Objectives and results of the BIRD mission

Eckehard Lorenz; Klaus Briess; Winfried Halle; Dieter Oertel; Wolfgang Skrbek; Boris Zhukov

doi:10.1117/12.504484

10 November 2003 Objectives and results of the BIRD mission

Eckehard Lorenz, Klaus Briess, Winfried Halle, Dieter Oertel, Wolfgang Skrbek, Boris Zhukov

Proceedings Volume 5151, Earth Observing Systems VIII; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504484
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The DLR small satellite BIRD (Bi- spectral Infrared Detection) is successfully operating in space since October 2001. The main payload is dedicated to the observation of high temperature events and consists mainly of a Bi-Spectral Infrared Push Broom Scanner (3.4-4.2μm and 8.5-9.3μm), a Push Broom Imager for the Visible and Near Infrared and a neural network classification signal processor. The BIRD mission answers topical technological and scientific questions related to the operation of a compact infra-red push-broom sensor on board of a micro satellite. A powerful Payload Data Handling System (PDH) is responsible for all payload real time operation, control and on-board science data handling. The IR cameras are equipped with an advanced real time data processing allowing an autonomously adaptation of the dynamic range to different scenarios. The BIRD mission control, the data reception and the data processing is conducted by the DLR ground stations in Weilheim and Neustrelitz (Germany) and is experimentally performed by a low cost ground station implemented at DLR Berlin-Adlershof. The BIRD on ground data processing chain delivers radiometric and geometric corrected data products, which will be also described in this paper. The BIRD mission is an exemplary demonstrator for small satellite projects dedicated to the hazard detection and monitoring.

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Eckehard Lorenz, Klaus Briess, Winfried Halle, Dieter Oertel, Wolfgang Skrbek, and Boris Zhukov "Objectives and results of the BIRD mission", Proc. SPIE 5151, Earth Observing Systems VIII, (10 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504484

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