Startup HySpecIQ awarded a contract in 2014 to Boeing to build its hyperspectral imaging satellites. HySpecIQ then halted work on its constellation due to a decline in energy prices. This image depicts the output of a hyperspectral sensor, which gathers information on light reflected in every pixel.

HyperSat LLC emerged from stealth mode in September to announce it raised $85 million to launch two high-resolution hyperspectral imaging satellites in 2020.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...