Title :
Aalto-1 - An experimental nanosatellite for hyperspectral remote sensing
Author :
Praks, Jaan ; Kestilä, Antti ; Hallikainen, Martti ; Saari, Heikki ; Antila, Jarkko ; Janhunen, Pekka ; Vainio, Rami
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radio Sci. & Eng., Aalto Univ., Aalto, Finland
Abstract :
In this paper we describe the Finnish Earth Observation nanosatallite project Aalto-1. The Aalto-1 is a 4 kg student satellite, based on CubeSat standards. The satellite is de signed to carry the world´s smallest remote sensing imaging spectrometer for Earth Observation and several other pay loads.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; geophysical image processing; geophysical techniques; optical images; remote sensing; spectrometers; Aalto-1; CubeSat; Finnish Earth Observation nanosatallite project; hyperspectral remote sensing; remote sensing imaging spectrometer; Earth; Educational institutions; Payloads; Plasmas; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Space vehicles; Aalto-1; CubeSat; Hyperspectral imager; Nanosatellite; Remote Sensing;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1003-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050199
