CaNOP (Canopy Near-IR Observing Project) is a science Investigation mission by the Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin to develop a 3U CubeSat-based remote sensing platform for performing multispectral imaging of global forests to help understand large-scale biomass production and carbon uptake in both mature and harvested forests.
The CaNOP science mission is to obtain medium-resolution images of global forest canopies with spectral resolution of 10 nm across the visible and near-infra-red. These data will be used to compute spectral ratios such as NDVI to infer carbon content in both old-growth and harvested forests.
CaNOP was selected in 2016 by NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) to be launched as part of the ELaNa program.
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Earth observation |
Operator: | Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin |
Contractors: | Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin; Clyde Space (structure) |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | ~4 kg |
Orbit: | 400 km × 400 km, 51.6° (typical) |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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CaNOP | - | 202x | with ? |