HyperCube Instrument Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Designed to measure the speed, direction, and elevation of wind in Earth's atmosphere. Contains more vertical layers of wind vector data at fine spatial resolution, resulting in more accurate data than other available solutions.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
HyperCube Instrument
Status
Being developed
Instrument Agencies
L3Harris
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders
Geometry
TBD
Instrument Technology
High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
5-10km GSD
[Best Resolution: 10000m]
Swath
Accuracy
Waveband
600 IR Channels
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)
MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm)
TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm)

Instrument Missions

HyperCube - Hyperspectral CubeSat (2025 - 2028)

Instrument Measurements