{"id":17116,"date":"2025-06-10T18:46:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/xplore-reveals-colorful-hyperspectral-views-captured-by-its-planet-watching-satellite\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T18:46:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:46:49","slug":"xplore-reveals-colorful-hyperspectral-views-captured-by-its-planet-watching-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/xplore-reveals-colorful-hyperspectral-views-captured-by-its-planet-watching-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Xplore reveals colorful hyperspectral views captured by its planet-watching satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An image from the XCUBE-1 satellite shows the Salt River in Arizona. \u00a92025 Xplore Inc. All rights reserved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bellevue, Wash.-based Xplore has released the first hyperspectral images from its XCUBE-1 satellite, six months after the shoebox-sized spacecraft was sent into orbit.<\/p>\n

The pictures, captured with a resolution of 5 meters (16 feet) per pixel, show a river in Arizona, rugged terrain in Saudi Arabia, farmland in Uzbekistan and a settlement in Inner Mongolia. Each image is color-coded to reflect wavelengths that go beyond what the eye can see.<\/p>\n

Such images can be used to assess agricultural crop health, moisture levels and other characteristics of a given terrain. Thermal infrared imagery could be used to track the spectral signatures of seagoing vessels or overland shipments as part of a campaign to crack down on illegal trafficking. For military applications, hyperspectral images could point to newly laid minefields or see through camouflage. And for space applications, Xplore\u2019s multi-sensor imaging system could be turned spaceward to track other satellites.<\/p>\n

\u201cXplore is focused on providing high-quality data products for our customers and partners,\u201d Jeff Rich, co-founder and CEO of Xplore, said today in a news release. \u201cOur imagery is outperforming expectations, and its exceptional quality stems from the sophisticated ground calibration of our instruments and data processing pipeline. We expect demand for high-quality hyperspectral imagery to expand rapidly in multiple domains.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hyperspectral satellite image of An Nabhaniyah, Saudi Arabia. \u00a92025 Xplore Inc. All rights reserved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hyperspectral satellite image of farmland in Uzbekistan. \u00a92025 Xplore Inc. All rights reserved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hyperspectral satellite image of Inner Mongolia, China. \u00a92025 Xplore Inc. All rights reserved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two years ago, Xplore won a study contract from the National Reconnaissance Office to look into potential applications for hyperspectral imaging. Last December, XCUBE-1 was launched into low Earth orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Bandwagon-2 satellite rideshare mission.<\/p>\n

Xplore says it\u2019s sharing its initial data and exploring use cases with key customers and partners. The company plans to send future satellite platforms into Earth orbit and to other destinations to execute on its \u201cSpace as a Service\u201d business model.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled with Xplore\u2019s progress and are thankful for our talented team and partners,\u201d Xplore co-founder and chief operating officer Lisa Rich said. \u201cTheir hard work and dedication are clearly reflected in the outstanding imagery we\u2019re producing. We now invite customers to request data samples to assess our data for their programs and projects. The use of these data products will be crucial to produce insights, perform change detection and identify anomalies that are critical to our customers\u2019 applications.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An image from the XCUBE-1 satellite shows the Salt River in Arizona. \u00a92025 Xplore Inc. All rights reserved. Bellevue, Wash.-based Xplore has released the first hyperspectral images from its XCUBE-1 satellite, six months after the shoebox-sized spacecraft was sent into orbit. The pictures, captured with a resolution of 5 meters (16 feet) per pixel, show […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4423,159,20,442,4426],"class_list":["post-17116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-earth-imaging","tag-earth-observation","tag-satellite","tag-satellites","tag-xplore"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}