Start of instrument development activities:
Absolut System designed a custom thermal braid and supplied 2 LPT6510 cryocoolers.
Image: Airbus courtesy
TRISHNA
Cryogenic systems
for space imaging
Cryogenic systems for space imaging
This project revolves around
several key dates:
Launching the instrument into space
Transition to operating phase
During the exploration phase, the satellite flies over the same point every eight days, from the same angle.
Start of instrument development activities:
Absolut System designed a custom thermal braid and supplied 2 LPT6510 cryocoolers.
Image: Airbus courtesy
Launching the instrument into space
Transition to operating phase
During the exploration phase, the satellite flies over the same point every eight days, from the same angle.
Start of instrument development activities:
Absolut System designed a custom thermal braid and supplied 2 LPT6510 cryocoolers.
Image: Airbus courtesy
Launching the instrument into space
Transition to operating phase
During the exploration phase, the satellite flies over the same point every eight days, from the same angle.
Payloads
Payloads
The payload carried by the platform consists of the following two instruments:
The payload carried by the platform
consists of the following two instruments:
The IRT (Thermal Infrared) instrument
Developed by CNES, this telescope contains 4 thermal infrared cameras, measuring the Earth’s surface temperatures. The IRT instrument is based on a scanner concept (swath +/-34°) and a scanning mechanism that continuously rotates the entrance plane mirror, so that the telescope’s optical field of view scans the entire swath over what is known as a basic repetition cycle.
Absolut System provides 60K cryogenic cooling for the detector and filters, using two LPT6510 cryocoolers in hot redundancy via a cold thermal link (custom thermal braid). This cold optical assembly is thermally isolated from the rest of the instrument by a cryostat using additive layer manufacturing (ALM) technology, perfectly mastered by our engineers.
The VNIR/SWIR instrument
Developed by ISRO, this 6-camera instrument in the visible/SWIR range can be used to identify crop type and condition. This project was made possible thanks to Absolut System’s cryogenic expertise, based on the IASI and METIMAGE experiments, two flagship projects for which our teams supplied thermal braids currently in flight. For this instrument, Absolut System is supplying a thermal link (TLA) integrated into the cryostat.
TRISHNA application fields
It will be possible to monitor the evolution of water stress in plant cover around the globe.
This project will enable us to take stock of marine ecosystems: level of fishery resources, quality of seawater and continental waters, monitoring of rivers and lakes.
In the urban environment, neighborhood development and human activities generate microclimates that can affect the quality of life and health of city dwellers. TRISHNA’s measurements will enable us to understand the effect of revegetation and help us to make the right choices when it comes to building.
At high latitudes and altitudes, access to surface temperatures will improve understanding of climate change on snow, polar caps, glaciers and permafrost. In the high mountains, monitoring the water cycle via glaciers, snow and lakes offers the possibility of better management of the basins they feed.
Le bilan énergétique des nuages est un poste clé du bilan radiatif global de la Terre. À ce titre, les mesures thermiques de TRISHNA contribueront à affiner nos connaissances sur le changement climatique en cours.
