1. Meteorix camera tests for space-based meteor observations
- Author
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Rambaux, Nicolas, Vaubaillon, Jérémie, Derelle, Sophie, Jacquart, Marc, Millet, Maxime, Lacassagne, Lionel, Petreto, Andrea, Simoneau, Pierre, Baillié, K, Desmars, J, Galayko, Dimitri, Chotin, Roselyne, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau], ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay, Architecture et Logiciels pour Systèmes Embarqués sur Puce (ALSOC), LIP6, Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Circuits Intégrés Numériques et Analogiques (CIAN)
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[INFO.INFO-AR]Computer Science [cs]/Hardware Architecture [cs.AR] ,[INFO.INFO-TS]Computer Science [cs]/Signal and Image Processing ,[INFO.INFO-AO]Computer Science [cs]/Computer Arithmetic ,[INFO.INFO-TI]Computer Science [cs]/Image Processing [eess.IV] ,[INFO.INFO-DS]Computer Science [cs]/Data Structures and Algorithms [cs.DS] ,[INFO.INFO-CV]Computer Science [cs]/Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition [cs.CV] ,[INFO.INFO-RB]Computer Science [cs]/Robotics [cs.RO] ,[INFO.INFO-SE]Computer Science [cs]/Software Engineering [cs.SE] ,[INFO.INFO-DM]Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM] ,[INFO.INFO-DC]Computer Science [cs]/Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing [cs.DC] ,[SPI.SIGNAL]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Signal and Image processing ,[SPI.AUTO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Automatic - Abstract
International audience; Meteorix is a Universitary CubeSat dedicated to be a demonstrator for the detection and characterisation of meteors and space debris. Its payload is an onboard camera and detection chain. Usually, cameras on CubeSat are used for daylight observations and this proceeding present some tests realized with a sensitive CMOS camera, which is also used in the martian rovers for imaging purposes. In-lab tests were conducted to measure the spectral response. First on-sky images were performed during the 2020 Geminids meteor shower from the Paris area. Follow-up tests were performed from Observatoire de Haute-Provence during the 2021 η-Aquariids meteor shower. Capabilities and needed modifications for meteor detection were identified.
- Published
- 2021