New payload for Airbus’s ISS Bartolomeo module
Airbus and Fraunhofer EMI have signed a deal to trial a new thermal Earth observation platform onboard the ISS Bartolomeo module.
The Airbus-built Bartolomeo was attached to the space station’s Columbus module earlier this year and can host third-party payloads external to the ISS. This latest mission will see a thermal infrared detector from Fraunhofer spin-off ConstellR launched to the ISS via the ArgUS Multi-Payload Carrier, a plate designed to co-accommodate several smaller payloads on one Bartolomeo payload site.
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Measuring approximately 3U (about 3000 cm³), the ConstellR thermal camera will be used for highly accurate land surface temperature (LST) monitoring, which is increasingly in demand for environmental and climate modelling. ConstellR is aiming to build a microsatellite constellation to provide information on Earth’s precise surface temperature on a global scale, updated daily or even more frequently.
“Obviously, the reliability and performance of our camera is the key to the success of our mission to tackle key societal challenges,” said Dr Max Gulde, CEO of ConstellR.
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