In 2014, based on earlier studies, SSTL decided to build a prototype, very low cost, high resolution satellite as an in-house technology demonstrator mission. As such constellations of satellites become essential in any video imaging system implementation.Ĭarbonite-1 is a technology demonstration microsatellite mission of SSTL, designed to demonstrate rapid-build techniques and to test COTS components and new avionics in orbit. Daily opportunities are probably a minimum requirement, and multiple opportunities per day support a much wider range of applications. This poses challenges on the spacecraft in terms of instrument size, platform attitude stability, and geolocation.Īlso, most applications for video require regular revisit to a particular location. For most applications this means that very high resolution (metric scale or better) is required. Video imaging is generally only of interest if the resolution is good enough. There have been a few demonstrations of video imaging capability most notable on the TUBSAT series of missions, and more recently from the space station by Urthecast (Ref. Video imaging has a range of possible civil, security and commercial applications, but limitations in capability have previously made it difficult to implement operationally useful systems.
Carbonite video demonstration missions of SSTL on microsatellitesĬarbonite-1 Carbonite-2 Spacecraft Launch Mission Status Sensor Complement Ground Segment References
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