ZIMSAT-2 (AMAISAT)
BACKGROUND
ZIMSAT-2 (AMAISAT) is the second satellite for Zimbabwe which was designed and manufactured through collaborative research programme between ZINGSA and South West State University (SWSU). ZINGSA engineers and students on Presidential scholarships participated collaboratively to develop the satellite from the mission design to the flight model. The satellite is scheduled to be launched from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Amur Oblast, Russia.
ZIMSAT-2 MISSION
The main payload is a multispectral camera with a spatial resolution of 8 meters. This camera supports missions in...
Agriculture Applications
- Data collected from this mission will be useful in the investigation and monitoring of crop health, yields prediction, detection of plants nutrient deficiencies, classifying vegetation types and calculation of Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Geological Studies
- Identification and classification of potential mineral areas...
Urban Mapping
- Detailed mapping of buildings, roads, vegetation, dams ,lakes and other urban features
Climate Change Monitoring
- Monitoring the Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI),which is the difference between the amount of energy the earth receives from the sun and the amount it loses to space.