AE2a Spacecraft

Remote sensing with a hyperspectral camera.

AE2a employs the “Remote Sensing Model” of ArkEdge Space’s 6U standard satellite bus. The mission is designed to demonstrate a hyperspectral camera system in orbit. The mission will validate key sensing functionalities of the 6U bus, with a particular focus on attitude control for remote sensing applications, and will conduct image acquisition and data downlink operations using its onboard hyperspectral camera.

The hyperspectral camera captures dozens of wavelength bands continuously, generating unique spectral signatures for various materials and enabling the detection of minerals, tree species, and atmospheric gases that are difficult to identify with conventional optical or SAR satellites. Its capabilities are expected to be applied to water resource management, climate change research, and greenhouse gas (GHG) monitoring.

In addition, AE2a carries an IoT communications module that will enable text and sensor data exchange via LoRa, conduct satellite-to-satellite communications experiments using a store-and-forward (S&F) weak-signal reception system, and demonstrate remote command operations from ground stations.

• ADDCUBE
• AE2a
• AE3Va
• ARCSTONE
• BRO-18
• Connecta IoT 9
• Connecta IoT 10
• Connecta IoT 11
• Connecta IoT 12
• DUTHSat-2
• FOSSASAT-2E21
• Good Ancestor Kilakila
• HORIS-1
• HORIS-2
• Hubble 6
• Hubble 7
• Hubble 4 (Lemur-2)
• Hubble 5 (Lemur-2)
• Hyperfield-1B
• JACK 001
• Lemur-2
• Lemur-2
• MOBIUS
• PADRE
• Parus-T2
• QUICK3
• RIDU-Sat 1
• SATMAR
• SATORO-T3
• Time Flies
• TPA-1
• UND Roads 1
• UND Roads 2
• Lemur-2 LacunaSat 4A
• Lemur-2 LacunaSat 4B