Micro-satellite camera design

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2003
Ballı, Gülsüm Başak
The aim of this thesis has been summarized as the design of a micro-satellite camera system and its focal plane simulations. The average micro-satellite orbit heights ranges in between 600-850 km and obviously a multipayload satellite brings volume and power restrictions for each payload. In this work, an orbit height of 600 km and a volume of 20₉20₉30 cm is assumed, since minimizing the payload dimensions increases the probability of the launch. The pixel size and the dimensions of an imaging detector such as charge-coupled device (CCD) have been defined by the useful image area with acceptable aberration limits on the focal plane. In order to predict the minimum pixel size to be used at the focal plane modulation transfer function (MTF), point spread function (PSF), image distortion and aberration simulations have been carried out and detector parameters for the designed camera have been presented.

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G. B. Ballı, “Micro-satellite camera design,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2003.