Midcourse space experiment: Introduction to the spacecraft, instruments, and scientific objectives

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Sep 1994

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Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (ISSN 0022-4650), vol. 31, no. 5, p. 900-907

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

59

Aerospace Technology Transfer, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Ballistics, Data Bases, Earth Orbits, Far Ultraviolet Radiation, Infrared Radiation, Mission Planning, Remote Sensing, Satellite Instruments, Scientific Satellites, Spaceborne Experiments, Cryogenic Equipment, Data Acquisition, Data Processing, Data Reduction, Data Storage, Fourier Transformation, Imaging Spectrometers, Infrared Radiometers, Remote Sensors

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A suite of state-of-the-art sensors, including a cryogenic infrared scanning radiometer and Fourier-transform spectrometer, several visible and ultraviolet imagers and spectrographic imagers, and a set of contamination instruments, are at present being integrated with a highly capable spacecraft for a planned 1994 launch into a polar orbit. The optical sensors cover the spectrum from the far ultraviolet through the longwave infrared (110 nm to 28 micron). The Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) satellite, funded and managed by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, will be a long-duration, observatory-style measurement platform that will collect several terabytes of high-quality data on earth, earthlimb, and celestial backgrounds, ICBM-style targets, and resident space objects. While the principal focus of MSX is to collect phenomenology data in support of ballistic missile defense objectives, it will also be capable of collecting well-calibrated data in support of a variety of civilian science objectives in earth and atmospheric remote sensing and astronomy. This paper reviews the mission objectives, describes the spacecraft and the instrumentation, and discusses the planned observations. It also outlines an innovative approach to reducing, analyzing, and archiving the large database that will result from several years of data collection supporting a variety of scientific objectives.

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