1. Current and Future Space Missions
Current main space missions operating from visible to thermal spectral regions and dedicated to Earth phenomena observation are: PRISMA (PRecursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa), ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection), Landsat and ECOSTRESS (ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station). Moreover, the next SBG (Surface Biology and Geology) mission is under study in the framework of the collaboration between ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) and NASA space agencies.