HypSat PROGRAM

Paper number

IAC-06-B5.4.06

Author

Prof. Filippo Graziani, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy

Coauthor

Prof. Michael Yu. Ovchinnikov, Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, RAS, Russia

Coauthor

Prof. Fabio Santoni, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy

Coauthor

Dr. Fabrizio Piergentili, University of Bologna, Italy

Coauthor

Mr. Andrey Ovchinnikov, Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, RAS, Russia

Coauthor

Mr. Fabio Bulgarelli, Italy

Coauthor

Ms. Maria Libera Battagliere, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy

Coauthor

Mr. Mario Sgubini, Italy

Coauthor

Mr. Massimiliano Ronzitti, Italy

Coauthor

Mr. Marco Agostinelli, Italy

Year

2006

Abstract

Since many years the Group of Astrodynamics of Universty of Rome “La Sapienza” (GAUSS) established a fruitful collaboration with Keldysh Institute for Applied Mathematics of Moscow. 
The GAUSS established the UNISAT program achieving experience in design manufacturing and operating in orbit microsatellites. This program was funded in early nineties at School of Aerospace Engineering with the aim to design realize and launch small educational satellites involving students, researchers and professor in a real space project. All the satellites were realized with terrestrial off-the-shelf components in order to keep low the costs and make them affordable for university budgets.
In the framework of this program three satellites have already been launched (respectively in 2000, 2002 and 2004) from Baykonour Cosmodrome with DNEPR launch vehicle and a fourth satellite is scheduled to be launched in May 2006. On the other hand the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics with the industry achieved good experience in Hyperspectometer design and realization. Different experiences and knowledge found a common project in Hypsat.
Hypsat is a project, supported from Lazio region, to realize a small satellite capable to monitoring natural disasters, (fires, Earthquakes,..). The Hypsat platform will be designed and realized from GAUSS on the basis of its past experiences and will board, as primary payload, an enhanced version of Hyperspectrometer developed by the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of RAS.
In the paper the HypSat main subsystem are described. Moreover a coverage analysis for Lazio region has been carried out and results are discussed, taking into account the effectiveness of expected access time with respect to different natural calamities and considering the possibility to use a constellation of satellites to reduce the gap time.
The Hyperspectrometer to be boarded is also deeply depicted giving relevance to its main capabilities and constraints and evaluating expected results in Earth disasters monitoring.

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