Title:
Canadian Ground Motion Service (C-GMS) for Transportation Infrastructure Monitoring
Agreement Value:
$500,000.00
Agreement Date:
Nov 17, 2021 - Nov 30, 2024
Description:
Kepler Space has created a product for wide area monitoring of ground deformation using time series of ESA Sentinel-1 data, applying the Persistent Scatterer Interferometry technique and detecting and mapping ground displacements. The proposed work streamlines and validates such data for use in railway and bridge infrastructure monitoring systems. Innovation is provided primarily by the wide-area coverage capability, able to provide regional, provincial or national coverage. This is made possible by Sentinel-1 data and by streamlined big data analytics. An Artificial Intelligence component able of predictive modelling of infrastructure health based on data will be added to the service.
Organization:
Canadian Space Agency
Expected Results:
The Research component of the program provides financial support to organizations to conduct space related research
and development in priority areas. It will support targeted knowledge development and innovation to sustain and enhance the Canadian capacity to use space to address national needs and priorities in the future.
Location:
Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1S 5W8
Reference Number:
003-2021-2022-Q3-00014
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
For-profit organization
Recipient's Legal Name:
Kepler Space Inc.
Program:
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Program Purpose:
This program supports knowledge development and innovation in the CSA's priority areas while increasing the awareness and participation of Canadians in space-related disciplines and activities.
The Research Component aims to support the development of science and technology; foster the continual development of a critical mass of researchers and highly qualified people in Canada; and support information gathering and space-related studies and research pertaining to Canadian Space Agency priorities.