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Special guest seminar: Professor Takahashi – Exploring the Earth and space with micro-satellites
Apr 3, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
The Australian Institute for Machine Learning invites you to join a special presentation from visiting Professor Takahashi. The presentation will be face to face on North Terrace UoA campus, and online through Zoom.
North Terrace Campus:
Wednesday 3rd April, 2:30-3:15pm.
AIML G.42 Atrium – afternoon tea provided
Or join online through Zoom: https://adelaide.zoom.us/j/83461027094?pwd=VjJXeURUbEJNZzlDem5ZMkFoK3RXUT09&from=addon
Password: 873291
Exploring the Earth and space with micro-satellites
In the past, space utilization has required long preparation times and high budgets, but the 50 kg optical satellites we have developed and have successfully launched six times can be fabricated in a few years with a budget of 3-7 M USD and can be launched for 1-2 M USD, e.g. using carpool launch opportunities. This means that universities and relatively small companies can own and operate their own satellites, even if they are not national space organizations.
Advanced attitude control also makes telescopic imaging and relatively long exposures possible, and detailed spectral imaging and 3D observations on the ground are also becoming more practical. Such performance will bring about fundamental changes in conventional Earth and space observations, including accuracy and frequency.
Hokkaido University has demonstrated the potential of these capabilities by attempting a range of observations from outer space, the atmosphere and oceans to forests and agriculture. We also believe that if international collaboration is promoted, it will be possible to realize high-frequency observations while significantly reducing the cost on each country and organization.
Biography
Yukihiro Takahashi received the Ph.D. degree in geophysics from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 1997.,He was with Tohoku University. In 2009, he joined Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, as a Professor of Geoscience.
Professor Takahashi has been contributing to several space missions including microsatellites, such as RISING, RISING-2, UNIFORM-1, DIWATA-1, MicroDragon, RISESAT, as well as Japanese Venus orbiter, Akastuki, Dr. Takahashi was a member of the wintering party of the 33rd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition and made observations for proton aurora for one year at Syowa station in 1992.
Professor Takahashi’s Hokkaido University Profile.