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Midcourse Space Experiment Data Certification and Technology TransferThe University of Alabama in Huntsville contributes to the Technical Management of the Midcourse Space Experiment Program, to the Certification of the Level 2 data produced by the Midcourse Space Experiment's suite of in-orbit imaging radiometers, imaging spectro-radiometers and an interferometer and to the Transfer of the Midcourse Space Experiment Technology to other Government Programs. The Technical Management of the Midcourse Space Experiment Program is expected to continue through out the spacecraft's useful life time. The Transfer of Midcourse Space Experiment Technology to other government elements is expected to be on a demand basis by the United States Government and other organizations. The University, of Alabama Huntsville' contribution specifically supports the Principal Investigator's Executive Committee, the Deputy Principal Investigator for Data Certification and Technology Transfer team, the nine Ultraviolet Visible Imagers and Spectrographic Imagers (UVISI) and the Pointing and Alignment of all eleven of the science instruments. The science instruments effectively cover the 0.1 to 28 micron spectral region. The Midcourse Space Experiment spacecraft, launched April 24, 1996, is expected to have a 5 year useful lifetime. The cryogenically cooled IR sensor, SPIRIT III, performed through February, 1997 when its cryogen expired. A pre-launch, ground based calibration of the instruments provided a basis for the pre-launch certification of the Level 2 data base these instruments produce. With the spacecraft in-orbit the certification of the instrument's Level 2 data base was extended to the in-orbit environment.
Document ID
19990032504
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Contractor or Grantee Report
Authors
Pollock, David B. (Johns Hopkins Univ. Laurel, MD United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
November 12, 1998
Subject Category
Urban Technology And Transportation
Report/Patent Number
UAH-5-34744
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG8-1342
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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