Objectives and Applications
Microwave radiometer and GNSS-reflectometer (FMPL-2), a visible, near-infrared and thermal-infrared hyperspectral instrument (Hyperscout®-2), and the Phisat-1 artificial intelligence instrument. The FSSCat mission is based on two CubeSats, each about the size of a shoebox, that use state-of-the-art dual-microwave and multispectral sensors to measure, for example, soil moisture, sea-ice extent and sea-ice thickness. Other applications are: high resolution by data fusion between hyperspectral and thermal, evapotranspiration and agriculture applications, Urban Heat Island, assisting search and rescue for pyroclastic flow/surge deposits, oil spills, fire monitoring, underground fires and water quality.
Full Name
FSSCat
aka FSSCat
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
03 Sep 2020
Mission Links
EOL Date
31 Dec 2021
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
95 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98 deg
Orbit Altitude
540 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:30
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #s
International Designators
FMPL-2 - Flexible Microwave Payload-2  |
| HyperScout-2 - Hyperspectral VNIR and multispectral TIR imager |
| Phisat-1 - Phisat-1 |
FSSCat HyperScout-2 Level 1C
Dec-2021 | The FSSCat mission comprised two federated 6U CubeSats that supported Copernicus Land and Marine Environment services. Its capabilities encompassed measuring soil moisture, ice extent, ice thickness, and
detecting melting ponds on ice. - Read more |
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