OreSat 0.5: next-generation small satellite for global cirrus cloud detection and mapping

Brent A. McBride; Rachel E. Smith; Andrew Greenberg; Scott Dixon; Jan-Peter Muller; J. Vanderlei Martins

doi:10.1117/12.3034013

20 November 2024 OreSat 0.5: next-generation small satellite for global cirrus cloud detection and mapping

Brent A. McBride, Rachel E. Smith, Andrew Greenberg, Scott Dixon, Jan-Peter Muller, J. Vanderlei Martins

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Proceedings Volume 13192, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXVIII; 1319208 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3034013
Event: Remote Sensing, 2024, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The OreSat 0.5 is a novel small satellite developed in collaboration between Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, USA, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, in Baltimore, MD, USA, and the Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London, Surrey, UK. OreSat 0.5 will demonstrate global cirrus cloud detection and mapping from a compact, low-cost platform. In this work, we preview the OreSat 0.5 mission and demonstrate the calibration and science behind its primary payload, the Cirrus Flux Camera (CFC). The CFC is a three-channel shortwave infrared radiometer (870, 1390, 1590 nm bands). Flux ratios between its three bands will be used to differentiate ice versus water and noncloud signals. Along-track and Across-track pointing up to ±45° will allow retrievals of heights and winds of the cirrus cloud tops. We discuss a preliminary pre-launch calibration of CFC and plans to expand upon and maintain this calibration vicariously on-orbit and through proxy sources. OreSat 0.5 launched to space on August 16 2024 and first light data is expected by Q4 2024.

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Brent A. McBride, Rachel E. Smith, Andrew Greenberg, Scott Dixon, Jan-Peter Muller, and J. Vanderlei Martins "OreSat 0.5: next-generation small satellite for global cirrus cloud detection and mapping", Proc. SPIE 13192, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXVIII, 1319208 (20 November 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3034013

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