With assistance from Stennis Space Center, Vexcel was able to strengthen the properties of its Apex Ground Station(TM), an affordable, end-to-end system that comes complete with a tracking antenna that permits coverage within an approximate 2,000-kilometer radius of its location, a high speed direct-to-disk data acquisition system that can download information from virtually any satellite, and data processing software for virtually all synthetic aperture radar and optical satellite sensors. Vexcel is using an Apex system linked to the Terra satellite to help scientists and NASA personnel measure land and ocean surface temperatures, detect fires, monitor ocean color and currents, produce global vegetation maps and data, and assess cloud characteristics and aerosol concentrations. In addition, Vexcel is providing NASA with close-range photogrammetry software for the International Space Station. The technology, commercially available as FotoG(TM), was developed with SBIR funding and support from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Commercially, FotoG is used for demanding projects taken on by engineering firms, nuclear power plants, oil refineries, and process facilities. A version of Vexcel's close-range photo measurement system was also used to create virtual 3-D backdrops for a high-tech science fiction film.
Vexcel Spells Excellence for Earth and Space
2002
2 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Common Carrier & Satellite , Optoelectronic Devices & Systems , Space Launch Vehicles & Support Equipment , Library & Information Sciences , Data acquisition , Directional antennas , End-to-end data systems , Optical measuring instruments , Photogrammetry , Satellite instruments , Sea surface temperature , Data processing , Earth surface , Extraterrestrial oceans , International space station , Nuclear power plants , Satellite observation , Synthetic aperture radar , Vegetation , Water color
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