Ben-Gurion U. Plays Key Role in Israel's VENμS Satellite Launch to Conduct Agricultural and Ecological Research (image)
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Venμs (Vegetation and Environment Monitoring on a New Micro Satellite) will support the study of vegetation evolution, agriculture and the environment. It will capture dozens of images daily, including those that cannot be seen by the human eye, using a sophisticated multi-spectral camera. The camera will capture images in 12 wavelengths including the four "red-edge" wavelengths -- a relatively narrow spectral area that will enable scientists to better quantify the state and dynamics of vegetation at the chosen research sites.
Images specific to Israel will be received, analyzed and archived at the BGU Remote Sensing Laboratory on the Sede Boqer campus, an operation site of the Science and Technology Ministry. Professor Arnon Karnieli, lead researcher on the satellite project, heads the laboratory at BGU's Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research.
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Israel Aerospace Industries
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