CHIME Hyperspectral Imaging Mission (ESA)
CHIME will image Earth in more than 200 colours of light to support sustainable farming, food security and biodiversity (ESA).
Image: NASA/GSFC/Landsat (Sept. 25, 2000).
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Explain Like I'm 10
- CHIME will be two satellites that see far more colours than our eyes can.
- Those colours show how healthy crops and soils are.
- Farmers and scientists can use this to grow food and protect nature.
The Five W's of CHIME
Who
The European Space Agency (ESA), for Europe's Copernicus programme.
What
Two identical satellites, CHIME-A and CHIME-B, each carrying a hyperspectral imager with more than 200 spectral bands.
When
In development: an instrument model passed launch-stress tests. ESA has not published a launch date on the pages we read.
Source: ESA, CHIME given the shakes
Where
In a sun-synchronous The curved path an object takes as it travels around a planet, moon or star, like a satellite circling Earth. Glossary about 600 km up, with a 128 km swath that complements Sentinel-2.
Why
A rising population and climate change are intensifying threats to food security (ESA).
Source: ESA, CHIME given the shakes
Impact Statement
Agency solution · in development
CHIME will acquire hyperspectral imagery in more than 200 bands from 400 to 2500 nm, describing vegetation, soils and surface materials (ESA).
Source: ESA Sentinel Users Preparation, CHIME
For Further Information: ESA Sentinel Users Preparation, CHIME
A model of the CHIME instrument was put in a vacuum chamber and on a shaker to prove it can survive launch (ESA).
How This Saves People & the Planet
For People
CHIME will provide key information on crops and soils to support agriculture and food security (ESA).
Source: ESA Sentinel Users Preparation, CHIME
For Nature
CHIME will support The variety of all living things in a place: plants, animals, fungi and tiny microbes. Glossary and A community of living things and the place they live, like a reef or a forest, all depending on each other. Glossary monitoring and inland and coastal water quality (ESA).
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