SHALOM (satellite)

Spaceborne Hyperspectral Applicative Land and Ocean Mission
Mission typeEarth Observation, Research
OperatorASI
ISA
Mission duration5 years (planned)[1]
Spacecraft properties
BusISA
ManufacturerEl-Op
IAI
Selex ES
Thales Alenia Space[2]
Launch mass385 kg
Start of mission
Launch date2025 (planned)[1][3]
RocketVega-C[4]
Launch siteGuiana Space Centre, ELV
ContractorArianespace
Instruments
Hyperspectral Imaging Spectrometer
Panchromatic camera
Spectral ranges VNR/SWIR Spectrometers
SHALOM

Spaceborne Hyperspectral Applicative Land and Ocean Mission (SHALOM) is a joint mission by the Israeli Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency to develop a hyperspectral satellite.[5][2]

The mission was agreed upon in late 2010,[6] and was originally intended to build two commercial hyperspectral satellites.[7] Preliminary studies for the program started in 2012,[8] with Phase A completed in 2013. A Joint Integrated Team from Italy and Israel perform preliminary definition and studies until 2014.[9] By 2014, the project has evolved into building only one satellite. Phase B1 started in 2017 and was expected to last 12 months.[2]

In October 2015 a memorandum of understanding was signed, and the system was slated to become fully operational in 2021,[10] later pushed to 2022.[4] As of December 2021, SHALOM is expected to be operational by 2025.[1][3] The project is expected to cost over $200 million, with the cost being split evenly between the two countries.[11]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference asi-20210830 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c Demetio Labate (March 2017). "SHALOM Mission" (PDF). Workshop :“Data Exploitation della missione PRISMA, precursore delle missioni iperspettrali nazionali”. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference asi-20210310 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Dal 2022 in orbita il satellite dalla super-vista" [Hyperspectral satellite to orbit in 2022]. ANSA (in Italian). 3 July 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Zvi Kaplan, Director, Israel Space Agency". Spacenews. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Italy and Israel: all clear for SHALOM". Italian Space Agency. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  7. ^ Dekel, Tal. "Israeli Civilian Space Program: Turning Swords into Plowshares" (PDF). Israel Space Agency. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  8. ^ "SELEX Galileo in Charge of Hyperspectral Instrument for Italian-Israeli SHALOM Space Mission". Selex ES. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  9. ^ Eyal Ben Dor, Avia Kafri, Giancarlo Varacalli (July 2014). "SHALOM: Spaceborne Hyperspectral Applicative Land and Ocean Mission: A joint project of ASI-ISA, an update for 2014" (PDF). IGARSS Quebec.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "The Shalom Mission". Israel Space Agency. December 16, 2014.
  11. ^ "Israel, Italy To Build Hyperspectral Satellites". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.