E-Corce was a planned remote sensing satellite constellation of
CNES, slated for launch in 2014.
Designed by an engineer from CNES, JP Antikidis, in the frame of a prospective unit led by JJ Favier, this project is revolutionizing satellite
Earth observation methodologies by allowing at acceptable cost a rapid coverage of the entire planet (1 day to 1 week) with
high resolution
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Image resolution can be measured in various ways. Resolution quantifies how cl ...
(metric) color pictures. The solutions use
image compression
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psycho-visual) coupled with new methods of receiving and processing information distributed across the planet. The project aims by 2014 to photograph all of the continents in color at a resolution of 1 meter, every week, with a constellation of 13 Earth-orbiting
microsatellites at 600 km, imaging everything in their path and down-linking compressed data to processing centers on the world.
Definition: "e-Constellation of Observation by Recurrent Cellular Environment" combining of three technological "cells"(space, telecom, Grid) to produce a
multi-spectral image of the Earth. "e" as intended to feed the new vectors of the mass-based Internet, "Constellation" because relying on a constellation of satellites observing the earth in "saturation"
REcurrent "because based on a systematic information delivery high resolution refreshed daily to weekly "Cellular " because using the combined virtues of new technology based on cellular processing (Wide Area Grid) distributed across the full globe.
References
The one meter shop concept e-CORCE J.P.Antikidis and Al. Acta Astronautica Volume 63, Issues 1-4, July–August 2008, Pages 156-164
Earth imaging satellites
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