CIRRIS-1A Space Shuttle experiment

Details CIRRIS-1A Space Shuttle experiment CIRRIS-1A Space Shuttle experiment

Dec 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jspro..27..669a&link_type=abstract

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (ISSN 0022-4650), vol. 27, Nov.-Dec. 1990, p. 669-674.

Physics

Optics

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Airglow, Auroral Zones, Infrared Radiation, Space Shuttle Payloads, Upper Atmosphere, Circular Orbits, Cryogenic Equipment, Liquid Helium, Michelson Interferometers, Spatial Distribution, Spectral Methods

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This paper describes a Space Shuttle payload designed to measure infrared emissions from upper atmosphere airglow, aurora, and targets of opportunity in support of space defense operations. The payload, Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrumentation for Shuttle (CIRRIS-1A), consists of a Michelson interferometer for high-resolution spectral measurements and a dual-focal-plane radiometer with selectable band pass filters for spatial/clutter measurements in the 2.5-25 microns wavelength region. The interferometer and radiometer share the collection optics of a high off-axis-rejection telescope for simultaneous spectral and spatial measurements within the same field of view. The sensor optics and detectors are cooled to liquid helium temperatures to allow measurements of emissions from weak infrared sources in the 60-150 km upper atmosphere. CIRRIS-1A will be launched on STS-39 in early 1991 into a 57-deg inclination circular orbit at an altitude of 260 km.

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