6U CubeSat design for Earth observation with 6.5m GSD, five spectral bands and 14Mbps downlink
| dc.contributor.author | Tsitas, S. R. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Kingston, Jennifer | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-25T05:01:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-01-25T05:01:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-11-30T00:00:00Z | - |
| dc.description.abstract | The design of a 6U Cube Sat including spacecraft systems and imagine payload is described for an Earth observation mission. From a Sun synchronous orbit at an altitude of 600km the design enables imaging with a 6.5m GSD, an optical MTF (on axis) of >59% at half Nyquist and >35% at Nyquist, a 26km swath, 12 bit digitisation and SNR of 120-200:one in five spectral bands; blue, green, red, red edge and near infrared. Data can be downlinked at the rate of 14 Mbps to a 3.7m S band ground station. This design allows an 8kg Cube Sat to perform Earth observation missions equivalent to those of current 50-150kg microsatellites, with a corresponding reduction in cost. | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.citation | S. R. Tsitas and J. Kingston, 6U CubeSat design for Earth observation with 6.5m GSD, five spectral bands and 14Mbps downlink, The Aeronautical Journal, Volume 114, Issue 1161, Pages 689-697. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0001-9240 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8165 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_UK | - |
| dc.publisher | Royal Aeronautical Society | en_UK |
| dc.title | 6U CubeSat design for Earth observation with 6.5m GSD, five spectral bands and 14Mbps downlink | en_UK |
| dc.type | Article | - |