Wed, 27 Nov 2024 SSTL is delighted to have signed a letter of intent with LatConnect 60 (LC60) to work together on space based Short-Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) payloads, building further on the HERCHI project with the UK Space Agency.

SSTL is already working with LC60 on SSTL’s S1 4 satellite data, and this partnership will help develop the SWIR payload design to ensure the captured imagery meets the specification of end-user specialists in need of the data.

SWIR Imaging capability is a key technology in applications such as monitoring greenhouse gasses, environment monitoring and monitoring of vegetation stress and health. Such an instrument can be flown providing operational services on spacecraft similar to SSTL’s Carbonite series of 150kg class of earth observation micro-satellites.

SSTL has already flown high resolution optical colour video and high-resolution Medium Wave Infrared payloads on this platform. (The pic above is of SSTL’s Optical Payloads Team with one of the imagers built in-house.)