Speakers Bio & Abstract

Abstract NEMO-AM – Nanosatellite Multispectral Polarimeter for Aerosol MonitoringThe NEMO-AM (Next generation Earth Monitoring and Observation – Aerosol Monitor) satellite is a 16 kg spacecraft under development at the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The spacecraft is designed around a 6 kg multispectral polarimeter which permits the spacecraft to image with 40 m resolution in 3 spectral bands - Blue (490 nm), Red (680nm) and NIR (880nm) - and two polarizations - linear P and S - enabling the geographical detection and measurement of aerosol concentrations in the atmosphere.
The NEMO-AM spacecraft is a fully operational nanosatellite with advanced attitude control capability allowing for high accuracy local target imaging at a multitude of incident angles, a feature that is fundamental to the ability of the instrument to image the ground with different scattering angles. The spacecraft has peak power throughput of 80W and includes a large (for a nanosatellite) 62 cm x 58 cm solar array for primary power generation. Orbit determination and therefore ground imaging accuracy is enabled by onboard GPS capability. Communications is enabled by an S-band uplink and downlink capability.
The presentation will summarize the NEMO-AM operational concept, spacecraft design and present status.