Abstract
The Remote sensing and Interference detector with radiomeTry and vegetation Analysis (RITA) payload is one of the Remote Sensing payloads selected by the 2nd GRSS Student Grand Challenge to fly on board of a 3U satellite from the United Arab Emirates' National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC). The main objectives of RITA are to perform microwave radiometry measurements at L-band, vegetation analysis using a hyper-spectral camera, Radio-Frequency Interference (RFI) detection and classification, and a technology demonstration of sensor networks using a custom LoRa transceiver. Radiometry measurements, RFI detection, and the LoRa experiment will be performed using a Software-Defined Radio (SDR) with a frontend designed as a modified version of the Flexible Microwave Payload 1 (FMPL-1) used in the 3Cat-4 mission, whereas an hyper-spectral camera will be used primarily for vegetation measurements. This work discusses the description and design of the payload, and emphasizes on the techniques used for the generation of the scientific outcome.
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