3Cat-3/MOTS Nanosatellite Mission for Optical Multispectral and GNSS-R Earth Observation: Concept and Analysis
The 3Cat-3/MOTS (3: Cube, Cat: Catalunya, 3: 3rd CubeSat mission/Missió Observació Terra Satèl·lit) mission is a joint initiative between the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC) to foster innovative Earth Observation (E...
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| author | Jordi Castellví Adriano Camps Jordi Corbera Ramon Alamús |
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| description | The 3Cat-3/MOTS (3: Cube, Cat: Catalunya, 3: 3rd CubeSat mission/Missió Observació Terra Satèl·lit) mission is a joint initiative between the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC) to foster innovative Earth Observation (EO) techniques based on data fusion of Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry (GNSS-R) and optical payloads. It is based on a 6U CubeSat platform, roughly a 10 cm × 20 cm × 30 cm parallelepiped. Since 2012, there has been a fast growing trend to use small satellites, especially nanosatellites, and in particular those following the CubeSat form factor. Small satellites possess intrinsic advantages over larger platforms in terms of cost, flexibility, and scalability, and may also enable constellations, trains, federations, or fractionated satellites or payloads based on a large number of individual satellites at an affordable cost. This work summarizes the mission analysis of 3Cat-3/MOTS, including its payload results, power budget (PB), thermal budget (TB), and data budget (DB). This mission analysis is addressed to transform EO data into territorial climate variables (soil moisture and land cover change) at the best possible achievable spatio-temporal resolution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ecee3c01fff4680bc4ab06d98456bbf2022-12-22T04:24:37ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202018-01-0118114010.3390/s18010140s180101403Cat-3/MOTS Nanosatellite Mission for Optical Multispectral and GNSS-R Earth Observation: Concept and AnalysisJordi Castellví0Adriano Camps1Jordi Corbera2Ramon Alamús3Teoria del Senyal i Comunicació (TSC), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08034 Barcelona, SpainTeoria del Senyal i Comunicació (TSC), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08034 Barcelona, SpainInstitut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC), Parc de Montjuïc, 08038 Barcelona, SpainInstitut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC), Parc de Montjuïc, 08038 Barcelona, SpainThe 3Cat-3/MOTS (3: Cube, Cat: Catalunya, 3: 3rd CubeSat mission/Missió Observació Terra Satèl·lit) mission is a joint initiative between the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC) to foster innovative Earth Observation (EO) techniques based on data fusion of Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry (GNSS-R) and optical payloads. It is based on a 6U CubeSat platform, roughly a 10 cm × 20 cm × 30 cm parallelepiped. Since 2012, there has been a fast growing trend to use small satellites, especially nanosatellites, and in particular those following the CubeSat form factor. Small satellites possess intrinsic advantages over larger platforms in terms of cost, flexibility, and scalability, and may also enable constellations, trains, federations, or fractionated satellites or payloads based on a large number of individual satellites at an affordable cost. This work summarizes the mission analysis of 3Cat-3/MOTS, including its payload results, power budget (PB), thermal budget (TB), and data budget (DB). This mission analysis is addressed to transform EO data into territorial climate variables (soil moisture and land cover change) at the best possible achievable spatio-temporal resolution.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/1/140GNSS-Rsoil moisturedownscalingmission analysisearth observation |
| spellingShingle | Jordi Castellví Adriano Camps Jordi Corbera Ramon Alamús 3Cat-3/MOTS Nanosatellite Mission for Optical Multispectral and GNSS-R Earth Observation: Concept and Analysis Sensors GNSS-R soil moisture downscaling mission analysis earth observation |
| title | 3Cat-3/MOTS Nanosatellite Mission for Optical Multispectral and GNSS-R Earth Observation: Concept and Analysis |
| title_full | 3Cat-3/MOTS Nanosatellite Mission for Optical Multispectral and GNSS-R Earth Observation: Concept and Analysis |
| title_fullStr | 3Cat-3/MOTS Nanosatellite Mission for Optical Multispectral and GNSS-R Earth Observation: Concept and Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | 3Cat-3/MOTS Nanosatellite Mission for Optical Multispectral and GNSS-R Earth Observation: Concept and Analysis |
| title_short | 3Cat-3/MOTS Nanosatellite Mission for Optical Multispectral and GNSS-R Earth Observation: Concept and Analysis |
| title_sort | 3cat 3 mots nanosatellite mission for optical multispectral and gnss r earth observation concept and analysis |
| topic | GNSS-R soil moisture downscaling mission analysis earth observation |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/1/140 |
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