and ESA's Sentinel-2, Hydrosat also intends to launch its own constellation of 16 microsats to low Earth orbit (LEO).