UNIFORM-1 or University International Formation Mission is a Japanese micro-
satellite
A satellite or an artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body. They have a variety of uses, including communication relay, weather forecasting, navigation ( GPS), broadcasting, scient ...
launched in 2014.
The satellite is built around a
wildfire
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of Combustibility and flammability, combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a ...
detection camera and features the following instruments:
* Microbolometer infrared camera with resolution 200m and swath width 100 km.
* visible-light camera to assist in wildfire detection
All instruments are powered by solar cells mounted on the spacecraft body and stub wings, with estimated electrical power of over 100W.
Launch
UNIFORM-1 was launched from
Tanegashima
is one of the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, in area, is the second largest of the Ōsumi Islands, and has a population of 33,000 people. Access to the island is by ferry, or by air to New Tanegashima Airp ...
, Japan, on 24 May 2014 at 03:05:00 UTC by an
H-IIA 202.
Mission
The satellite is intended for wildfire detection, especially in the south-east Asia region.
The satellite has a less accurate infrared sensor compared to other infrared satellites, but an envisioned constellation of UNIFORM satellites would allow for a short revisit time at the fraction of the cost of the
Landsat 7
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MODIS
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satellites. Mission data is down-linked in S-band and X-band, while control up-link is S-band only.
The Wakayama University and JAXA has refused to publish data and/or information which are not officially published.
See also
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2014 in spaceflight
In 2014, the maiden flight of the Angara A5, Antares 120 and Antares 130 took place.
A total of 92 orbital launches were attempted in 2014, of which 88 were successful, two were partially successful and two were failures. The year also ...
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Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a satellite-based sensor used for earth and climate measurements. There are two MODIS sensors in Geocentric orbit, Earth orbit: one on board the Terra (satellite), Terra (Earth ...
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Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
The Advanced Very-High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instrument is a space-borne sensor that measures the reflectance of the Earth in five spectral bands that are relatively wide by today's standards. AVHRR instruments are or have been carried ...
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Landsat 7
Landsat 7 is the seventh satellite of the Landsat program. Launched on 15 April 1999, Landsat 7's primary goal is to refresh the global archive of satellite photos, providing up-to-date and cloud-free images. The Landsat program is managed and ...
References
External links
UNIFORM-1 mission overview
{{Orbital launches in 2014
Earth observation satellites of Japan
Spacecraft launched by H-II rockets
Spacecraft launched in 2014