High performance optical payloads for microsatellites

Roland Geyl; Jacques Rodolfo; Jean-Philippe Girault

doi:10.1117/12.2282160

17 October 2017 High performance optical payloads for microsatellites

Roland Geyl, Jacques Rodolfo, Jean-Philippe Girault

Proceedings Volume 10423, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXI; 104231D (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2282160
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2017, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

Safran is presenting two concepts of optical payloads for microsatellites combining high performances and extremely compact volume. The first one offer 10-m Ground Sampling Distance (GSD) over 60x40 km² area from 600 km orbit optimized for twilight conditions. The second one is offering a much higher resolution of 1.8-m over 11x7,5 km² area from the same 600 km orbit. The two concepts are based on advanced innovative diffraction limited optical system packaged in a unique very compact volume lower than 8U = 200x200x200 mm making them the ideal solution for 15- 100 kg microsatellites. The maximum number of pixels is served to the end-user space imagery community thanks to 35 mm Full Frame sensors offering, as of today, 6000x4000 pixels. Up to 10 spectral bands from 475 to 900 nm can be offered thanks to 2D structured filters.

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Roland Geyl, Jacques Rodolfo, and Jean-Philippe Girault "High performance optical payloads for microsatellites", Proc. SPIE 10423, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXI, 104231D (17 October 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2282160

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