News – 22.06.2016
Next satellite with Cesic® camera structure launched into orbit
22.06.2016, SDSC India – BIROS, the second German FireBird microsatellite after TET-1, was launched
on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle together with 19 other satellites from India, Indonesia, Canada
and the United States.
BIROS (Berlin InfraRed Optical System) will fly in formation with TET-1 in the lower orbit at about 500
km height to detect and analyse HTEs (High Temperature Events) e.g. forest fires or other hotspots.
One of the core payload elements of both FireBird satellites is the Hot Spot Recognition System
(HSRS) which consists of an assembly of three pushbroom cameras, one in the VNIR (Visible Near
InfraRed) and two imagers in the infrared region. In close collaboration with the German Aerospace
Center (DLR) ECM manufactured the camera structure of the HSRS using its ceramic composite
material Cesic® in order to achieve the required low coefficient of thermal expansion, high stiffness
and low mass.
Fig. 1 Launch of BIROS at 22nd 2016 in from SDSC India
(Credit: ISRO)
Fig. 2 BIROS and TET-1 in lower orbit looking for wildfires.
(Credit: DLR)
Fig. 3 Whole camera assembly with Cesic® structure
(Credit: DLR)
Fig. 4 Cesic® Camera structure with ground interfaces
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