Title :
Geolocation of Argus Flight Data
Author :
Chesser, Hugh ; Lee, Regina ; Benari, Guy ; Jagpal, Rajinder ; Lam, Kenneth ; Quine, Brendan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Earth & Space Sci. & Eng., York Univ., Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
In this paper, we briefly describe the Argus spectrometer and its mission. We then focus on the process to determine the geolocation of the spectrometer´s flight data. For the Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiment 2 (CanX-2) Argus flight, we have used Simplified General Perturbations 4 (SGP4) propagation for position determination. Two sets of flight data are presented as examples. We estimate the uncertainty in the geolocation of Argus data using this method and investigate potential improvements for future Argus flights.
Keywords :
astronomical instruments; spectrometers; Argus flight data; Argus spectrometer; CanX-2 Argus flight; Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiment 2; SGP4 propagation; Simplified General Perturbations 4; geolocation; position determination; Clouds; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geology; Instruments; Space vehicles; Uncertainty; Atmospheric measurements; position measurement; space technology; space vehicle telemetry;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.2011.2152849