SITAEL Australia and IPAS will cooperate on utilising multi-aperture infrared sensors with intelligent processing to achieve low cost, high resolution thermal imagery.<\/p>\n
The partnership has been conceived as part of the SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (SmartSat CRC), that sees SITAEL Australia and the University of Adelaide amongst the members developing know-how and technologies for intelligent satellite systems and Earth observation data services.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are taking an innovative pathway to the collection of thermal imagery from space, combining the small satellite and infrared instrument knowledge of SITAEL, with the unique expertise and capabilities in sensing from IPAS,\u201d Executive Director and General Manager of SITAEL Australia Mr Mark Ramsey said.<\/p>\n
Associate Professor Martin O\u2019Connor, Defence Technologies Theme Leader at IPAS said: \u201cIPAS is pleased to partner with SITAEL Australia, with this new research further increasing IPAS\u2019 space domain instrument expertise in Adelaide. Furthermore, we are strongly aligned to the commercial outcomes focus of the project, connecting technological development with end-user application.\u201d<\/p>\n
The project, which has a one-and-a-half year timescale, will help grow Australia\u2019s sovereign space-based infrared imaging capability, and has applications across defence and surveillance, water monitoring, fire monitoring and agriculture.<\/p>\n
\u201cInnovative space-based thermal imagers will be used for wide-area, bushfire early warning and tracking. Algorithms will interpret data in real time to help immediately pin point fires in areas obscured by smoke,\u201c said Associate Professor O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n
The technology will have other applications such as checking inland and coastal water quality and monitoring industrial energy use and its effect on climate change.<\/p>\n
The aim of the research is to move towards Problem-centric Operations in the infrared domain, a long-term goal of the SmartSat CRC Earth Observation roadmap. The project will create new space research positions in Adelaide for both SITAEL and IPAS, expanding their capabilities locally.<\/p>\n
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