Henrique R. Schmitt (Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory), Anders M. Jorgensen (Seabrook Engineering), David Mozurkewich (Electrical Engineering Department Institute of Mining and Technology), Sergio R. Restaino (Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory), J. Thomas Armstrong (Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory), Ellyn K. Baines (Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory), Robert B. Hindsley (Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory)
Keywords: SSA
Abstract:
Earlier this year DARPA announced the Galileo project, with the conceptual idea of using optical interferometry to combine the light from two or more telescopes, with at least one of them being movable, to image geostationary satellites. This project aims at obtaining a NIIRS 8 image of a geosat with a resolution of 10cm. The design of this experiment creates challenging issues for the reconstruction of a satellite image. Among these issues are the lack of information about the absolute phase of the baselines, the difficulty to observe with short baselines, color differences between different satellite parts, and the time needed to obtain enough pointings to appropriately sample the UV-plane. We use simulations developed by our group to evaluate the effects of these issues on the reconstructed image quality, and the time required to reach the NIIRS 8 goal.
Date of Conference: September 11-14, 2012
Track: Poster