About DESIS
The DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer
The anthropogenic influences on the natural balance of the earth intensify. This implies an increasing need for remote sensing based monitoring and development of dynamic connections of geophysical parameter on an intercontinental scale.
On the basis of long-term work and experiments using spectrally resolving, satellite-based sensor systems in the VIS / NIR spectral range, conclusions could be drawn about further developments in the design of imaging spectrometers. In contrast to conventional satellite-based spectrometers, DESIS has 235 spectral channels in the range of 400 nm to 1000 nm combined with spectral bandwidth of 2.5 nm. This results in the development of new possibilities in the interpretation of spectral signatures.
The DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS) will be operated on Teledyne`s MUSES platform on the ISS. The instrument is developed by DLR in cooperation with Teledyne Brown Engineering (TBE).