VTT's miniature hyperspectral camera launched tospace in Aalto-1 satellite

– technology enables new spectral sensing applications for growing SmallSat marketVTT’s small and lightweight hyperspectral camera was successfully launched to space in Aalto-1 nanosatellite on 23rd of June 2017. Scalable sensing technology offers opportunities for new SmallSat- based services.This tunable spectral imager operating in the visible and near-infrared spectra can measure wavelength range of 500–900 nanometres. The camera is half a cubesat unit (0.5U) in size, or 5 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm. This technology’s key advantage is that the measurement wavelengths are software programmable