POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS OF PHOTOMETRIC RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH A FLOCK OF DOVE CUBESATS
When Earth observation satellite systems are designed, one typically prefers a sun-synchronous orbit. However, the first generations of cubesats from Planet were deployed out of the International Space Station (ISS) and therefore do not obey such an orbit. Their configuration samples at different...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-10-01
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| Series: | The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLII-3-W3/7/2017/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W3-7-2017.pdf |
| Summary: | When Earth observation satellite systems are designed, one typically prefers a sun-synchronous orbit. However, the first generations
of cubesats from Planet were deployed out of the International Space Station (ISS) and therefore do not obey such an orbit. Their
configuration samples at different local times within the mid-latitudes. Consequently, it is in theory possible to exploit photometric
techniques and extract highly detailed topographic information. In this study we demonstrate and explore photometry based on Planet
cubesat images for Tyndall glacier at the Southern Patagonian icefield, and Zhadang glacier situated on the Tibetan plateau. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1750 2194-9034 |