Study of Value-Cost model of infrared payloads in small satellites at Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) missions

The main goal of the study is to obtain qualitative and quantitative relationships between the cost and the value of the value chain of EO companies exploiting VLEO and LEO missions. The analysis is focused in value activities such as payload subsystems, product/service price, manufacturing process,...THIS PROJECT IS LINKED TO A H2020 PROPOSAL. After successful development of the TFM the student can be hired to extend his/her work inside the TUAREG RESEARCH GROUP.The principal aim of this thesis is to develop a preliminary Value-Cost model of infrared payloads in small satellites at Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) and Low Earth Orbit (LEO). To develop this thesis, two different studieshave been performedto get thispreliminary Value-Cost model, one from a qualitative point of view and the other one inamore quantitative way. The objective of doing the qualitative studyis to identify which is the most interesting value for the Earth Observation market. This will be possible, after analysing the different opportunities for the infrared technologyin the Earth Observation market and the needs that must be fulfilled to provide the most suitable solution to coverthese opportunities. On the other hand, with the quantitative study, it ispossibleto identify which is the cost of the model.And once the value and thecost areidentified, the final step is to develop the equations of the model.These equations relate the spatial resolution (value) with the price per square kilometreof the image taken by the satellite (cost