{"id":38281,"date":"2023-01-31T11:46:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T10:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asi.it\/?page_id=38281"},"modified":"2023-02-03T10:40:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T09:40:45","slug":"sails","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asi.it\/en\/technologies-and-engineering\/micro-and-nanosatellites\/alcor-program\/sails\/","title":{"rendered":"SAILS"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>SAILS-Spaceborne Autonomous Identification and Localization System<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<em>Sector: <\/em>Telecommunications\r\n\r\n<em>Number of satellites:<\/em> 1\r\n\r\n<em>Form factor:<\/em> 12 U\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nThe Project\u2019s purpose is the development and (In-Orbit) demonstration of an innovative Spaceborne Autonomous Identification and Localization System (SAILS) for a single 12U CubeSat platform in LEO Orbit.\r\n\r\nA very compact instrument design based on the effective combination of Digital Beam Forming and Onboard processing approaches will provide the capability of very accurate real-time tracking. Challenging aspects will be the multichannel sensor design and the real-time algorithms fulfilling the DOA (Direction of Arrival) estimation and tracking loop constraints.\r\n\r\nThe in-orbit technological demonstration of this capability will be achieved by executing a complete end-to-end ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) mission for ground-based RF emitters identification and localization. Starting from this ISR verification approach, the system performance and design solutions will be accurately reviewed in order to evaluate their potential employment for a wide range of space sensor applications like space debris monitoring, collision avoidance, navigation, and rendezvous aid.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SAILS-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SAILS-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SAILS-1.png 894w, https:\/\/www.asi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SAILS-1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.asi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SAILS-1-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/www.asi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SAILS-1-640x333.png 640w, https:\/\/www.asi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SAILS-1-500x260.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Proposing team:<\/em> RadarSensing S.r.l.; N.P.C.; New Production Concept S.r.l.; Polytechnic University of Bari\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAILS-Spaceborne Autonomous Identification and Localization System<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":37769,"menu_order":19,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38281","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-micro-and-nanosatellites"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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