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BIROS  

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  • BIROS is a follow-on fire detection mission of DLR based on TET-1 (Technology Experiment Carrier-1). The BIROS satellite is part of DLR's FireBird constellation, which consists of two spacecraft, TET-1 and BIROS. The primary goal of this mission is the detection and monitoring of so called HTEs (High Temperature Events), e.g. forest fires or other hot spots. The secondary BIROS mission goals are: • The processing capabilities of the BIROS payload will be considerably upgraded. • BIROS will be equipped with OSIRIS (Optical Space Infrared Downlink System), a new onboard optical communication terminal, developed at DLR, to demonstrate the following capabilities: - three different laser systems for downlink communications at data rates up to 1 Gbit/s - four quadrant laser detector onboard for improved pointing accuracy - a beacon laser in uplink to support the BIROS attitude control; it may also be used for an optical uplink. • VAMOS (Verification of Autonomous Mission Planning On-board a Spacecraft). VAMOS is a DLR/GSOC software experiment with the objective to schedule and (re-)command tasks. • AVANTI (Autonomous Vision Approach Navigation and Target Identification), an optical navigation experiment. The goal is to demonstrate autonomous rendezvous to (and departure from) a non-cooperative client using vision-based navigation. 3) • BIROS will carry onboard the picosatellite BEESAT-4 (Berlin Experimental and Educational Satellite-4) of TU Berlin(1U CubeSat, 1 kg) and release it through a spring mechanism [ejection by SPL (Single Picosatellite Launcher ) after the successful check-out and commissioning of all relevant BIROS subsystems]. After separation, it will perform experimental proximity maneuvers in formation with the picosatellite solely based on optical navigation. 4) Spacecraft: For BIROS, the TET-X platform is being used, a slightly improved version of the existing TET-1 satellite bus. The TET-X bus shares the TET-1 bus envelope of 670 x 580 x 880 mm3 and 70 kg satellite bus mass with 460 x 460 x 428 mm3 payload volume and 50 kg payload mass. The three-axis attitude control system provides a pointing knowledge of 10 arcsec and a position accuracy of 10 m. But the TET-X bus contains a new power subsystem, new transmitters and OBC (OnBoard Computer), with same envelopes and masses as for TET-1. The BIROS spacecraft will be built again in a cooperation of DLR and AFW (Astro Feinwerktechnik GmbH), Berlin Adlershof. Both satellites (TET-1 and BIROS) are equipped with an identical main payload. These are the infrared cameras for Earth observation, especially hot spot detection. As part of the DLR FireBIRD mission, both satellites shall be used in a constellation for fire detection and monitoring. A special point in the design of the satellite bus was the interface between satellite bus and payload. To support different kinds of missions, the system contains the nominal satellite bus and a PSS (Payload Supply System). This payload supply system is on its payload interface side adaptable to the data (SpaceWire, RS422/485, CAN-Bus, etc.) and power interface requirements, data storage requirements and payload control requirements. The nominal satellite bus will remain unchanged for different missions, but of course can be adapted in parts, like an upgrade to X-band system if higher data rates are required. The PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards) of the PSS will be adapted for every new payload accommodation. (en)

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  • 2018-10-11 16:37:15.0 [mmorahan] Insert Concept add broader relation (BIROS [8e53aafe-f7a5-4629-893e-0a3ae1a6fe1d,368167] - FireBIRD [9b165321-e03c-44dc-bb9c-d10c32c93ab6,368159]);
  • 2018-10-11 16:41:21.0 [mmorahan] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: Bi-spectral InfraRed Optical System language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: BIROS is a follow-on fire detection mission of DLR based on TET-1 (Technology Experiment Carrier-1). The BIROS satellite is part of DLR's FireBird constellation, which consists of two spacecraft, TET-1 and BIROS. The primary goal of this mission is the detection and monitoring of so called HTEs (High Temperature Events), e.g. forest fires or other hot spots. The secondary BIROS mission goals are: • The processing capabilities of the BIROS payload will be considerably upgraded. • BIROS will be equipped with OSIRIS (Optical Space Infrared Downlink System), a new onboard optical communication terminal, developed at DLR, to demonstrate the following capabilities: - three different laser systems for downlink communications at data rates up to 1 Gbit/s - four quadrant laser detector onboard for improved pointing accuracy - a beacon laser in uplink to support the BIROS attitude control; it may also be used for an optical uplink. • VAMOS (Verification of Autonomous Mission Planning On-board a Spacecraft). VAMOS is a DLR/GSOC software experiment with the objective to schedule and (re-)command tasks. • AVANTI (Autonomous Vision Approach Navigation and Target Identification), an optical navigation experiment. The goal is to demonstrate autonomous rendezvous to (and departure from) a non-cooperative client using vision-based navigation. 3) • BIROS will carry onboard the picosatellite BEESAT-4 (Berlin Experimental and Educational Satellite-4) of TU Berlin(1U CubeSat, 1 kg) and release it through a spring mechanism [ejection by SPL (Single Picosatellite Launcher ) after the successful check-out and commissioning of all relevant BIROS subsystems]. After separation, it will perform experimental proximity maneuvers in formation with the picosatellite solely based on optical navigation. 4) Spacecraft: For BIROS, the TET-X platform is being used, a slightly improved version of the existing TET-1 satellite bus. The TET-X bus shares the TET-1 bus envelope of 670 x 580 x 880 mm3 and 70 kg satellite bus mass with 460 x 460 x 428 mm3 payload volume and 50 kg payload mass. The three-axis attitude control system provides a pointing knowledge of 10 arcsec and a position accuracy of 10 m. But the TET-X bus contains a new power subsystem, new transmitters and OBC (OnBoard Computer), with same envelopes and masses as for TET-1. The BIROS spacecraft will be built again in a cooperation of DLR and AFW (Astro Feinwerktechnik GmbH), Berlin Adlershof. Both satellites (TET-1 and BIROS) are equipped with an identical main payload. These are the infrared cameras for Earth observation, especially hot spot detection. As part of the DLR FireBIRD mission, both satellites shall be used in a constellation for fire detection and monitoring. A special point in the design of the satellite bus was the interface between satellite bus and payload. To support different kinds of missions, the system contains the nominal satellite bus and a PSS (Payload Supply System). This payload supply system is on its payload interface side adaptable to the data (SpaceWire, RS422/485, CAN-Bus, etc.) and power interface requirements, data storage requirements and payload control requirements. The nominal satellite bus will remain unchanged for different missions, but of course can be adapted in parts, like an upgrade to X-band system if higher data rates are required. The PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards) of the PSS will be adapted for every new payload accommodation. language code: en);
  • 2019-03-11 13:31:15.0 [mmorahan] insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: e9d9df16-ebbf-4f6d-838f-225716619ff9 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null); insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: 7c6ddfcd-00e3-4194-be91-9a9648f9d30b relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);

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