{"id":96380,"date":"2019-05-14T16:35:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T02:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=96380"},"modified":"2020-05-08T11:17:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T21:17:01","slug":"manoa-soest-satellite-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/14\/manoa-soest-satellite-nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心视频<\/abbr> satellite chosen for NASA<\/abbr> space mission"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Schematic of the Hyperspectral Thermal Imager CubeSat. (Photo courtesy of HyTI<\/abbr>, 糖心视频<\/abbr> M\u0101noa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A satellite designed and developed by researchers and engineers at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> is among 16 small research satellites from 10 states that NASA<\/abbr> has selected to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard space missions planned to launch in the next three years.<\/p>\n

In August 2018, the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Institute of Geophysics and Planetology<\/a> (HIGP<\/abbr>) in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a> (SOEST<\/abbr>) received $3.9 million from NASA<\/abbr> in support of a two-year project to develop the Hyperspectral Thermal Imager (HyTI<\/abbr>) CubeSat.<\/p>\n

CubeSats, also known as nanosatellites, are small satellites intended for low Earth orbit that can explore a variety of scientific and technological questions. HIGP<\/abbr> researchers, in collaboration with NASA<\/abbr>’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and several companies, will demonstrate with the HyTI<\/abbr> CubeSat Mission how new technology, some of which was invented in HIGP<\/abbr>, can be used to monitor water resources and volcanic hazards from space.<\/p>\n

“HyTI<\/abbr> represents an important interdisciplinary project involving HIGP<\/abbr> instruments and science along with Hawaiʻi<\/span> Space Flight Laboratory<\/a> (HSFL<\/abbr>) engineering support, all in a very small satellite format,” said Robert Wright<\/strong>, interim director of HIGP<\/abbr> and principal investigator of the HyTI<\/abbr> project.<\/p>\n

Currently, 12 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa team members, nine of whom earned degrees at 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa, are working to ready the HyTI<\/abbr> for launch. Once in orbit, the satellite will scan Earth with specialized cameras and detectors that collect information about how much thermal radiation Earth’s surface and atmosphere emits at a variety of wavelengths. From this data, researchers will map irrigated and rain-fed cropland, and measure volcanic gases from space.<\/p>\n

“This project is a highly collaborative effort, building on many previous federally funded projects in remote sensing, instrument development and small satellite technology that HIGP<\/abbr>, HSFL<\/abbr> and SOEST<\/abbr> have executed in the past,” said Wright.<\/p>\n

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HyTI<\/abbr> data determine temperature of lava flows from space. (Photo courtesy of J. Ozbolt, Hilo Civil Air Patrol)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the full story<\/a>, see the SOEST<\/abbr> website.<\/p>\n

—By Marcie Grabowski<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Hawaiʻi<\/span> Institute of Geophysics and Planetology received $3.9 million for a two-year project to develop the Hyperspectral Thermal Imager CubeSat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[170,406,1363,92,9],"class_list":["post-96380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-hawaii-institute-of-geophysics-and-planetology","tag-hawaii-space-flight-laboratory","tag-manoa-research","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t