ECAPS’ LMP-103S has flown on Sweden’s Prisma technology demonstration mission.
Prisma's all-sky cameras did not detect any bolide on January 10, 2026, during the specified time frame.
Italy is recognized as a global leader in space, managing invaluable strategic assets like the Cosmo-SkyMed and PRISMA constellations.
The exhibition includes images acquired from Italy's COSMO-SkyMed constellation, the European Copernicus constellation, the Italian satellite PRISMA, and some satellites from the new IRIDE constellation.
The agreement aims to develop advanced integrated environmental monitoring actions using Italian satellite constellations such as the hyperspectral satellite PRISMA, the advanced radar systems of COSMO-SkyMed, and the new IRIDE constellation.
Hyperspectral sensors like PRISMA can assist in agricultural studies and identify mineral deposits.
PRISMA, launched by ASI in 2019, has a hyperspectral sensor with 239 bands at ~30 m resolution and a 5 m panchromatic channel.
Hyperspectral sensors like Hyperion, PRISMA, and EnMAP can gather hundreds of narrow bands for surface composition analysis.
The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan equipped with the HySpex camera provided comparison data to existing satellites like Sentinel-2, EnMAP, DESIS, and PRISMA.
Prisma, an Italian Space Agency hyperspectral technology demonstrator, launched in 2019.
The IRIDE SAR and optical satellites feature sophisticated operating modes to support high revisit rates and to allow integration of IRIDE data with existing or future programs including COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation, Prisma, and the EU Copernicus program.
IRIDE satellites feature operating modes that support high revisit rates and data integration with existing or future programs including COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation, PRISMA, and the Copernicus program.
e-GEOS, a company jointly owned by Telespazio (80%) and ASI (20%), will conduct market analysis and assist Leonardo in defining user requirements for PRISMA SG.
Leonardo provided the PRISMA hyperspectral instrument currently in orbit and will build a higher-performance hyperspectral payload for PRISMA SG.
The PRISMA hyperspectral imaging satellite was built by OHB Italia with an imaging payload from Leonardo and launched on an Italian Vega rocket in March.
Arianespace had planned four Vega launches for the year, with the first Vega launch occurring on 2019-03-21 carrying the Italian Space Agency’s PRISMA satellite.
OHB Italia built the 879-kilogram PRISMA satellite with Italian aerospace and defense company Leonardo supplying the electro-optical payload, solar panels, and power supply unit.
The 2019-03-21 PRISMA launch is the first of four Vega missions planned for 2019.
PRISMA was originally scheduled to launch in 2018 but was pushed into 2019 by delays with the European Space Agency’s Aeolus wind-mapping satellite, which also required a Vega launch.
Avio has four Vega launches planned in 2019: the Italian Space Agency’s PRISMA satellite, the ESA-supported SSMS adaptor proof-of-concept flight, and the launches of the United Arab Emirates’ Falcon Eye 1 and Falcon Eye 2 satellites.