I-Corps: InSpace - Revolutionizing geoinformatics through commercial satellite hosted payloads

项目研究人员发现，科学和公众都需要持续的地球和空间遥感应用。密集的全球测量的可用性可以使地球科学中的新技术成为可能，用于对地球进行成像，产生重要的观测结果，可以测试理论模型并提高对地球的了解。卫星群还可用于提供气候、极光、辐射带、反照率云、闪电、辐射带、重力水文和空间天气等许多其他主题的观测。通过将传感器放置在现有卫星星座上，有可能增加可用于科学和公共利益的数据的覆盖范围、分布和数量。在现有卫星上安装额外的仪器可以减少对昂贵的卫星计划的需求。通过这项技术，全球成像能力有可能缓解影响公众的全球问题，包括但不限于；为飞机飞行监测火山灰云或全球监测作物健康和全球碳循环。这项技术产生的数据流可以为改进天气预报、气候、空间天气以及灾害响应和恢复提供必要的数据。

Project researchers have found there is a scientific as well as public need for persistent Earth and space remote sensing applications. The availability of dense global measurements could enable new techniques in geosciences for imaging the Earth, yielding important observations that could test theoretical models and improve understanding of the planet. Constellations of satellites could additionally be used to provide observations on climate, aurora, radiation belts, albedo clouds, lightning, radiation belts, gravity-hydrology and space weather among many other topics. By placing sensors as ride-along packages on constellations of existing satellite there is the potential to increase the coverage, distribution and amount of data that could be used for scientific and public benefits.Placing additional instruments on existing satellites could ameliorate the need for costly satellite programs. Global imaging capabilities, possible through this technology have the potential to mitigate global issues that impact the public including but not limited to; monitoring of volcanic ash clouds for airplane flights or global monitoring of crop health and the global carbon cycle. Data streams from this technology may provide necessary data for improved weather prediction, climate, space weather and disaster response and recovery.