Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352551
