The proposed HyspIRI satellite is expected to deliver information and data products for a wide range of habitats to understand the world's ecosystems and provide critical information on natural disasters such as wildfires, volcanoes, drought, and harmful algal blooms. To meet this ambitious goal, the proposed sensor suite will collect information from the ultraviolet to the visible, near infrared, shortwave infrared, and into the thermal spectral range at hyperspectral (UV-SWIR) and multi spectral (TIR) resolution, at a spatial scale of 60 m GSD, with a 19 day return rate. Competing interests necessarily influence the development of this satellite sensor suite to optimally image the Earth to address the science questions put forth by the Decadal Survey