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Imaging of the Earth's surface with an ultra-compact camera with a hybrid lens mounted on the CubeSat 3U platform
N.A. Ivliev1,2, V.V. Podlipnov1,2, M.A. Ivanushkin1,2, R.V. Skidanov1,2, V.V. Fedorov3, N.L. Kazanskiy1,2, V.A. Soifer1

1Samara National Research University, 443086, Samara, Russia, Moskovskoye Shosse 34;
2Image Processing Systems Institute, NRC "Kurchatov Institute", 443001, Samara, Russia, Molodogvardeyskaya 151;
3T. F. Gorbachev State Technical University, 650000, Kemerovo, Russia, Vesennyaya Street 28

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DOI: 10.18287/COJ1742

Article ID: 1742

Language: English

Abstract:
A space experiment is described to obtain images from a Cubesat 3U nanosatellite from an orbit 300 km high with a camera with a hybrid refractive-diffraction lens providing a resolution of 200 m on the Earth's surface. An experimental frequency-contrast characteristic of the imaging optical system is constructed, and it is shown that the contrast of small details of the generated image is comparable to the contrast of small details of the image obtained from the Sentinel-2 satellite.

Keywords:
refractive-diffraction lens, cubesat, remote sensing of the Earth.

Acknowledgements:
The work was carried out within the framework of the Space-π scientific and educational project (payload development) and the state assignment of the Kurchatov Institute Research Center (manufacture of a diffraction lens).

Citation:
Ivliev NA, Podlipnov VV, Ivanushkin MA, Skidanov RV, Fedorov VV, Kazanskiy NL, Soifer VA. Imaging of the Earth's surface with an ultra-compact camera with a hybrid lens mounted on the CubeSat 3U platform. Computer Optics. 2026. 50(1): 1742. DOI: 10.18287/COJ1742.

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