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High sensitive infrared detectors normally require more resources than comparable instruments in the visible spectral bands. Although the un-cooled detector arrays achieved in the last years a remarkably quality, their detection principle is inferior to the cooled quantum detectors. The price for the higher sensitivity of the cooled quantum detectors are higher efforts in mass, volume, power consumption, and costs. Therefore it is of interest to examine the compatibility of high sensitive infrared systems with the limited resources of small satellites which could be utilized for affordable space missions. The FIRES (Fire Recognition System) study was a first attempt to examine the accommodation of a challenging infrared mission on a small satellite. Based on this concept the BIRD (Bi- spectral Infra-Red Detection) satellite was launched in 2001, this satellite was mainly dedicated to the detection and monitoring of high temperature events. Following the success of the BIRD satellite a further constellation of two satellites called FIREBIRD (Fire Recognition with Bi spectral Infra-Red Detector) is currently in preparation.
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Lorenz, E. (2013). Thermal Remote Sensing with Small Satellites: BIRD, TET and the Next Generation BIROS. In: Kuenzer, C., Dech, S. (eds) Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6639-6_8
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