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18 September 2018 The Arkyd-6 mid-wave infrared instrument: ground testing, commissioning, and operations (Conference Presentation)
Kevin Lalli
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Proceedings Volume 10769, CubeSats and NanoSats for Remote Sensing II; 107690F (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2318992
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2018, San Diego, California, United States
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The Arkyd-6 (A6) satellite is a technology demonstration CubeSat designed and manufactured by Planetary Resources, the first of which was successfully launched on PSLV C-40 on January 12, 2018. Onboard the A6 satellite is a broadband midwave-infrared instrument sensitive from 3.4 - 5.1 microns. The instrument was designed around upselected COTS components, then modified and qualified in-house for operation in low-Earth orbit. From a 505-km orbit, the instrument will achieve a 38-meter GSD and includes a diffraction-limited F/4 lens assembly. The instrument was radiometrically calibrated on the ground for at-lens brightness temperature over this band. This presentation will focus on ground qualification and performance testing, on-orbit instrument commissioning, and instrument performance assessment going into nominal operations.
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Kevin Lalli "The Arkyd-6 mid-wave infrared instrument: ground testing, commissioning, and operations (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10769, CubeSats and NanoSats for Remote Sensing II, 107690F (18 September 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2318992
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KEYWORDS
Mid-IR
Satellites
Calibration
Commercial off the shelf technology
Design for manufacturability
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