Versatile Data Compression Software For Sustained High-Throughput In-Orbit Data Acquisition
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This activity developed high-performance data compression software with embedded data analysis features for radio-frequency, multi-band images and video. It offers excellent compression ratios and quality levels with very small computing requirements, which even allow for real-time operation on modest processors. Tests on data from ESA's OPS-SAT satellite reveal image ratios over 1:10 with excellent visual quality, and radio-frequency ratios over 1:3 with nearly identical spectrograms thanks to a smart lossy approach. Demanding and innovative applications are now possible in CubeSats, including continuous optical or radio-frequency monitoring, maximising the amount of useful information downlinked.
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