DocumentCode
1902414
Title
Aalto-1 - An experimental nanosatellite for hyperspectral remote sensing
Author
Praks, Jaan ; Kestilä, Antti ; Hallikainen, Martti ; Saari, Heikki ; Antila, Jarkko ; Janhunen, Pekka ; Vainio, Rami
Author_Institution
Dept. of Radio Sci. & Eng., Aalto Univ., Aalto, Finland
fYear
2011
fDate
24-29 July 2011
Firstpage
4367
Lastpage
4370
Abstract
In this paper we describe the Finnish Earth Observation nanosatallite project Aalto-1. The Aalto-1 is a 4 kg student satellite, based on CubeSat standards. The satellite is de signed to carry the world´s smallest remote sensing imaging spectrometer for Earth Observation and several other pay loads.
Keywords
artificial satellites; geophysical image processing; geophysical techniques; optical images; remote sensing; spectrometers; Aalto-1; CubeSat; Finnish Earth Observation nanosatallite project; hyperspectral remote sensing; remote sensing imaging spectrometer; Earth; Educational institutions; Payloads; Plasmas; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Space vehicles; Aalto-1; CubeSat; Hyperspectral imager; Nanosatellite; Remote Sensing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Vancouver, BC
ISSN
2153-6996
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1003-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050199
Filename
6050199
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