Repurpose of In-Orbit Storage Meteorological Satellites (A Fifty-Day Study)
Abstract
Periodically, environmental monitoring satellites are moved into on-orbit storage to await a call to duty. With a contract cost for four satellites of $1.4 billion, alternatives to storage are investigated and suggested in this study. Assuming a readership unfamiliar with the civilian satellite program, significant elaboration of program details is presented in a mild brief review of the literature, extracting the current state-of-the art novel suggestions. Next, novel utilizations are proposed. Eight novel applications are found in the literature: Oil palm mapping, cloud mapping, cloud property and atmospheric state estimation, hurricane prediction and analysis, surface urban heat island, Earth distribution of solar radiation, fire location and burning area estimation, hail-producing storm detection. Five novel applications are proposed: Bio-radar, stereo winds, imager re-calibration using GOES-R, nuclear detonation detection, and communications relay.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2023
- Accession Number
- AD1224303
Entities
People
- Timothy Sands
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School