You're right about the risks, But putting different instruments on one platform also allows co-located measurements (same time, same location) which can be very important when monitoring e.g. chemical reactions.
You're right about the risks, But putting different instruments on one platform also allows co-located measurements (same time, same location) which can be very important when monitoring e.g. chemical reactions.
Is it going to have some downlinks in a format the a research institute without a 2M (euro or dollar) groundstation can copy directly from the bird?
Yes, if you can cope with the amount of data, it is possible. If I'm right, there will be also be a subset of the data in BUFFR format.
I see statistics about this every day in the newspaper. Clearly, we can measure all these things from the ground - what does a satellite give us? Is it just there for the global view?
JUST global view ? Think about the huge advantage this gives compared to ground-based measurements. How many stations exist in the (ant-)arctic regions or on the oceans or in Africa ?
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You're right about the risks, But putting different instruments on one platform also allows co-located measurements (same time, same location) which can be very important when monitoring e.g. chemical reactions.
You're right about the risks, But putting different instruments on one platform also allows co-located measurements (same time, same location) which can be very important when monitoring e.g. chemical reactions.
Is it going to have some downlinks in a format the a research institute without a 2M (euro or dollar) groundstation can copy directly from the bird?
Yes, if you can cope with the amount of data, it is possible. If I'm right, there will be also be a subset of the data in BUFFR format.
I see statistics about this every day in the newspaper. Clearly, we can measure all these things from the ground - what does a satellite give us? Is it just there for the global view?
JUST global view ? Think about the huge advantage this gives compared to ground-based measurements. How many stations exist in the (ant-)arctic regions or on the oceans or in Africa ?