Sky Monitor by Miratlas
$47,000.00
The Sky Monitor by Miratlas combines a full array of passive optical sensors and analyses light propagation to continuously characterize atmospheric absorption and scattering.
Applications include Satcom, Direct-to-Earth Free Space Optical Communications, providing all the parameters specified by the CCSDS and Aviation contrail detection. Providing real time, continuous measurements of:
- Cloud cover, high resolution imaging,
- Turbulence, night & day,
- Environmental, sky temperature, irradiance, water column,
- Meteorological, temperature, pressure, humidity, wind, rain.
Sky Monitor Cdimm Station
The Sky Monitor enables site survey and selection, optical terminal design and operations, ground segment optimization planning and routing. With its low SWaP, rugged & carrier grade design, the Sky Monitor is plug and play and provides local, high precision measurements with its complete array of passive sensors including:
- All sky visible imager, 450-1070nm,
- C-DIMM nighttime turbulence,
- Sun Scintillation Monitor daytime turbulence,
- Weather Station
- All-sky thermal cloud cover imager* 8-14μm, radiometrically calibrated
- Alt-Az tracking mount with absolute encoders* enabling C-DIMM operation worldwide, auto-alignement and full sky surveys.
*optional
For its installation, the Sky Monitor requires only a few square meters of flat horizontal surface with a clear view of the sky. Each system has bolting points for direct fixations. We propose supportive structures to minimize the installation on structures where drilling isn’t possible such as shipping containers.
An example of non-penetrant installations, rooftops, containers, etc.
Specifications
Sky Monitor by Miratlas
| Data | Unit | Range | Resolution / Precision | Accuracy | Periodicity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allsky visible | ADU | 0 – 255 | 8 bits | NA | 1ms to 10s | Cloud |
| Seeing night | ArcSec | 0.01 to >20’ | >0.1’’ | 0,2’’ | 60s | Turbulence |
| Isoplanatic angle night | ArcSec | 0.06’’ to >10’’ | 0.1’’ | 0.3’’ | 60s | Turbulence |
| Fried parameter r0 night | cm | 0.5 to 100 | 0.1 | ±0.5 | 60s | Turbulence |
| Scintillation night | ADU | 0 – 65 536 | 16 bits | >99% | 60s | Turbulence |
| Seeing day | ArcSec | 0.1 – 20’’ | >0.1” | 0,2’’ (up to 500m) | ≥ 0.5s | Turbulence |
| Fried parameter r0 day | cm | 0.5 to 100 | 0.1 | ±0.5 (up to 500m) | ≥ 0.5s | Turbulence |
| Downwelling IR | Wm-² | 20 - 600 | 17 bits | >95% | 10s | Environment |
| Sky Temp | °C | -60 - 40 | 17 bits | ±0.5°C | 10s | Environment |
| Total Water Column | Cm | 0 - 15 | 17 bits | ±20% RMS | 10s | Environment |
| Irradiance | Mag / ArcSec² | 6 - 22 | 21 bits | ±2% | 10s | Environment |
| Ext Temp | °C | -40 to 85 | 0.1° | ±0.3° | 10s | Meteorological |
| Pressure | hPa | 10 to 1100 | 0.1 | ±0.5 | 10s | Meteorological |
| Humidity | % | 0 to 100 | 0.05% | ±3% | 60s | Meteorological |
| Wind ultrasonic | % | 0 to 100 | 0.05% | ±3% | 60s | Meteorological |
| Rain/Rain rate | piezo, mm mm/h | 0 to 500 0 to 400 | 0.01 | ±4% | 20s | Meteorological |