Deutsches Zentrum Fur Luft-Und Raumfahrt E.v.

Eckehard Lorenz

Thomas Terzibaschian

Herbert Jahn

Winfried Halle

Holger Venus

Wolfgang Baerwald

Dieter Oertel

Boris Zhukov

A method for detecting a hot target on the Earth by a satellite is disclosed. The satellite includes a sensor for acquiring data in spectral channels in the IR spectrum, and a navigation system for detecting position and orientation data of the satellite. The method includes the steps of subjecting the acquired data to a system correction by radiometric and geometric calibration files stored on the satellite; detecting a hot target on board from the system-corrected data by multi-channel thresholding; geo-referencing the hot target by the position and orientation data of the satellite and the geometric calibration files; temporarily storing the geo-referenced hot target on the satellite; and transmitting the temporarily stored hot target by a transmitting unit to a receiving unit on the Earth.

Method for recognising hot targets on the Earth

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Berlin, Germany

Eckehard Lorenz