DRAGO: Un pequeño instrumento, un gran camino

Bibcode
DRAGO: UN PEQUEÑO INSTRUMENTO, UN GRAN CAMINO
DRAGO camera
A. Oscoz; J. Alonso; I. Bustamante; C. Colodro; P. G. de Chaves; A. Peláez; A. Pérez; P. Redondo; J. C. Sanluis; I. Sidrach; S. Sordo; A. Ynigo
Advertised on:
6
2021
Number of authors
11
IAC number of authors
11
Description

El pasado 24 de enero tuvo lugar la puesta en órbita de DRAGO (Demonstrator for Remote Analysis of Ground Observations), el primer instrumento desarrollado por IACTEC-Espacio. Semanas después llegaban sus primeras imágenes infrarrojas de la Tierra, con una calidad a la altura de las expectativas más optimistas. DRAGO es el resultado de cuatro años de esfuerzo del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) pero, ¿cómo se ha llegado hasta aquí y por qué este logro abre una ventana de oportunidad importante para el futuro de la comunidad astronómica nacional?

Related projects
Satellite image of the Canary Islands taken by DRAGO-1
IACTEC Space
Development of optical payloads for micro-satellites for Earth observation from low orbits.
Alejandro
Oscoz Abad
In progress
Type
Non-refereed
Microsatellite

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