“…The mission [1] includes a hyperspectral imager covering the 400-2500 nm spectral range with 237 bands and a panchromatic (PAN) camera (400-750 nm). Currently, many countries, even though they are at different stages of development, are planning or are close to launching hyperspectral spaceborne sensors, such as the Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) from DLR [2], the Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) from NASA-USGS [3,4], the Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISUI) from Jaxa [5], the USA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) [6], and the DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS) [7,8]. The PRISMA mission, being de facto the first new-generation European hyperspectral spaceborne mission, serves as a stepping stone for the further developments of the European spaceborne spectrometers (e.g., ESA CHIME [9], SHALOM [10], and ASI PRISMA-2 [10,11]) and the provision of new high-priority products focusing on different environmental themes.…”