HySpex is currently in EOC's optics laboratory, the Calibration Home Base, in order to determine in detail the sensor properties. Preparations have begun of obtaining an airworthiness certification for a second research aircraft, DLR's Dornier DO228-212. HySpex is being integrated into EOC’s user Service OpAiRS (Optical Airborne Remote Sensing and Calibration Facility) and shall be operated in May for the TERENO project and for EnMAP preparatory campaigns. HySpex will be made available to the hyperspectral community starting in 2013.