The DEIMOS-1 mission: Absolute and relative calibration activities and radiometric optimisation

Author

Lozano, Francisco J. ; Romo, Alfredo ; Moclan, Cristina ; Gil, Jorge ; Pirondini, Fabrizio

Author_Institution

ELECNOR DEIMOS Imaging S.L.U., Spain

fYear

2012

fDate

22-27 July 2012

Firstpage

4754

Lastpage

4757

Abstract

In October 2006, DEIMOS Imaging S.L. (Spain) and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (UK) signed a contract to develop an Earth Observation satellite: the Deimos-1. The satellite was launched in July 2009 jointly with its twin satellite UK-DMC2, and started acquiring images only 7 days after the launch. From that moment, Deimos-1 became the Spanish member of the operational Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC), joining its other international partners.

Keywords

calibration; data acquisition; geophysical image processing; geophysical techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; DEIMOS Imaging S.L; DEIMOS-1 mission; Earth Observation satellite; SLIM6 sensor; Spain; Surrey Linear Imager Multispectral 6 channels sensor; Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd; UK-DMC2; absolute calibration activity; image acquisition; operational Disaster Monitoring Constellation; radiometric optimisation; relative calibration activity; Calibration; Earth; Imaging; Optimization; Radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1160-1

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352551

Filename

6352551