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Feasibility Study of a Mid-wave Infrared CubeSat for Smart Irrigation of Agricultural Fields - "OUFTI-NEXT"
Ghidoli, Enrico 
Promotor(s) :
Kerschen, Gaëtan
Date of defense : 26-Jun-2017/27-Jun-2017 • Permalink : http://hdl.handle.net/2268.2/2566
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| Title : | Feasibility Study of a Mid-wave Infrared CubeSat for Smart Irrigation of Agricultural Fields - "OUFTI-NEXT" |
| Translated title : | [it] Studio di Fattibilità per l'impiego di un Mid-wave Infrared Cubesat per l'Irrigazione Intelligente dei Campi Agricoli |
| Author : | Ghidoli, Enrico
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| Date of defense : | 26-Jun-2017/27-Jun-2017 |
| Advisor(s) : | Kerschen, Gaëtan
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| Committee's member(s) : | Bruls, Olivier
Habraken, Serge
Salvador, Lucas
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| Language : | English |
| Keywords : | [en] Cubesat [en] MWIR [en] OUFTI-NEXT [en] Thermal Imaging [en] Feasibility Study [en] Radiometry |
| Discipline(s) : | Engineering, computing & technology > Aerospace & aeronautics engineering |
| Name of the research project : | OUFTI-NEXT |
| Target public : | Researchers Professionals of domain Student General public Other |
| Institution(s) : | Université de Liège, Liège, Belgique |
| Degree: | Cours supplémentaires destinés aux étudiants d'échange (Erasmus, ...) |
| Faculty: | Master thesis of the Faculté des Sciences appliquées |
Abstract
[en] OUFTI-NEXT is going to be the third CubeSat developed by Université de Liège. It is expected to be one of the first CubeSats equipped with a Mid-Wave Infrared camera and the first demonstrator for the use of this technology for agricultural fields temperature monitoring.
This work has the aim to evaluate if the required performances can be reached by a 3U CubeSat orbiting in LEO and then, if the OUFTI-NEXT mission is feasible. To answer that question, the necessary instrument characteristics have been individualized and compared with commercially available cameras.
To evaluate the feasibility of the mission, a software for study how the different parameters influence the instrument performances has been developed. In particular, a procedure for a quick evaluation of the thermal resolution has been realized. Models for radiometry, optics, and detector to be implemented in parametric studies are going to be proposed.
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