Measurement of Hyperion MTF from on-orbit scenes

The Hyperion instrument was launched November 21, 2000 mounted on the EO-1 spacecraft into orbit 1 minute behind Landsat-7. Hyperion has a 7.5 km swath width, a 30 meter ground sample distance (GSD) and more than 220 spectral bands. Part of the on-orbit characterization involves MTF measurements from several ground scenes. These scenes included edges from the moon and glaciers as well as several bridges. The scenes were processed to determine the MTF for both the Visual Near InfraRed (VNIR) and Short-wave InfraRed (SWIR) imaging spectrometers and were compared to measurements made prior to launch.