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BNSC Agency Report

BNSC Agency Report. to WGISS20 Kiev, September 2005. Wyn Cudlip BNSC/QinetiQ wcudlip@space.qinetiq.com. Current Instruments ATSR2 on ERS-2 http://www.atsr.rl.ac.uk/ AATSR on Envisat http://envisat.estec.esa.nl/instruments/aatsr/

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BNSC Agency Report

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  1. BNSC Agency Report to WGISS20 Kiev, September 2005 Wyn Cudlip BNSC/QinetiQ wcudlip@space.qinetiq.com

  2. Current Instruments ATSR2 on ERS-2 http://www.atsr.rl.ac.uk/ AATSR on Envisat http://envisat.estec.esa.nl/instruments/aatsr/ CHRIS on Proba http://www.chris-proba.org.uk/ Disaster Management Constellation http://www.sstl.co.uk/ Planned Small Satellites TopSat – launch on 27th September 2005 http://www.qinetiq.com/industries/space/spacecraft_technology/case_study_topsat/ Planned Medium Satellites TerraSAR L-Band http://www.infoterra-global.com/terrasar.html BNSC Instruments/Missions

  3. Project for On-Board Autonomy ESA mission (on Indian Launcher in 2000) Platform technology demonstrator 615 km sun synchronous orbit. Free ride for: CHRIS - Compact High-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer SREM - Radiation measurement sensor DDEBIE - debris measurement sensor Wide angle Earth pointing camera Star tracker and gyroscope PROBA

  4. Compact High-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer operates from 400 nm to 1050 nm 14km swath 63 bands at 36m resolution or 18 bands at 18m resolution Science Team include: University of Swansea ESSC, University of Reading University of Plymouth CHRIS

  5. Disaster Management Constellation (DMC) • 32m res., 600km swath. • 5 satellites planned; to provide daily coverage • UK, Algeria + others • Surrey Satellite (SSTL) Platform.

  6. TerraSAR L-Band • Working in tandem with German TerraSAR X-Band • X-band: 1-3 m res.; twin polarisation. • L-Band: 5m res.; multi-pol • (HH, HV, VH, VV). • Launch 2007 - 5 year mission • 25 Products Feed into InfoTerra • to satisfy wide-ranging commercial market place. • Possible ESA involvement

  7. TopSat • 1 year, experimental mission. Launch 2005. • to test novel mirror system in low-cost satellite • 2.5m pan, 5m ms, 10x10km image size • Data downloaded to low-cost mobile antenna to • Based on Surrey Satellites Platform (SSTL).low-cost mobile ground station

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