Study of Value-Cost model of infrared payloads in small satellites at Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) missions
Tutor / Supervisor
Student
Costa Rabionet, Mariona
Document type
Master thesis
Date
2019
rights
Restricted access - author's decision
Publisher
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
UPCommons
Abstract
The principal aim of this thesis is to develop a preliminary Value-Cost model of infrared payloads in small satellites at Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) and Low Earth Orbit (LEO). To develop this thesis, two different studieshave been performedto get thispreliminary Value-Cost model, one from a qualitative point of view and the other one inamore quantitative way. The objective of doing the qualitative studyis to identify which is the most interesting value for the Earth Observation market. This will be possible, after analysing the different opportunities for the infrared technologyin the Earth Observation market and the needs that must be fulfilled to provide the most suitable solution to coverthese opportunities. On the other hand, with the quantitative study, it ispossibleto identify which is the cost of the model.And once the value and thecost areidentified, the final step is to develop the equations of the model.These equations relate the spatial resolution (value) with the price per square kilometreof the image taken by the satellite (cost)
