| UVPI Imaging from the LACE Satellite: The Low Cost Launch Vehicle (LCLV) Rocket Plume |
24 SEP 93 |
116 pages |
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H. W. Smathers; D. M. Horan; J. G. Cardon; E. R. Malaret; L. Perez; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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 | The Ultraviolet Plume Instrument (UVPI) is a small, plume-tracking instrument flown on the Naval Research Laboratory's Low-power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment (LACE) satellite. The plume camera has a relatively narrow field of view, 0.184 deg by 0.137 deg, and observes sources through any of four filters with passbands of 195 to 295 nm, 200 to 320 nm, 235 to 350 nm, and 300 to 320 nm. The LCLV (Low Cost Launch ... |
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| UVPI Imaging from the LACE Satellite: The Strypi Rocket Plume |
17 SEP 1993 |
265 pages |
| Authors:
H. W. Smathers; D. M. Horan; J. G. Cardon; E. R. Malaret; M. Singh; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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| The Ultraviolet Plume Instrument (UVPI) is a small plume-tracking instrument that was flown on the Naval Research Laboratory's Low-power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment (LACE) satellite. The UVPI plume camera has a narrow field of view (0.180 deg by 0.135 deg), and it observes sources through any of four filters with passbands of 195 to 295 nm, 220 to 320 nm, 235 to 350 nm, and 300 to 320 nm. The Strypi ... |
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| Ultraviolet Plume Instrument Calibration and Sensor Assessment |
01 SEP 1993 |
118 pages |
| Authors:
E. R. Malaret; J. G. Cardon; L. Perez; H. W. Smathers; D. M. Horan; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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| The Ultraviolet Plume Instrument (UVPI) is a calibrated, plume- tracking instrument flown on the Naval Research Laboratory's Low-power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment (LACE) satellite. The UVPI's primary mission was to collect images of rocket plumes in the ultraviolet wavelengths. The purpose of this report is to describe the procedures followed in calibrating the UVPI, to present final instrument response functions for use in subsequent data reduction and analysis, and to provide ... |
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| UVPI Imaging from the LACE Satellite: The Starbird Rocket Plume |
18 AUG 1993 |
141 pages |
| Authors:
H. W. Smathers; D. M. Horan; J. G. Cardon; E. R. Malaret; L. Perez; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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| The Starbird rocket provides the second demonstration of the ability of the Ultraviolet Plume Instrument (UVPI) to observe missiles in flight above the atmosphere. The Starbird was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 18 December 1990. The UVPI is a small, plume-tracking instrument flown on the Naval Research Laboratory's Low-power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment (LACE) satellite, launched in February 1990. The two cameras of the instrument, a tracker ... |
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| UVPI Imaging from the LACE Satellite: The Nihka Rocket Plume |
12 JUL 93 |
92 pages |
| Authors:
H. W. Smathers; D. M. Horan; J. G. Cardon; E. R. Malaret; J. E. Brandenburg; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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| The Nihka flight was the first demonstration of the ability of the Ultraviolet Plume Instrument (UVPI), carried abroad the LACE (Low-power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment) satellite, to observe missiles in flight above the atmosphere. The UVPI is a small, plume-tracking instrument flown on the Naval Research Laboratory's LACE satellite, which was launched on 14 February 1990. The Nihka was launched from the Wallops Island Launch Facility in Virginia to coincide with ... |
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| Ultraviolet Plume Instrument Description and Plume Data Reduction Methodology |
12 MAY 1993 |
65 pages |
| Authors:
H. W. Smathers; D. M. Horan; J. G. Cardon; E. R. Malaret; M. R. Corson; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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| The Ultraviolet Plume Instrument (UVPI) is a small plume-tracking instrument flown on the Naval Research Laboratory's Lowpower Atmospheric Compensation Experiment (LACE) satellite, which was launched on 14 February 1990. The UVPI's mission is to collect images of rocket plumes. Missile tracking in the ultraviolet range is advantageous because of extremely low Earth and solar background, extremely sensitive photodetectors that do not require cryogenic cooling, and very high optical resolution that ... |
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