Enabler Multispectral Telescope
Aistech Space
Aistech's in-house-developed multispectral thermal telescope payload flown on every Hydra satellite, covering visible, near-infrared and long-wave thermal infrared bands.
Technical specifications
- Payload generation (2026)
- Enabler v1.1 / v1.2
- Payload generation (2027, planned)
- Enabler v1.3
- Payload generation (2028, planned)
- Enabler v2.0
- Bands (v1.1/v1.2)
- BLUE, GREEN, RED, NIR, LWIR 8-14 um
- Bands (v1.3)
- BLUE, GREEN, RED, NIR, LWIR1 10.5-11.5 um, LWIR2 11.5-12.5 um
- Swath (v1.1/v1.2)
- 7 km
- Swath (v1.3)
- 18 km
- Thermal resolution
- <30 m
- Host platform
- Hydra 6U CubeSat
About
Enabler is the proprietary optical payload that powers all of Aistech Space’s Earth observation data. It is a multispectral telescope combining visible-band imaging (blue, green, red), near-infrared, and long-wave infrared (thermal) sensing in a single compact instrument sized to fit a 6U CubeSat bus.
Enabler is developed in successive generations aligned with the Hydra satellite roadmap: v1.1 and v1.2 fly on the currently orbiting Hydra-1, 2 and 3 satellites with a single LWIR thermal band and a 7 km swath; v1.3, planned for Hydra-4 through Hydra-7 in 2027, adds a second, split LWIR band and more than doubles the swath to 18 km, quadrupling captured scene area. Later generations (v2.0 for Hydra-8-11 in 2028, and v2.1 onward for Hydra-12-48 through 2030) are planned but specifications have not yet been published.
The telescope is central to Aistech’s ‘thermal ISR’ positioning – enabling continuous, high-resolution thermal visuals (rather than basic heat maps) that support detailed risk assessment, industrial and infrastructure monitoring, and change detection use cases across the company’s subscription, on-demand, tasking, and dedicated-mission product lines.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
