Small Earth Observation Missions

Nanosatellites for earth observation offer a cost efficient way to:

• Serve as an entry level earth observation platform before going to higher resolutions
• Allow launch of cost-effective constellations of satellites for medium resolution with high temporal update rate

Sensor systems that can be considered include:

• Optical sensors, e.g. NanoCam C1U
• Infrared sensors
• Hyperspectral sensors

Relevant Case Stories:

• Radio based weather forecasting with ESA and the UK Met Office
• GOMX-4  - flight demonstrating a hyper spectral camera