BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240407T162412Z UID:37892980-32DB-4BC0-B7B5-EB7AB525EFCD DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T203000 DESCRIPTION:Topic: trade-offs between space hardware and ground processing\ , image formation and calibration:\nHumans have been launching earth obser vation satellites for decades\, but space remains a complex and challengin g endeavour where we are still striving to simplify\, democratize\, and in novate. “New Space” has been doing its part to accelerate the pace of innovation by employing agile engineering and off-the-shelf hardware\, and by\ncreating smaller and lower cost satellites. However\, challenges rema in and\, in some areas\, have even increased. Mission design is one exampl e. True mission design takes a holistic view and strategically moves compl exity between space (satellite) and ground (software) in order to create t he best possible product at the lowest cost. This means\nthat as companies strive for simpler\, cheaper\, and faster hardware solutions\, challenges are often moved from the satellite to the ground segment and the satellit e mission’s\nfinal product quality can only be realized after including the ground processing.\nWhile many users are content to receive analysis r eady products\, numerous scientists\nand end-users seek the purest\, untou ched form of raw pixel data directly from the satellites so that they can model and control exactly what manipulations happen to the imagery. These types of requests become even more challenging when data providers rely on proprietary algorithms to produce the data quality their customers demand . The truth is that very few data providers are willing to provide actual raw data directly from the satellites. Instead\, the industry has expanded the term “Raw” data rather flexibly\, with new names such as L1A\, L1 B\, or Basic products. In reality\, these “Raw” products are processed long before getting to the end user and in some cases are processed quite significantly.\nThis seminar explores some of the trade-offs often made b etween satellite and ground\, the reasons satellite image providers manipu late the image pixels prior to delivery\,\nsome of the manipulations that are done prior to generating products\, and strategies for determining if the data provider has accurately processed and calibrated the imagery. By the end of this session\, participants will understand how to reliably inc orporate well- executed processing by satellite data providers into their data stream.\n\nBiographical Information for Chris Ampersand from UrtheCas t\, Vancouver Canada\n\n-------------------------------------\n\nChris is currently the VP of Engineering (Acting) at UrtheCast\, a leading-edge ear th observation company based in Vancouver\, Canada. He is responsible for the overall engineering activities for the upcoming UrtheDaily mission\, w hich will power geoanalytics at a daily global scale with true scientific quality 5-meter resolution imagery. Chris has been developing mission solu tions and software algorithms for improving image quality in earth observa tion sensors for over 15 years for some of industries’ leading satellite s including the WorldView Constellation\, as well as other classified proj ects. He holds a Master of Applied Science in Aerospace Engineering from t he University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS)\, a B. En g in Aerospace\n\nEngineering from Carleton University in Ottawa and a BSc in Physics (Honours) from the University of Manitoba. For the past 6 year s\, Chris has been employed at UrtheCast where he acted as a ground and sp ace systems engineer\, technical lead for UrtheCast’s optical processing system\, and technical commissioning lead for the Theia medium resolution and Iris high-resolution video sensor (World’s first colour high-resolu tion\nvideo from space). Chris also worked at MDA in Vancouver for 9 years as a ground segment technical lead on a variety of earth observation sate llites and sensors including the RapidEye Constellation.\n\nSpeaker(s): Ch ris Ampersand\, \n\nAgenda: \n[][]6:00 pm Arrival Melbourne Moose Lodge\n\ n6:15 - 6:30 Light Dinner and Casual Conversation\n\n6:30 - 6:45 Brief Sec tion Excom Meeting\n\n6:45 - 7:45. GRS Presentation\n\n7:45 - 8:15. Questi ons and Answers\n\nBldg: Moose Lodge #1406\, 157 Dayton Blvd\, Melbourne\, Florida\, United States\, 32904 LOCATION:Bldg: Moose Lodge #1406\, 157 Dayton Blvd\, Melbourne\, Florida\, United States\, 32904 ORGANIZER:bob.beck@ieee.org SEQUENCE:56 SUMMARY:Why Satellite Imagery Providers Mess with Your Pixels (a behind the scenes look at raw satellite data processing) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/403059 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="color: #e03e2d\;"><strong>Top ic: trade-offs between space hardware and ground processing\, image format ion and calibration:</strong></span><br><strong><span style="color: #236fa 1\;">Humans have been launching earth observation satellites for decades\, but space remains a complex and challenging endeavour where we are still striving to simplify\, democratize\, and innovate. &ldquo\;New Space&rdquo \; has been doing its part to accelerate the pace of innovation by employi ng agile engineering and off-the-shelf hardware\, and by</span></strong><b r><strong><span style="color: #236fa1\;">creating smaller and lower cost s atellites. However\, challenges remain and\, in some areas\, have even inc reased. Mission design is one example. True mission design takes a holisti c view and strategically moves complexity between space (satellite) and gr ound (software) in order to create the best possible product at the lowest cost. This means</span></strong><br><strong><span style="color: #236fa1\; ">that as companies strive for simpler\, cheaper\, and faster hardware sol utions\, challenges are often moved from the satellite to the ground segme nt and the satellite mission&rsquo\;s</span></strong><br><strong><span sty le="color: #236fa1\;">final product quality can only be realized after inc luding the ground processing.</span></strong><br><strong><span style="colo r: #236fa1\;">While many users are content to receive analysis ready produ cts\, numerous scientists</span></strong><br><strong><span style="color: # 236fa1\;">and end-users seek the purest\, untouched form of raw pixel data directly from the satellites so that they can model and control exactly w hat manipulations happen to the imagery. These types of requests become ev en more challenging when data providers rely on proprietary algorithms to produce the data quality their customers demand. The truth is that very fe w data providers are willing to provide actual raw data directly from the satellites. Instead\, the industry has expanded the term &ldquo\;Raw&rdquo \; data rather flexibly\, with new names such as L1A\, L1B\, or Basic prod ucts. In reality\, these &ldquo\;Raw&rdquo\; products are processed long b efore getting to the end user and in some cases are processed quite signif icantly.</span></strong><br><strong><span style="color: #236fa1\;">This se minar explores some of the trade-offs often made between satellite and gro und\, the reasons satellite image providers manipulate the image pixels pr ior to delivery\,</span></strong><br><strong><span style="color: #236fa1\; ">some of the manipulations that are done prior to generating products\, a nd strategies for determining if the data provider has accurately processe d and calibrated the imagery. By the end of this session\, participants wi ll understand how to reliably incorporate well- executed processing by sat ellite data providers into their data stream.</span></strong></p>\n<p><spa n style="color: #e03e2d\;"><strong>Biographical Information for Chris Ampe rsand from UrtheCast\, Vancouver Canada</strong></span></p>\n<p><span styl e="color: #236fa1\;">-------------------------------------</span></p>\n<p> <strong><span style="color: #236fa1\;">Chris is currently the VP of Engine ering (Acting) at UrtheCast\, a leading-edge earth observation company bas ed in Vancouver\, Canada. He is responsible for the overall engineering ac tivities for the upcoming UrtheDaily mission\, which will power geoanalyti cs at a daily global scale with true scientific quality 5-meter resolution imagery. Chris has been developing mission solutions and software algorit hms for improving image quality in earth observation sensors for over 15 y ears for some of industries&rsquo\; leading satellites including the World View Constellation\, as well as other classified projects. He holds a Mast er of Applied Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Toro nto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS)\, a B. Eng in Aerospace</span> </strong></p>\n<p><strong><span style="color: #236fa1\;">Engineering from Carleton University in Ottawa and a BSc in Physics (Honours) from the Univ ersity of Manitoba. For the past 6 years\, Chris has been employed at Urth eCast where he acted as a ground and space systems engineer\, technical le ad for UrtheCast&rsquo\;s optical processing system\, and technical commis sioning lead for the Theia medium resolution and Iris high-resolution vide o sensor (World&rsquo\;s first colour high-resolution</span></strong><br>< strong><span style="color: #236fa1\;">video from space). Chris also worked at MDA in Vancouver for 9 years as a ground segment technical lead on a v ariety of earth observation satellites and sensors including the RapidEye Constellation.</span></strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><strong><span style="color: #e03e2d\;"><img src="https://events.vtool s.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/355b6bbb-1924-4d36-b792-b7a034b84100" a lt=""><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/82e 3eaef-5da7-4149-a795-75970877e38d" alt="" width="3149" height="1453">6:00 pm&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Arrival Melbourne Moose Lodge</sp an></strong></p>\n<p><strong><span style="color: #e03e2d\;">6:15 - 6:30&nb sp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Light Dinner and Casual Conversation</span></strong></ p>\n<p><strong><span style="color: #e03e2d\;">6:30 - 6:45&nbsp\; &nbsp\; & nbsp\;Brief Section Excom Meeting</span></strong></p>\n<p><strong><span st yle="color: #e03e2d\;">6:45 - 7:45. &nbsp\; &nbsp\;GRS Presentation</span> </strong></p>\n<p><strong><span style="color: #e03e2d\;">7:45 - 8:15. &nbs p\; &nbsp\; Questions and Answers</span></strong></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR