UoSAT-5 earth imaging system-in-orbit results

Marc Fouquet

doi:10.1117/12.138045

10 August 1992 The UoSAT-5 Earth Imaging System-in-orbit results

Marc Fouquet

Proceedings Volume 1691, Small Satellite Technologies and Applications II; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138045
Event: Aerospace Sensing, 1992, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

For the first time, the Earth Imaging System (EIS) on the UoSAT-5 spacecraft has demonstrated the capability of remote sensing from microsatellites. In addition to the meteorological-scale CCD imager, the EIS incorporates a transputer-based processing unit that provides substantial processing power to the module. This transforms the EIS into a unique platform for research into sophisticated on-board image analysis, processing and compression. The use of these techniques is essential for full exploitation of sensing microsatellites, by maximizing the throughput and turnaround of image data on the narrow communications channels.

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Marc Fouquet "The UoSAT-5 Earth Imaging System-in-orbit results", Proc. SPIE 1691, Small Satellite Technologies and Applications II, (10 August 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138045

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