Space startup plans to beam ‘hyperspectral insights’ to US government

Finnish startup Kuva Space has unveiled plans to provide the US government with hyperspectral data. A powerful technology with diverse applications, hyperspectral imagery analyses a wider light spectrum than traditional sensors. As a result, it can unravel new insights about scanned objects. Here on Earth, the techniques have discovered artworks hidden under Picasso paintings and enhanced colours in smartphone photos. Up in space, the possibilities are almost endless.  With views across our planet, the sensors can read the spectral signatures of almost any material on Earth. At Kuva Space, the analysis begins by launching satellites equipped with hyperspectral cameras into…

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