With the rapid development of hyperspectral imaging technology, space hyperspectral remote sensing data have been successfully applied to various fields in recent years. The development of space hyperspectral imaging technology at home and abroad was reviewed, the technical standards of representative space hyperspectral imagers were introduced. The latest applications of hyperspectral data in land resources, agriculture and forestry, ocean and lake remote sensing, urban environment, disaster monitoring and other fields in the past five years were systematically summarized and analysed. The outlook of future hyperspectral remote sensing was provided including hyperspectral information extraction and application based on AI technology, the multi-source data fusion and applications, and the analysis and application of hyperspectral data for deep space exploration. Further developments of space hyperspectral imager technology driven by applications will promote the innovated use of hyperspectral data in a wider range of fields.