Title :
ALISEO on MIOSat: An Aerospace imaging interferometer for Earth Observation
Author :
Barducci, Alessandro ; Castagnoli, Francesco ; Castellini, Guido ; Guzzi, Donatella ; Marcoionni, Paolo ; Pippi, Ivan
Author_Institution :
IFAC, CNR, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper we describe a new instrument named ALISEO (Aerospace Leap-frog Imaging Stationary Interferometer for Earth Observation), which belongs to the class of the ¿stationary interferometers¿. ALISEO has been selected as the main payload for a novel Italian Space Agency (ASI) optical mission based on a micro-satellite (MIOSat) with steering capability. The mission is constituted by a micro-satellite equipped with advanced payloads, among which there are an extensible telescope, a MEMS Mach-Zehnder non-imaging interferometer, and ALISEO. MIOSat is expected to provide the scientific community with the technological demonstration of this new remote sensing technology.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; artificial satellites; geophysical equipment; micromechanical devices; remote sensing; ALISEO; ASI optical mission; Aerospace Leap-frog Imaging Stationary Interferometer for Earth Observation; Earth observation; Italian Space Agency optical mission; MEMS Mach-Zehnder nonimaging interferometer; MIOSat; aerospace imaging interferometer; microsatellite; stationary interferometers; Earth; Instruments; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Payloads; Satellite ground stations; Space missions; Space technology; Telescopes; Fourier transform imaging spectrometers; Optical calibration procedure; Remote sensing; Sagnac interferometer;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5418117
