Cost-effective mission concept for national security and meteorological applications
Author Identifier (ORCID)
Paulo de Souza: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0091-8925
Abstract
Australia currently lacks sovereign Earth observation capabilities presenting a severe risk in the current environment of heightened tensions in the Indo-Pacific region. Additionally, to deal with the challenges of global climate change, the country needs the latest technology and tools at its disposal - namely space-based sensors that provide weather modeling data, for which Australia is currently dependent upon overseas partners. This mission concept details a cost-effective SmallSat mission that provides high-resolution imagery critically necessary for the observation of sea lanes of communications as well as an advanced radiometer for in-situ characterization of clouds enabling accurate extraction of data for the Bureau of Meteorology's nowcasting applications.
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Date of Publication
1-1-2025
Publication Title
IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
Publisher
IEEE
School
School of Engineering
Copyright
subscription content
Comments
Pereira, A., Velazco, J., Bryan, S., Mauskopf, P., Kruzins, E., De Souza, P., Terwey, M., & Menk, F. (2025). Cost-effective mission concept for national security and meteorological applications. In 2025 IEEE Aerospace Conference (pp. 1-11). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO63441.2025.11068778