US Egypt Cooperative Research: Design and Implementation of Experimental High Resolution Imaging Payload System for Nano Satellites

美埃合作研究：纳米卫星实验高分辨率成像有效载荷系统的设计与实现

• 批准号: 1103969
• 负责人: Magdy Bayoumi
• 金额: $ 12.49万
• 依托单位: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2015-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1103969&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Egypt; Cooperative; Research; Design

1103969 This project supports a cooperative research project by Dr. Magdy Bayoumi, The Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS) at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA and Dr. Amal Zaki, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), Cairo, Egypt. They plan to study the Design and Implementation of Experimental High Resolution Imaging Payload System for Nanosatelite. At present, access to Space is limited to some entities; and launching a satellite into orbit is very expensive. Minimizing this cost and making space accessible to scientific and research societies could be reached by design and fabrication of Nano satellite such as the Cubesats. A Cubesat is a type of miniaturized satellite for space research that usually has a volume of exactly of 10cm x10cm x10cm, with a total mass in the order of 1Kg. CubeSat is made from off the shelf components COTS, which is considered as an advantage that makes development much easier, compared to classical satellite development. On the other hand, this limits the final specifications to those of the components available in market. For instance, the final Ground Sample Distance (GSD) is limited by the available commercial imaging systems, which usually do not meet dimensions and resolution requirements simultaneously. A better GSD can be achieved if a costumed optical design is adopted rather than choosing from off the shelf components. Intellectual Merits: This project will address several challenges that have not been solved efficiently, yet, in designing Micro and Nano satellites, such as limited space, limited performance, and strict requirements of ultra low energy. Solutions to several technical issues will be devices for the first time such as; hardware-software co-design for very low power systems where low power will be the major performance measure. The Technical issues of integrating different technologies; microelectronics, optics, and mechanical will be addressed. Embedded software challenges will be solved. Low power design for UHF/VHF communication systems will be developed which is not straight forward design. The specific application problems of image optics, image sensor, and IP unit will be solved for the imaging payload module. The partners in both institutions have a very strong track record in the proposed field of study. The objectives are clearly stated and are feasible to achieve.Broader Impacts: The main goal of the collaboration is to focus on the exchange of innovative technologies, which involves design and fabrication of optical, electronics and embedded systems for Nano satellite and space application such as earth observation. This will help both U.S and Egypt in establishing space technology and its applications in our respective institutes. The US team will have an access to an application platform where they can experiment all the novel developed technologies, algorithms, architectures, circuits, and embedded software. The Egyptian team will have an access to the latest research results in optics, microelectronics, UHF/VHF communication systems. Bringing low cost satellite technology to Egypt is a useful effort. There will be training for US and Egyptian students in this international cooperation. This proposal is supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program where NSF supports the US side and the Government of Egypt funds the Egyptian side.

1103969 该项目支持路易斯安那大学拉斐特分校高级计算机研究中心 (CACS) Magdy Bayoumi 博士和国家遥感和空间科学局 (NARSS) Amal Zaki 博士的合作研究项目，埃及开罗。 他们计划研究纳米卫星实验性高分辨率成像有效载荷系统的设计和实现。 目前，进入太空的权限仅限于某些实体；而且将卫星发射到轨道上的成本非常昂贵。通过设计和制造立方体卫星等纳米卫星，可以最大限度地降低成本并使科学研究团体能够进入太空。 立方体卫星是一种用于空间研究的小型卫星，体积通常为 10 厘米 x 10 厘米 x 10 厘米，总质量约为 1 公斤。 CubeSat 由现成的组件 COTS 制成，与传统卫星开发相比，这被认为是使开发变得更加容易的优势。另一方面，这将最终规格限制为市场上可用的组件的规格。例如，最终的地面采样距离（GSD）受到可用商业成像系统的限制，这些系统通常不能同时满足尺寸和分辨率要求。如果采用定制的光学设计而不是选择现成的组件，则可以实现更好的 GSD。智力优势：该项目将解决微纳卫星设计中尚未有效解决的一些挑战，例如有限的空间、有限的性能以及超低能量的严格要求。一些技术问题的解决方案将首次成为设备，例如：针对极低功耗系统的硬件-软件协同设计，其中低功耗将是主要性能衡量标准。集成不同技术的技术问题；将讨论微电子学、光学和机械学。嵌入式软件挑战将得到解决。将开发用于 UHF/VHF 通信系统的低功耗设计，这不是直接的设计。成像有效载荷模块将解决图像光学、图像传感器和IP单元的具体应用问题。两个机构的合作伙伴在拟议的研究领域都有非常出色的记录。目标明确且可行。 更广泛的影响：合作的主要目标是专注于创新技术的交流，其中涉及纳米卫星和空间应用的光学、电子和嵌入式系统的设计和制造，例如地球观测。这将有助于美国和埃及在各自的研究所建立空间技术及其应用。 美国团队将可以访问一个应用程序平台，在那里他们可以试验所有新颖开发的技术、算法、架构、电路和嵌入式软件。埃及团队将有机会接触到光学、微电子、UHF/VHF通信系统方面的最新研究成果。将低成本卫星技术引入埃及是一项有益的努力。此次国际合作将为美国和埃及学生提供培训。 该提案得到了美国-埃及联合基金计划的支持，其中美国国家科学基金会支持美国方面，埃及政府为埃及方面提供资金。