Cost-Effective Mission Concept for National Security and Meteorological Applications
Australia currently lacks sovereign Earth observation capabilities presenting a severe risk in the current environment of heightened tensions in the Indo-Pacific region. Additionally, to deal with the challenges of global climate change, the country needs the latest technology and tools at its disposal - namely space-based sensors that provide weather modeling data, for which Australia is currently dependent upon overseas partners. This mission concept details a cost-effective SmallSat mission that provides high-resolution imagery critically necessary for the observation of sea lanes of communications as well as an advanced radiometer for in-situ characterization of clouds enabling accurate extraction of data for the Bureau of Meteorology's nowcasting applications.
Authors
- Sean Bryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4607-9562)
- P. Mauskopf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6397-5516)
- Aaron Pereira
- Ed Kruzins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5171-7384)
- F. W. Menk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1154-6223)
- Paulo de Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0091-8925)
- Jose E. Velazco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2719-1671)
- Murray Terwey
Institutions
- Edith Cowan University (AU)
- University of Canberra (AU)
- Arizona State University (US)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/aero63441.2025.11068778
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.15