#PRISMA is a satellite developed for the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana by a consortium with OHB Italia S.p.A. as Prime Contractor. Now the satellite is acquiring, downloading, processing, delivering fundamental images for monitoring our #Planet, just like the one here under.
PRISMA focused its hyperspectral eye on the area of Port-au-Prince, capital of the state of Haiti.
The city occupies the western portion of this acquisition and the port area of Cité Soleil can be recognized.
The satellite is able to distinguish not only the geometric characteristics of the objects observed, but also the chemical and physical composition of the Earth’s surface. Each material, in fact, has its own #spectralsignature, a true fingerprint: a unique combination of colors, called spectral bands.
PRISMA’s electro-optical instrumentation is able to analyze this signature from its orbit at an altitude of 615 km, performing a state-of-the-art #monitoring that will be able to identify an object or trace the characteristics of an area under observation.
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Photo credits: Data/Information generated by F. Serva and L. Ansalone under an ASI License to Use; Original PRISMA Product – © ASI – (2020)
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