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BlueBon
Polish Cubesat with South Korean payload From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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BlueBon is a 6UXL Cubesat designed and built by the polish company SatRev in conjunction with South Korean firm TelePIX, the Ministry of Science and ICT and POLSA that was launched on board the SpaceX Falcon9 Transporter-12.
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Development
BlueBon is the first satellite based on SatRev's satellite platform REC, built as a dedicated mission for payload owner, TelePIX.[1][2][3] It was described as the world's first satellite with the mission to detect monitor and quantify blue carbon using an AI processing unit and propitiatory algorithms to enable the satellite's imagery to be processed and analyzed in space before being sent down to earth, therefore lowing the carbon emissions from data processing.[4]
BlueBon's payload won the 2024 Consumer Technology Association innovation award.[4] BlueBon was also shown off at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan in 2024.[5]
TelePIX and SatRev signed a deal with POLSA, the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute to cooperate on the design of the camera, as well as sending the imagery data to both the South Korean and Polish governments.[6]
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Payload
The main payload of BlueBon is a 3.8-meter multi-spectral camera that can verify the amount and distribution of floating algae which can then be used to calculate the absorbed carbon in the water.[7][3]
BlueBon also has an on-board AI processor called the "Tetraflex" based on a GPU.[7] The processor was designed to eliminate carbon emissions and reduce data latency while still performing a high quality analysis.[8]
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Mission
BlueBon would be launched on January 14, 2025, on board the SpaceX Transporter-12 ride-share mission provided by RIDE!, being deployed on January 22, achieving communication with the ground station and beginning its mission.[7][9][3]
After the deployment of the satellite TeleFIX announced "through BlueBon, the Korean government will be able to produce more than 2,500 times the high-resolution analysis results compared to the mother-and-son detection service" and that they were in contact with the Saudi Arabian government for the sale of blue carbon monitoring data.[10]
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