Cost-effective mission concept for national security and meteorological applications

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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

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

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10.1109/AERO63441.2025.11068778