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Systems Engineering

Provided systems engineering expertise on:
  • Mission/System Studies
  • Instrument Feasibility
  • Conceptual Design
  • Trade-off Studies
  • Advanced Technology Studies
  • Satellite Bus and/or Payload Architectures Evaluations
  • Resource Budgeting
  • Requirements Definition
  • Complex Interface Descriptions
  • Proposal and Funding Preparation
The following are  examples of our effort on various studies:

Microbolometer

ROUTES ASTROEngineering has been contracted by the Canadian Space Agency to define a space mission for an infrared radiometer to be flown onboard a microsatellite.
Microbolometer

NEOSSat Preliminary Design

NEOSSat ConceptualNEOSSat will be used in the surveillance of Near Earth Objects.  ROUTES ASTROEngineering will provide the preliminary design for the instrument door/baffle, power conditioning solar panels and battery selection.

THM Hyperspectral

Under three separate contracts, ROUTES ASTROEngineering has conducted 12 studies / analyses  evaluating mission profiles (small satellite vs ISS), instrument design concepts, and calibration requirements for a Canadian Hyperspectral Imaging mission:
  • Hyperspectral Imager Technology Assessment (CSA) (1999)
    • User Requirements Analysis
    • Mission Requirement Analysis
    • Lumped Parameter Models – Noise Module (integrated into BOMEM models)
    • On-Board Calibration Processing Unit
    • Detector/Buffering Interfaces Technology Assessment
    • Fore-Optics Technology for Satellite Borne Hyperspectral Imagers
    • Optical Calibration Technology Assessment
    • HIS On-Board Calibration System and Design Study 
  • Evaluation of Technology Requirements for a Hyperspectral Mission (MDA/CSA) (2002)
    • Review of Mission Requirements
    • Data Sensitivities, Instabilities and Drifts
  • Hyperspectral Phase A Studies (MDA/CSA) (2003)
    • Radiometric Error Analysis and Budget
    • Strategies and Preliminary Requirements for Calibration and Validation

PRISM Phase A Calibration Review

ROUTES ASTROEngineering analyzed radiometric calibration methods for PRISM, the LSPM Hyperspectral Instrument.

































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